Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for sorting
- Review work order and where required check with appropriate personnel.
- Select appropriate equipment and personal protective equipment and check for operational effectiveness.
- Identify type and quantity of boards for sorting and obtain from storage location.
- Plan sorting process in line with work order.
- Set up board equipment
- Complete pre start-up equipment checks to ensure operational effectiveness.
- Use equipment in line with organisational safety procedures, manufacturer’s instructions and environmental protection practices.
- Identify board cross-sections, lengths and grades, and plan set size discriminations and timber flow.
- Set up and start program linking board sizes to storage bins or trays and adjust to optimise storage space and operational effectiveness.
- Check and correct operation of machine, gates, conveyors and bins regularly.
- Co-ordinate material flow
- Direct boards to subsequent operations in line with size and grade, maintaining material flow.
- Inspect and monitor machine performance visually to ensure board sizes are consistent with machine settings.
- Reject and dispose of sub-standard material in line with environmental protection practices.
- Identify routine processing and equipment faults and resolve or report to appropriate personnel.
- Complete operator maintenance