Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for dressing process
- Review work order and where required check with appropriate personnel.
- Identify sizes and quantities for dressed boards and obtain material for dressing.
- Select appropriate equipment and check for operational effectiveness in line with manufacturer's recommendations.
- Plan sequence of machining operations in line with work order and to suit multiple passes.
- Dress boards and timber
- Identify defective boards prior to dressing and dispose of or recycle in line with environmental protection practices.
- Follow lock out procedures and adjust guides, conveyors, speeds and feeds to suit dimensions and grade outcomes.
- Use equipment in line with organisational safety procedures, manufacturer’s instructions environmental protection practices.
- Adjust guides, conveyors, speeds and feeds to suit dimensions and grade outcomes, and select cutting sequence.
- Maintain feed rate appropriate to timber condition and board size.
- Regularly tally dressed boards against work orders.
- Clear work area regularly in line with organisational safety procedures.
- Assess conditions and maintain optimum dressing processes
- Assess dressing conditions regularly to ensure continuity of supply and processing.
- Adjust conditions to optimise feed rate and maintain finished dimensions in line with work order.
- Evaluate finish regularly and make adjustments to ensure product quality.
- Measure dressed board dimensions and profiles regularly and record in line with organisational procedures.
- Identify routine processing and equipment faults and resolve or report to appropriate personnel.
- Complete production and quality records and report in line with organisational procedures.
- Complete operator maintenance
- Follow organisational safety procedures to lock out equipment.
- Check cutters and saw blades for bluntness or damage.
- Remove and replace cutters and blades in line with manufacturer’s recommendations.
- Dispose of used blades in line with organisational procedures and environmental protection practices.
- Complete basic non-specialist maintenance for equipment.
- Record and report equipment faults and maintenance requirements to appropriate personnel.