Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for operation
- Review work order and where required check with appropriate personnel.
- Identify sizes and quantities for resawn boards and obtain material for resawing.
- 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 cuts.
- Produce Boards
- Follow lock out procedures and adjust saws, carriage, speeds and feeds to suit types of boards and timber, dimensions, and cutting sequence.
- Use equipment in line with organisational safety procedures, manufacturer’s instructions environmental protection practices.
- Select and follow cutting sequence to produce required quantity.
- Maintain feed rate appropriate to timber condition and board size.
- Regularly tally resawn boards and timber against work orders.
- Clear work area regularly in line with in line with organisational safety procedures.
- Identify damaged sawn material and dispose of or recycle in line with environmental protection practices.
- Assess conditions and maintain optimum sawing processes
- Assess sawing conditions regularly to determine optimal feed rate and finish.
- Adjust sawing feed rate to achieve finished dimensions in line with work order.
- Evaluate finish regularly and make adjustments to maximise product quality.
- Regularly measure cross section dimensions of sawn boards against standard sizes and tolerances and adjust sawing process.
- 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.