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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for handling operations
   • Identify handling requirements and where required check with appropriate personnel.
   • Select appropriate personal protective and load shifting equipment and complete pre-operational checks to ensure operational effectiveness.
   • Inspect type and quantity of material for relocation and check work area for potential hazards, obstructions and spillage.
   • Confirm availability of required materials.
2. Load and unload product
   • Use load shifting equipment in line with organisational safety procedures, manufacturer’s instructions and environmental protection practices.
   • Use communication signals to notify nearby personnel of impending operation.
   • Estimate material dimensions and weight to ensure load and equipment is stable.
   • Load or unload product direct from the production line; observe and respond to people and hazards present.
3. Transport and store product
   • Transport product to appropriate storage location.
   • Identify, isolate and report non-conformant product.
   • Store product in approved configurations in relevant stock locations.
4. Document and report product information
   • Identify products with appropriate labels as required
   • Compile and verify inventory records in line with organizational procedures.
   • Communicate problems or variations with process, product or equipment to relevant personnel.

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:

transfer loads of material, at least twice in line with required enterprise intervals, from the following list:

bleached or unbleached pulp

fluff pulp

crumbed pulp

baled, rolled or sheet pulp

slushed pulp

provide clear signals of operation using required signal systems including:

hand signals

whistles

sirens

loud speaker announcements

two way radios

label and store products in approved configurations in storage locations and complete inventory control records.

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Knowledge Evidence

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

pulping plant layout

pulping plant processes, at an overview level

typical work flow processes for transferring pulped products to and from designated storage areas

typical workplace hazards present during transfer operations and methods of minimising risks

capacity of transfer equipment in relation to dimensions and weight

methods to correctly load transfer equipment to ensure stability of load and equipment

key features of these varying signal systems used for transfer processes:

hand signals

whistles

sirens

loud speaker announcements

two way radios

typical industry chain of command for communicating signals during transfer processes

storage layout and categories for:

raw materials

finished pulped products

inventory labelling and recording systems

organisational procedures:

standard operating procedures specific to distributing and storing pulped product

workplace health and safety with particular emphasis on use of personal protective equipment

communication reporting lines

recording and reporting inventory, transfer processes, product and equipment faults.

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