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Elements and Performance Criteria
Range Statement
Performance Evidence
A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. If a specific volume or frequency is not stated below, then evidence must be provided that the following requirements have been performed on at least one occasion:
comply with applicable federal, state or territory legislative and regulatory requirements and codes of practice including WHS, environmental and organisational policies and procedures relevant to harvesting trees at an intermediate levelcomply with licensing or certification requirements relevant to harvesting trees at an intermediate leveleffectively communicate and use safe working practices, including maintaining an awareness of other personnel activity in the work area assess site conditions, by applying environmental protection measures, detecting hazards and own skill level for harvesting trees at an intermediate levelconduct a tree assessmentidentify structural defects and stresses in trees and the impact on felling, including exclusion of trees from hand felling due to hazardous and difficult situations for assessment, monitoring and safe falling including a crown that contains dead or broken material, entanglement or malformation plan a felling sequence for individual trees and preparing surroundings including escape route fell a intermediate trees using appropriate cuts safely without damage to personnel, equipment and surrounding environmentidentify trees that are hung upselect, prepare and maintain chainsaw equipment including recognising faults, problems and malfunctionsassess, plan and safely operate chainsaw equipment to manually harvest trees at an intermediate level use tree felling techniques including scarf cutting , back cutting to provide hinge-wood and the use of wedges to assist in controlling falling directionapply appropriate extraction methodsapply specifications as outlined in harvesting plan
Knowledge Evidence
A person competent in this unit must be able to demonstrate knowledge of:
workplace health and safety (WHS) requirementsincluding:PPE and clothingsafety equipmentfirst aid equipmentfirefighting equipmenthazard and risk control proceduresfatigue management proceduresappropriate signageelimination of hazardous materials and substances proceduressafe forest practices, including required actions relating to firetechniques for manual handling, including shifting, lifting and carryingtypes and purposes of cuts to fell trees, including scarf cutting and back cutting to provide hinge-wood and maintain control of treetypical tree defects and how these affect tree felling activities:shakesinsect defectsknots and resin pocketspipedrysidesIdentifying trees:that contain hazards and are deemed unsafe to fell considered outside own skill leveltrees where cuts made may lead to loss of control of tree in fellinghazards and related risks and the impact on felling trees of:uneven and unstable terrainunsafe treesfiresoverhead and underground servicesexcavationstrafficstructures hazardous materialsinsects and animalsother personnel and machinerymethods used to remove trees that are hung up and procedures for removalmethods for assessing chain conditioncutting patterns used to optimise time to fell treesenvironmental protection measures to follow when felling trees related to:native vegetationsoil and waterheritage and archaeological artefactsflora and faunageomorphologic featureslandscapeexternal site pollutionrecreational opportunitiesregeneration opportunitiescleaning plant, tools and equipmentdisposing of, recycling and reusing timber and other wastekey features of these varying environmental conditions and their effects on intermediate tree felling and harvesting activities:general forest leanground growthground hazards and obstaclesground slopegulliespresence and density of seed and habitat treeswater courseswet and adverse weather conditionswind speed and directionthe use of types of tools and equipment for harvesting trees manually, and the procedures for their safe use, operation and maintenance including:warning signschainsaw and componentsPPE and clothingfirst aid equipmentmaintenance requirementssupport toolscomponents of a harvesting plan including an extraction plan, a traffic plan, environmental requirements, restricted areas, identified hazards and product volumeslog extraction methods including skidding, forwarding, using cable or shovel logging and following the harvest plan when felling treeswork order information regardingtree felling requirementsrequirements for product qualityharvesting planrisk assessments for tree-felling includingground and environmental conditions likely to affect harvesting activities:ground stabilityground slopeforest leanweather conditionsunderground and overhead servicesforest fireposition and movement of personnel working on the harvesting sitetraffic managementsafety signage warning of harvesting operations in the area.