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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) |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the blending of binding mixes and may include:typequantitysetting ratemixing percentagesadditives hardnessinstructions for the environmental monitoring of work and proceduresenvironmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisorssuppliersclientscolleaguesmanagers |
Binding mix may include: | chipsflakesfibreglueadditivesother enterprise specified ingredients |
Storage locations may include: | drums kept in flammable goods storage areasplastic tubs kept in flammable goods storage areas |
Equipment may include: | blenders with manually controlled feedmixers with pre-programmed mix quantities cyclestransfer pumps valves |
Blending: | usually includes mixing a base ingredient with a hardener to aid setting plus any specified additives to specified quantitiescan occur manually or mechanically |
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 equipment is operating to optimum performance |
Ingredients may include: | synthetic or animal based adhesives such as:caseinrubber based adhesivespoly vinyl acetateepoxy resins and formaldehydeschipsflakes or fibrehardenerssoftenersaccelerantsdeceleratorsdyes |
Additives may include: | agents which:hardensoftenaccelerate or decelerate glue or resin setting |
Transfer lines may include: | transfer of ingredients to the blenders transfer of the binding mix to storage or production |
Testing is to include: | regular sampling of the blending mix to check:mix quantitiesingredient characteristicsviscositycolourspreadtackcured bond strengthsetting speed (is it going off) how weather conditions may be affecting the process |
Records and reports may include: | binding and testing resultsquantities producedcondition changesproduction difficultiesstorage locationsquality outcomeshazardsincidentsequipment malfunctionsand may be:manualusing a computer-based system or other appropriate organisational communication system |