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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Pack product
   • Check plant, systems and equipment in accordance with workplace health and safety (WHS) requirements, environmental sustainability and safe working requirements and practices, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), and housekeeping requirements.
   • Obtain and interpret customer order or product documentation.
   • Prepare and operate packing systems.
   • Undertake operator level maintenance requirements for packing system.
   • Monitor, control and undertake quality assessments of packing system and correct faults or undertake appropriate actions.
   • Maintain packing supply levels.
   • Undertake packing system adjustments for grade changes.
2. Wrap product
   • Obtain and interpret wrapping requirements for customer order.
   • Prepare and operate wrapping systems.
   • Undertake operator level maintenance requirements for wrapping system.
   • Monitor, control and correct faults of wrapping systems.
   • Maintain wrapping materials and supply levels.
3. Label product
   • Undertake operator level maintenance or labelling equipment.
   • Monitor and control labelling system and correct faults.
   • Maintain labelling supplies.
4. Pack product
   • Check plant, systems and equipment in accordance with workplace health and safety (WHS) requirements, environmental sustainability and safe working requirements and practices, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), and housekeeping requirements.
   • Obtain and interpret customer order or product documentation.
   • Prepare and operate packing systems.
   • Undertake operator level maintenance requirements for packing system.
   • Monitor, control and undertake quality assessments of packing system and correct faults or undertake appropriate actions.
   • Maintain packing supply levels.
   • Undertake packing system adjustments for grade changes.
5. Wrap product
   • Obtain and interpret wrapping requirements for customer order.
   • Prepare and operate wrapping systems.
   • Undertake operator level maintenance requirements for wrapping system.
   • Monitor, control and correct faults of wrapping systems.
   • Maintain wrapping materials and supply levels.
6. Label product
   • Undertake operator level maintenance or labelling equipment.
   • Monitor and control labelling system and correct faults.
   • Maintain labelling supplies.

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:

operating packaging and wrapping product systems, at least twice in line with required enterprise intervals

undertake preparations to package product

identify causes and effects of packaging equipment or system faults and takes corrective action

identify and monitor process control points when packaging product

use mechanical handling and loading equipment to lift, carry and set down loads

use electronic and other control systems to control equipment to package product

communicate effectively and work safely with others, in the work area when undertaking packaging.

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Knowledge Evidence

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

workplace documentation and procedures relevant to packaging procedures and responsibilities, in the pulp and paper industry and covering:

work health and safety (WHS) procedures including activity or task specific high risk load shifting licensing requirements, plant clearance, job safety analysis, permit systems

freight transport regulations including load limits and restraint, driver fatigue and train of responsibility

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and housekeeping procedures for production and packaging schedules

quality procedures and quality assurance documentation including ISO 9002

environmental sustainability requirements and practices

plant manufacturing operating manuals

oil or chemical spills and disposal guidelines

plant isolation documentation

work and customer orders

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

causes and effects of equipment or system faults and required corrective action

use of manual transfer techniques and requirements

operating parameters, variation and associated adjustments for packaging, processes, layout and associated services, within level of responsibility

key features of maintenance systems including operator level maintenance as per site agreements, operator maintenance schedules, maintenance suppliers and pro-active maintenance strategies

use of electronic and other control systems, operation and application to make appropriate adjustments, which control packaging of product, within level of responsibility.

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