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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) |
Board may include: | medium density fibreboardchipboardfibreboardother manufactured board products |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the receipt/despatch and pressing of board to/from the designated storage location or processingand may include:texturecolourtypesizethickness quantityinstructions for the environmental monitoring of work and proceduresenvironmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisorssuppliersclientscolleaguesmanagers |
Chips, flakes and fibre | chips are an output of breaking down logs into wood chips approximately the size of a 50 cent coin and then breaking these down to form smaller chips for chipboard productionfibre is the output product as a result of smashing wood chips into fibrous material which is then used to produce medium density fibreboardflakes are the output product as a result of converting wood chips into a thinner chip material which is then used to produce panel products |
Storage location may include: | the use of:storage racksstorage baysbinsstackspallet boxesmodularised storage componentstemporary stacking bays (stand, frame or ground)and may be divided into:standard product classificationproduct designationsizedimensionstack numberweightgradeshelf lifestock rotation position |
Equipment is to include: | continuous presses with continuous forming lines |
Pressing | is the process of compressing the blended chips, flakes or fibre into board using formers and a heat driven press system includes consideration of weight, thickness, length, width, bond, porosity, moisture content, bare fibres, foreign material, visual appearance, surface blemishes and trimmed edge appearance |
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 |
Former | is the piece of equipment which shapes the molten chips, flakes or fibre into sheet form |
Forming equipment is to include: | matsscreenstrays plates |
Feed rate | is the rate of speed the blended material is pumped into the former |
Blending | is the mixing of the chips, flakes or fibre with the binding ingredients and hardening agents |
Testing | is the process of measuring moisture content, weight, thickness and density of the panels to achieve the desired outcome for all of theseinformation ensures accurate forming and cycle times and allows for adjustment of the cycles accordingly |
Defects may include: | surface blemishesdiscolourationnatural timber defectsclean scalping from pendistorsforming deformities |
Transferral may include: | the use of:conveyor belt systemstrack systems lifting equipment such as:fork liftsslingstrolley jacksgantry cranes loadersassistance with lifting such as:the involvement of two or more personnel to lift materials manually or to guide the movement of mechanical equipment |
Disposing of may include: | recycling finished boards with defectsre-using finished boards with defects |
Records and reports may include: | material typeproduct typesizeinspectiongrading and labelling outcomesstorage locationsquality outcomeshazardsincidentsequipment malfunctionsand may be:manualusing a computer-based system or other appropriate organisational communication system |
Shutdown 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 |