Elements and Performance Criteria
- Monitor and maintain plant and ancillary operations
- Plant and ancillary operations are monitored and maintained within Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations, environmental and safe working requirements/practices, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), and housekeeping requirements
- Production requirements are checked at start of shift to plan the day's activities as required
- Process supplies are maintained to production specifications
- Operational status is confirmed by inspection, observations and other information
- Visual or physical (walk around) inspections of plant and systems are conducted
- Monitoring of screens and gauges is carried out
- Operator level preventative maintenance is carried out as required
- Reject systems are monitored and maintained within operating parameters
- Control stock quality and specifications
- Control of stock quality and specifications is completed within OHS regulations, environmental and safe working requirements/practices, SOP, and housekeeping requirements
- Conveyor feeds are monitored and maintained for consistent delivery
- Stock quality is monitored by sampling and testing to ensure production requirements are maintained as required
- Modifications to pulp quality or systems operations are made to rectify out-of-specification stock
- Water distribution systems are monitored and maintained
- Record and document plant performance data
- Recording and documenting of plant performance data is completed within OHS regulations, environmental and safe working requirements/practices, SOP, and housekeeping requirements
- Systems and production data is interpreted and recorded in operations log book or entered into computer system
- Problems or variations with systems or product are communicated to relevant personnel