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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 clothingsafety equipmentfirst aid equipmentfire fighting equipmenthazard and risk controlfatigue managementelimination of hazardous materials and substancessafe forest practices including required actions relating to forest firemanual handling including shifting, lifting and carrying |
Environmental requirements may include: | legislationorganisational policies and proceduresworkplace practices |
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 agreementsindustrial relationsAustralian Standardsconfidentiality and privacyOHSthe environmentequal opportunityanti-discriminationrelevant industry codes of practiceduty of care |
Organisational requirements may include: | legal organisational and site guidelinespolicies and procedures relating to own role and responsibilityquality assuranceprocedural manualsquality and continuous improvement processes and standardsOHS, emergency and evacuation proceduresethical standardsrecording and reporting requirementsequipment use and maintenance and storage requirementsenvironmental management requirements (waste minimisation and disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Fibre | is the output product as a result of smashing wood chips into fibrous material which is then used to produce medium density fibreboard |
Chips | are the raw product used to produce fibre are an output of breaking down logs into wood chips approximately the size of a 50 cent coin |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the assessment of chips and the fibre gradeand may include:feed rate and quantityinstructions for the environmental monitoring of work and proceduresenvironmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisorssuppliersclientscolleaguesmanagers |
Assessing chips is to include: | speciessizemoisture content contamination issues |
Stockpile | is the piles of available chips ready for conversion to fibre, classified in size and species |
Equipment is to include: | procedures for equipment lock-out, i.e. protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine from the power source |
Defibrator | is the machine used to convert wood chips to fibre for the production of medium density fibreboard |
Communication may include: | verbal and non-verbal languageconstructive feedbackactive listeningquestioning to clarify and confirm understandinguse of positive, confident and cooperative languageuse of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differencescontrol of tone of voicebody language |
Pre start-up checks | are conducted to ensure:machine has been set-up correctlysystems are performing accurately machinery is operating to optimum performance |
Feed systems are to include: | filtratewhite waterstock levelfibre consistencyfeed levelsteam flowraw waternoisemetal detectorspower consumption |
Pulp | is the unwanted waste by-product from producing fibre |
Emergency shutdown | is the immediate shutting off of the equipment to prevent an accident or prevent damage to the machine or product |
Disposing of may include: | recycling sub-standard fibrere-using sub-standard fibre |
Records and reports may include: | product typesizeprofileinspectiongrading and labelling outcomesstorage locationsquality outcomeshazardsincidentsequipment malfunctionsand may be:manualusing a computer-based system or other appropriate organisational communication system |