Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan drying procedures
- Applicable Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), environmental, legislative and organisational requirements relevant to coordinating timber drying operations are identified and followed
- Variations in timber characteristics are assessed and moisture content measured and recorded
- Timber drying schedules are produced and applied in line with site procedures
- Kiln management procedures are planned and scheduled in line with site procedures and environmental requirements
- Process cycles are planned and prescribed
- Communication with others is established and maintained in line with OHS requirements
- Control drying operations
- Charge sheets are checked and interpreted to ensure accuracy in line with final moisture content reading
- Process trends are checked and analysed for optimum performance
- Seasoning chambers are checked and controlled in line with standard operating procedures
- Drying operations, major problems and equipment faults are investigated and recorded and reported in line with site requirements
- Coordinate drying process
- Drying operations and output are monitored to record possible process improvements based on moisture control and timber being processed
- Modifications are made to processing cycles to ensure optimum performance and communicated to operators
- Drying improvement modifications are documented and communicated in line with site procedures
- Charge details are obtained and recorded in line with site requirements
- Dried timber is directed to storage or transferred for further processing
- Operating logs and seasoning records are completed and maintained to site standards