Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan loader operations
- Review work order and where required check with appropriate personnel.
- Select appropriate personal protective equipment and check for operational effectiveness.
- Identify type, quantity and weight of material to be moved to determine lifting requirements and compliance with load plate.
- Plan loader operations in line with work order and heritage concerns.
- Check loader controls and functions, attachments, brakes and manoeuvrability to ensure operational effectiveness.
- Operate loader to shift materials
- Use equipment in line with organisational safety procedures, manufacturer’s instructions and environmental protection practices.
- Select, attach and stabilise lifting gear in line with safe working load requirements and organisational safety procedures.
- Secure load to ensure stability.
- Operate loader to shift material with optimum efficiency; observe and respond to people and hazards present.
- Use communication signals throughout shifting operations to notify nearby personnel of presence.
- Load and unload logs.
- Plan loading and unloading work to minimise equipment and log movement.
- Position loader to enable access to logs within load reach and movement limits.
- Complete a trial lift to ensure stability and make adjustments to loads.
- Select and segregate logs by size and grade; transfer and place logs suitable for base and side of load.
- Separate and roll or lift individual logs using appropriate equipment movement techniques.
- Use lifting gear to bunch logs to optimise loaded movements.
- Lift, turn and place loads to achieve optimum load shape using appropriate equipment movement techniques.
- Support or compress logs to enable placement of slipper or chocks.
- Reject or report logs that do not meet size and grade requirements.
- Segregate and stack logs
- Position log stacks in line with work order plan for landing layout.
- Visually assess logs for size, length, species and grade and segregate accordingly.
- Allow space for other operations and construct stacks to provide stability and minimise potential of slippage and falling of logs.
- Maintain log stacks to meet stock level requirements.
- Move logs to designated location for further processing.
- Complete operator maintenance.
- Safely park, shut down and prepare loader for maintenance.
- Inspect loader for faults, remove and replace defective parts in line with manufacturer’s recommendations
- Complete cleaning and programmed maintenance tasks for loader; dispose of waste materials in line with environmental protection practices.
- Record and report process outcomes, equipment faults and maintenance requirements to appropriate personnel.