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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine production requirements
   • Confirm planned production requirements and communicate to relevant personnel according to work health and safety (WHS), production requirements and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
   • Confirm availability of machine supplies.
2. Inspect and prepare systems for startup
   • Inspect systems for dry end operations.
   • Remove isolations, as required.
   • Set and confirm operational settings
   • Complete pre-start checkups.
   • Check and confirm operation of monitoring devices
   • Identify and rectify results.
   • Communicate start up to relevant personnel.
3. Start up dry end operations
   • Coordinate and implement start up for dry end operations.
   • Confirm system functions by monitoring plant, equipment and control system and display monitors.
   • Communicate process operations to relevant personnel.
4. Establish startup at dry end
   • Establish sheet and stabilise through dry end sections to parent reel.
   • Monitor and adjust systems to rectify variations from specifications.
   • Adjust and modify to stabilise sheet quality within specifications.
   • Record production start up, system operation, production and quality data.

Range Statement

Not Applicable

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Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and must be able to provide evidence that they can:

prepare and start up dry end operations, at least twice in line with required enterprise intervals, by:

identifying and actioning problems within level of responsibility

identifying and monitoring process control points

planning and organising startups

monitoring and adjusting systems to rectify variations from specifications

using and interpreting electronic control systems, including Digital Control System (DCS), touch screens or robotics to control equipment and processes during operations

reporting on operational data.

communicating effectively, through written and verbal means, and working safely with others, in the work area when undertaking dry end operations.

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Knowledge Evidence

A person competent in this unit must be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

documentation and procedures relevant to dry end operations in the pulp and paper industry including:

work health and safety(WHS) including high risk load shifting licensing requirements

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

production needs including output targets, production scheduling quality requirements, resources and energy use, waste minimisation

quality procedures

environmental sustainability requirements/practices

machinery and plant manufacturing operating manuals

enterprise policies and procedures

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

oil or chemical spills and disposal guidelines

plant isolation documentation

safe work documentation

maintenance logs

job sheets

site agreements

safety instructions

process and instrument diagrams

machine manuals

troubleshooting guides

incident reports

materials and their uses in dry end operations including:

chemicals

compressed air

water

electricity

gas

steam

additives

machine clothing

ropes and belts

hazards and risks including steam and/or gas leaks, fires, nip points, compressed air, hot surfaces, electrical entanglement, slip hazards/falls, energy, pressures, chemicals, fumes, confined spaces and dust

dry end operations including drying processes, reeling operations, chemical additive system, monitoring systems, sheet treatment processes, tail feed systems, broke system, on-line coating systems, calendering systems, vacuum systems, laser systems, slitter systems, sheet transfer systems, accumulator and cleaning showers

dry end plant, processes, layout and associated services sufficient to carry out startup activities

electronic and other control systems, operation and application to make appropriate adjustments that control the dry end.

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