Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for sawing
- Saw flitches and cants
- Use equipment in line with organisational safety procedures, manufacturer’s instructions and environmental protection practices.
- Complete pre start-up checks to ensure operational effectiveness..
- Use dogs to secure and align logs to saw and minimise damage.
- Clear logs of foreign matter and feed into saw at feed rate in line with organisational procedures.
- Plan sawing sequence to produce required quantity of flitches or cants and to maximise feed rate.
- Check sawing process regularly and adjust to maintain desired quality and output.
- Reject and dispose of sub-standard logs in line with and environmental protection practices.
- Direct flitches and cants to designated area in line with work order.
- Identify routine processing problems and resolve or report to appropriate personnel.
- Complete operator maintenance
- Follow organisational safety procedures to lock out equipment.
- Check saw blades for bluntness or damage.
- Remove and replace saw blades in line with manufacturer's recommendations.
- Dispose of used blades in line with environmental protection practices.
- Complete basic non-specialist maintenance for equipment.
- Keep machine clear of dust and debris in line with organisational safety procedures.
- Record and report equipment faults and maintenance requirements to appropriate personnel.