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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Clarify and review fabrication plans
  2. Interpret and read fabrication plans
  3. Confirm work order and fabrication plan
  4. Confirm products to fabrication plan

Required Skills

This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit

Required skills

Technical skills sufficient to measure and check length and angle of components identify a range of timber products sizes and specifications and identify a range of nail plate products sizes and specifications

Communication skills and interpersonal techniques sufficient to interact appropriately with colleagues and others in the workplace

Literacy skills sufficient to read and interpret timber truss floor andor frame plans

Numeracy skills sufficient to measure and calculate length and angles including basic addition and subtraction

Problem solving skills sufficient to identify and resolve potential fabrication plan problems

Planning and organisational skills sufficient to develop a logical construction sequence to construct trusses frames andor floors from the plan

Required knowledge

Applicable Commonwealth State or Territory legislation regulations standards codes of practice and established safe practices relevant to the full range of processes for reading and interpreting timber truss floor andor frame plans

Organisational and site standards requirements policies and procedures relevant to reading and interpreting timber truss floor andor frame plans

Environmental protection requirements including the safe disposal of waste material

Knowledge of a range of appropriate truss floor andor frame types and components

Understanding of relevant abbreviations and symbols and industry terminology used in fabrication plans

Workplace communication channels to resolve any potential fabrication issues

Appropriate units of measurement and component tolerances in use at the work site

Industry standard cross sections and lengths

Characteristics of timber and timber defects

Established communication channels and protocols

Problem identification and resolution strategies and common fault finding techniques

Types of tools and equipment for reading and interpreting truss floor and frame fabrication plans and procedures for their safe use operation and maintenance

Appropriate mathematical procedures for estimating and measuring including calculating time to complete tasks

Procedures for recording and reporting workplace information

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to provide evidence that they can read and interpret a range of timber truss floor andor frame fabrication plans

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements of this unit and include demonstration of

following applicable Commonwealth State or Territory legislative and regulatory requirements and codes of practice relevant to reading and interpreting timber truss floor andor frame plans

following organisational policies and procedures relevant to reading and interpreting timber truss floor andor frame plans

development of a logical construction sequence for a range of products from the fabrication plans

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Competency is to be assessed in the workplace or realistically simulated workplace

Assessment is to occur under standard and authorised work practices safety requirements and environmental constraints

Assessment of required knowledge other than confirmatory questions will usually be conducted in an offsite context

Assessment is to comply with relevant regulatory or Australian Standards requirements

The following resources should be made available

workplace location or simulated workplace

materials and equipment relevant to undertaking work applicable to this unit

specifications and work instructions

Method of assessment

Assessment must satisfy the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the FPI Training Package

Assessment must satisfy the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the FPI11 Training Package

Assessment methods must confirm consistency and accuracy of performance over time and in a range of workplace relevant contexts together with application of required knowledge

Assessment must be by direct observation of tasks with questioning on required knowledge and it must also reinforce the integration of employability skills

Assessment methods must confirm the ability to access and correctly interpret and apply the required knowledge

Assessment may be applied under projectrelated conditions real or simulated and require evidence of process

Assessment must confirm a reasonable inference that competency is able not only to be satisfied under the particular circumstance but is able to be transferred to other circumstances

Assessment may be in conjunction with assessment of other units of competency

The assessment environment should not disadvantage the candidate

Assessment practices should take into account any relevant language or cultural issues related to Aboriginality gender or language backgrounds other than English

Where the participant has a disability reasonable adjustment may be applied during assessment

Language and literacy demands of the assessment task should not be higher than those of the work role


Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

OHS requirements:

are to be in line with applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation and regulations, and organisational safety policies and procedures, and may include:

personal protective equipment and clothing

safety equipment

first aid equipment

fire fighting equipment

hazard and risk control

fatigue management

elimination of hazardous materials and substances

manual handling including shifting, lifting and carrying

Legislative requirements:

are to be in line with applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation, regulations, certification requirements and codes of practice and may include:

award and enterprise agreements

industrial relations

Australian Standards

confidentiality and privacy

OHS

the environment

equal opportunity

anti-discrimination

relevant industry codes of practice

duty of care

Organisationalrequirements may include:

legal

organisational and site guidelines

policies and procedures relating to own role and responsibility

quality assurance

procedural manuals

quality and continuous improvement processes and standards

OHS, emergency and evacuation procedures

ethical standards

recording and reporting requirements

equipment use and maintenance and storage requirements

environmental management requirements (waste disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines)

Workorder is to include:

instructions for the assembly and despatch of timber and timber products from the work site

and may include:

fabrication plans or drawings

type of product

size

quantity

grade

Appropriatepersonnel may include:

supervisors

suppliers

clients

colleagues

managers

Communication may include:

verbal and non-verbal language

constructive feedback

active listening

questioning to clarify and confirm understanding

use of positive, confident and cooperative language

use of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differences

control of tone of voice and body language

Assemblingcomponents

for timber truss, floor and frame may include:

design assumptions regarding supporting and tying components

Timbercomponents

are the sections of timber or timber product which have been pre-cut in readiness for assembly and have been cut to comply with the fabrication plans and cutting list

Hardware may include:

nailing plates

floor truss plates

bracing

supplementary fittings and fixings

Bracingpoints

are the points at which timber, ply or metal are attached to truss or frame to prevent lateral movement

Camber

is an upward curvature built into a truss to compensate for roof load

Set-upjigs may include:

enterprise manufactured templates which assist in the positioning of components to corresponding work order during the assembly process

Designdetails may include:

timber component species

type

cross-section

grade

length and cutting angles

nail plate and other joining hardware sizes and marking requirements

Recordsandreports may include:

product type

size

inspection

grading and labelling outcomes

storage locations

quality outcomes

hazards

incidents or equipment malfunctions

and may be:

manual

using a computer-based system

other appropriate organisational communication system