Legislative requirements | are to be in accordance with applicable legislation from all levels of government that affect organisational operation.Requirements may include but not be limited to award and enterprise agreements, industrial relations, Australian Standards, confidentiality and privacy, OHS, the environment, equal opportunity, anti-discrimination, relevant industry codes of practice, duty of care and heritage |
OHS requirements | are to be in accordance with Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation and regulations, organisational safety policies and procedures. Requirements may include but not be limited to the use of personal protective equipment and clothing, fire fighting equipment, First Aid equipment, hazard and risk control and elimination, control of hazardous materials and substances, manual handling including lifting and carrying |
Organisational requirements | may include but not be limited to legal, organisational and site guidelines, policies and procedures relating to own role and responsibility, quality assurance, procedural manuals, quality and continuous improvement processes and standards, OHS, emergency and evacuation, ethical standards, recording and reporting, access and equity principles and practices, equipment use, maintenance and storage, environmental management (waste disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Instructions | workplace procedures relating to the use and operation of tools and equipmentproduction planning figuresworkplace instructions, including job sheets, plans, specifications, drawings and designsworkplace procedures relating to reporting and communicationsmanufacturer instructions for the use of equipment and materials |
Wood species for carving | may include lime, ash, maple, cherry, English oak, American oak, Japanese oak, walnut, Brazilian mahogany, sycamore, holly, apple, pear, beech, teak, iroko, rosewood, ebony, ramin and blackwood |
Preparation of wood for hand carving | includes confirmation of grain, identification and response to faults, knots and contaminants, cutting of wood to workable size and shape |
Carving tools | may include carving knives, chisels (straight, curved, short bent, front bent, spoon bit, back bent, skew, fishtail, spade, parting tool, macaroni, fluterino, backeroni), palm tools, rasps, rifflers, punches, gouges, venier and router |
Tool sharpening | involves grinding and sharpening using a sandstone wheel or high speed carborundum stone, a fine oilstone, or a fine carving stonesharpening a carver's chisel/implement involves sharpening bevels on both sides and rounding off bevels |
Methods and styles of wood carving | include chip carving, relief carving, Scandinavian flat plane, caricature carving, love spoon, treen and whittling |
Preparation for finishing | includes sanding (using abrasive papers, glasspaper, garnet paper, aluminium oxide paper and/or silicon-carbide paper), scraping, filling holes and cracks (using stoppers, cellulose filler, shellac sticks, wax sticks) and remedying tool marks (using hot water or hot iron) |