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Elements and Performance Criteria
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Knowledge Evidence
A person competent in this unit must be able to demonstrate knowledge of:
safe work procedures relevant to operating drying equipment and hot oil systems to dry wood flakesprocedures for the safe disposal of waste materials according to environmental protection guidelineswood flakes drying techniques (using pre-dryers, dryers, cooling sections, steam, gas, heated air)procedures for visually assessing wood flakes to determine characteristics, faults, finish and qualityprocedures for grading and redistributing wood flakesestablished communication channels and protocols used to communicate with relevant personnelprocedures for identifying irregularities and faults with machinery and ancillary equipment, and appropriate resolution strategiesprocedures for the operation and maintenance of drying equipment procedures for recording and reporting production, quality and fault informationprocedures for setting, monitoring and adjusting feed rate and moisture contentstorage systems appropriate for the storage of wood flakes:storage racksstorage baysbins, stackspallet boxesmodularised storage compartmentstemporary stacking bays workplace specific dryers and ancillary equipment used to dry wood flakes waste minimisation, disposal, recycling and re-use guidelinesemergency procedures in response to fire, accident, and serious equipment fault.