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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine job requirements
   • Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)
   • Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
   • Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
   • Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
2. Determine requirements
   • Review work requests and confirm requirements
   • Organise, confirm and record tasks according to specified procedures
   • Select, check and correctly use relevant personal and other safety equipment, where needed
   • Identify and organise appropriate equipment for transferring materials
3. Select materials and products
   • Interpret documentation and identify codes and references indicating source, customer, storage location or batch, where relevant
   • Identify and select materials or products to be loaded or unloaded
   • Document and report non-conforming materials and products
   • Update transfer and store documentation
4. Load, unload and transfer materials or products
   • Use suitable equipment (other than forklift) to load and unload materials according to materials handling requirements, safe work practices and correct manual handling techniques
   • Transfer materials to correct destination
   • Apply environmental requirements and procedures concerned with waste, pollution and recycling of materials at all stages of the process
   • Maintain and clean materials, equipment and work environment
   • Complete relevant documentation associated with tasks

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.
Workplace procedures include one or more of the following:	requirements prescribed by legislation, awards, agreements and conditions of employment SOPs work instructions oral, written and visual communication quality practices, including responsibility for maintenance of own work quality and contribution to quality improvement of team or section output housekeeping tasks related to environmental protection, waste disposal, pollution control and recycling WHS practices
Australian Standards include:	the relevant industry or Australian Standards that are current at the time this unit is being undertaken
Equipment includes, but is not limited to, one or more of the following:	hand and power tools pallet truck and hand trolleys overhead cranes

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria, and include:

reading and following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs), safe work practices

applying relevant standards

interpreting work orders and industry documentation

identifying and locating materials and products

using suitable equipment (other than forklift) to load and unload materials according to materials handling requirements, safe work practices and correct manual handling techniques

loading/unloading and transporting materials and products on at least two (2) occasions

documenting and reporting non-conforming materials and products

maintaining clean equipment, machines and work environment

applying workplace procedures

completing relevant documentation and maintaining records.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)

relevant Australian Standards

use of products and materials

procedures to handle products and materials

materials handling requirements

correct manual handling techniques

procedures to use required equipment

despatch and receival procedures

loading and unloading procedures

industry documentation and work orders

cleaning of machines and equipment

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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