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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for work
   • Identify work requirements
   • Identify and control work health and safety (WHS) hazards and identify risks to the environment
   • Coordinate with appropriate personnel, including facility managers and team members

Required Skills

Required skills

Required skills include conducting a range of tests site visits and research to identify tailings facility requirements including for water treatment and storage dam wall capacity and so on interpreting outcomes from tests performed and research undertaken determining and planning for conditions which will lead to out of specification operations planning and developing enterprise procedures for the wastetailings management plan with time constraints considered and for a manner relevant to the correct use of the equipment identifying collecting and conveying information relevant to the plan facility clearly and effectively using communication technology driving vehicles in remote settings with limited support as required maintaining appropriate levels of quality assurance reading and numeracy to interpret workplace documents calculate various indices and interpret technical information applying mathematics to the level of year

Required knowledge

Required knowledge to the breadth and depth required for the operation of the tailings management facilities and gathering systems includes principles of operation of waste treatment and management of different tailings and water types volumes and consistency process parameters and limits of tailings disposal plant eg pressure flow and pH duty of care obligations hierarchy of control communication protocols eg radio phone computer paper and permissionsauthorities typical issues causing problems plantequipment process environmental and the resolution of those problems relevant alarms and actions physics and chemistry relevant to the tailings being managed and their chemical physical handling and placement characteristics relevant environmental and heritage requirements mathematical formulae and their application to waste management calculations as needed

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit	Critical aspects for assessment and evidence are work requirements are identified appropriate routine checks logs and paperwork are completed and appropriate action planned as required plant and facility requirements are properly considered potential problems are identified and responses planned work environment and equipment are made safe for use
Context of and specific resources for assessment	Assessment of this competency will occur over a range of situations which will include typical disruptions to normal smooth operation This will require access to an operating plant over an extended period of time or a suitable method of gathering evidence of operating ability Where safety lack of opportunity or significant cost is an issue an industrybased simulation may be employed to assist the process
Guidance information for assessment	Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language competency and safety requirements of the site and consistent with workplace systems or procedures

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Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Procedures	Procedures may be written, verbal, computer-based or in some other form. They may include but are not limited to: all work instructions standard operating procedures formulas/recipes batch sheets temporary instructions any similar instructions provided for the smooth running of the plant good operating practice as may be defined by industry codes of practice Procedures would be expected to comply with any relevant government regulations.
Logs and reports	Logs and reports may include: paper or electronic-based logs and reports verbal/radio reports reporting items found which require action
Appropriate action	Appropriate action includes, but is not limited to: collecting information as required in the form of pictures, notes, equipment and waste samples, and so on determining potential problems which may require action to be pre-planned accessing and applying relevant technical and plant data for planning and design purposes considering appropriate problem solving techniques for possible faults planning for problem rectification by applying appropriate solution techniques to areas of responsibility planning for possible incident items until final resolution has occurred developing problem reporting processes and structures for outside area of responsibility/ability to designated person
Typical problems	Typical problems may include, but are not limited to: insufficient appreciation given to possible rupture of the tailings slurry delivery pipeline or decant water return pipeline lack of full consideration of rainfall induced erosion of the tailings facility containment wall or water imbalance poor understanding of and planning for geotechnical failure/excessive deformation of containment wall lack of provision planned for overfilling with tailings beyond management facility capacity, especially the result of unpredicted tailings production unplanned seepage of hazardous materials through the dam wall or through the foundation into the ground water insufficient design to protect against dust emissions especially of toxic materials unplanned or uncontained floodwater in high rainfall areas
Tailings/waste characteristics	Tailings/waste characteristics include: mineralogy: residual resource potential, and plant nutrients chemical reactivity: toxicity, leachate potential, acid producing potential, spontaneous combustion, cementation/hydration and weathering physical characteristics: particle size distribution, particle density compressibility, shear strength, liquefaction potential, erodibility and dusting potential placement characteristics: placed dry density, particle sorting, permeability, bearing capacity and initial placement density handling characteristics: solids content of slurries, trafficability during placement, flocculation/settling time and abrasiveness
Tailings disposal strategy	Tailings disposal strategy can include: the location of discharge points the rotation sequence for discharges the duration of deposition in an area the location of settling ponds and decant facilities the location and timing of intermediate paddock bunding the likely landform created by the deposition processes at stages throughout operations up to and including final landform flowable volumes and potential flow paths operational maintenance requirements (e.g. dust suppression, fauna exclusion and drainage)
Health, safety and environment (HSE)	All operations to which this unit applies are subject to stringent HSE requirements, which may be imposed through state or federal legislation, and these must not be compromised at any time. Where there is an apparent conflict between Performance Criteria and HSE requirements, the HSE requirements take precedence.
Work requirements	Work requirements may come from briefings, handovers and work orders and may include: compliance documentation product specifications nature and scope of tasks achievement targets operational conditions geological data site survey data site layout and out of bounds areas worksite inspection requirements lighting conditions plant or equipment defects hazards and potential hazards coordination requirements or issues

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