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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine production requirements
   • Confirm planned production requirements and communicate to relevant personnel according to documentation and procedures, work health and safety (WHS) procedures, productivity requirements and standard operating procedures (SOP).
   • Determine furnish type, chemical requirements and supply rate (conveyer loading procedure) and communicate to relevant personnel.
   • Confirm availability of supplies to meet production requirements.
   • Confirm readiness and availability of facilities to receive process product and/or by-products.
2. Inspect and prepare systems for startup
   • Inspect systems for waste paper operations.
   • Complete pre-start checkups.
   • Make and confirm operational settings with specification requirements.
   • Confirm production status with relevant personnel.
   • Check monitoring devices and systems to confirm they are operational.
   • Rectify identified faults or take appropriate actions.
3. Implement startup operations
   • Activate systems for start up and confirm they are operational.
   • Coordinate equipment start ups for production.
   • Monitor systems and adjust to rectify variations from specifications.
   • Communicate process operations to relevant personnel.
   • Log, record or file production start ups.
4. Establish and stabilise the production and quality processes
   • Monitor and adjust systems to rectify variations from specifications.
   • Take samples as required and appropriately action.
   • Log, record or file system operation, production and quality data.
5. Determine production requirements
   • Confirm planned production requirements and communicate to relevant personnel according to documentation and procedures, work health and safety (WHS) procedures, productivity requirements and standard operating procedures (SOP).
   • Determine furnish type, chemical requirements and supply rate (conveyer loading procedure) and communicate to relevant personnel.
   • Confirm availability of supplies to meet production requirements.
   • Confirm readiness and availability of facilities to receive process product and/or by-products.
6. Inspect and prepare systems for startup
   • Inspect systems for waste paper operations.
   • Complete pre-start checkups.
   • Make and confirm operational settings with specification requirements.
   • Confirm production status with relevant personnel.
   • Check monitoring devices and systems to confirm they are operational.
   • Rectify identified faults or take appropriate actions.
7. Implement startup operations
   • Activate systems for start up and confirm they are operational.
   • Coordinate equipment start ups for production.
   • Monitor systems and adjust to rectify variations from specifications.
   • Communicate process operations to relevant personnel.
   • Log, record or file production start ups.
8. Establish and stabilise the production and quality processes
   • Monitor and adjust systems to rectify variations from specifications.
   • Take samples as required and appropriately action.
   • Log, record or file 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 waste paper operations, at least twice in line with required enterprise intervals, in a pulp or paper manufacturing facility by:

identifying and actioning problems within level of responsibility

undertaking pre startup checks and confirming that services, raw material, equipment and personnel are available and faults are identified

identifying and monitoring process control points

planning and organising startups

monitoring and adjusting systems, through inspections and tests, and rectifying 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 sampling, tests and operational data

communicating effectively, through written and verbal means, and working safely with others, in the work area when undertaking waste paper 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 waste paper operations in the pulp and paper industry and including:

work health and safety (WHS) including high risk load shifting licensing requirements, plant clearance, job safety analysis, permit systems, product specifications and schedules, emergency procedures and responses

standard operating procedures (SOP) and housekeeping

productivity requirements and quality procedures

environmental sustainability requirements and practices

machinery and plant manufacturing operating manuals

enterprise policies and procedures

Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

oil or chemical spills and disposal guidelines

plant isolation documentation and process and instrument diagrams

furnish sheets and tally sheets

maintenance logs, job sheets

site agreements

hazards and risks including steam and/or gas leaks, fires, chemicals, fumes, confined spaces and dust, and how to address them

key features of waste paper operations including pulping, screening, dewatering and reject systems

appropriate materials and their uses in waste paper operations including waste paper, air, water, chemicals, broke, steam and electricity

waste paper plant, processes, layout and associated services sufficient to carry out startup responsibility

electronic and other control systems, to make appropriate adjustments that control the waste paper operations.

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