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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) |
Forming board | is the process of spreading mixture over a former in line with order size and pressing it with heat and pressure to produce a hard panel |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the receipt/despatch of formed boards to/from the designated storage location or processingand may include:typesize quantityinstructions for the environmental monitoring of work and proceduresenvironmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisorssuppliersclientscolleaguesmanagers |
Fibre or flakes assessment | fibre is the output product as a result of smashing wood chips into fibrous material which is then used to produce medium density fibreboardflakes are used to produce chipboard and are another process of breaking down wood or wood chipsassessment may include:speciessizegrademoisture content contamination issues |
Stockpile | is the pile of available flakes ready for board forming, classified in size and species |
Storage bins | are the catchment bins used to collect fibre after conversion of chips to fibre store fibre until ready for use in board production |
Equipment is to include: | spreading stationsformers and forming linesslitters/sawsscreens cleaning equipment |
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:equipment has been set-up correctlysystems are performing accurately machinery is operating to optimum performance |
Stock tanks | are the tanks which hold the wet fibre or flake mix to be spread on the forming lineprovide product to the spreader stations |
Spreader stations | are the booms which pour and spread the glue mix onto the board in readiness for adhering laminate or veneer |
Forming equipment is to include: | matsscreenstrays plates |
Former and forming line | forming line collects the product and provides a base for the former to convert the product into solid pressed board which is in-turn cut by the slitters/saws to form rough sized sheets |
Disposing of may include: | recycling sub-standard boardre-using sub-standard board |
Emergency shutdown | is the immediate shutting off of the equipment to prevent an accident or prevent damage to the machine or product |
Shut down is to include: | procedures for equipment lock-out, ie protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine from the power sourcecleaning and maintaining all parts |
Records and reports may include: | product typesizethicknessinspectiongrading and labelling outcomesstorage locationsquality outcomeshazardsincidentsequipment malfunctionsand may be:manualusing a computer-based system or other appropriate organisational communication system |