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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 assessment of flake and the flake gradeand may include:feed rate quantityinstructions for the environmental monitoring of work and proceduresenvironmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisorssuppliersclientscolleaguesmanagers |
Flake | is the output product as a result of converting wood, wood dust, planer shavings, shredded board or woodchips into flake which is then used to produce panel products |
Classifying | is the separation of flake into size categories, species, core fraction, surface fraction, overs and dust |
Assessing is to include: | screen fractionsspeciessizemoisture content contamination issues associated with selected flake |
Stockpile | is the piles of available wood flake ready for classification to size and species |
Equipment may include: | classifiersflake towersscreenssifterssilosmechanised feed systemsand is to include:procedures for equipment lock-out, ie protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine from the power source |
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 |
Screens | are the sorting devices which separate flake according to size and type |
Feed systems may include: | conveyorstransfer cars or chutes which continually provide flake to the classifier |
Silos | are large storage towers or buildings where classified flake is pumped to in readiness for downstream production |
Transfer is to include: | the process of moving the classified flake from the classifier to the silosand may include:regular feed systemsblow lines drag chains |
Emergency shutdown | is the immediate shutting off of equipment to prevent an accident or prevent damage to the machine or product |
Disposing of may include: | recycling flake unsuitable for classificationre-using flake unsuitable for classification |
Records and reports may include: | product typesizeinspectiongrading and labelling outcomesstorage locationsquality outcomeshazardsincidentsequipment malfunctionsand may be:manualusing a computer-based system or other appropriate organisational communication system |
Grinding elements may include: | screenshammers blades contained within the classifier for the separation of flake |