Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare
- Access, interpret and apply compliance documentation relevant to the work activity
- Obtain, confirm and apply work instructions, including plans, specifications, quality requirements and operational details to the allotted task
- Obtain and confirm safety requirements from the site safety plan and organisational policies and procedures, and apply to the allotted task
- Identify, obtain and implement signage requirements from the project traffic management plan
- Select tools and equipment to carry out tasks consistent with the requirements of the job, check for serviceability and rectify or report any faults
- Identify environmental protection requirements from the project environmental management plan, and confirm and apply to the allotted task
- Set out and prepare for primary ground support
- Determine the requirements for ground support construction from ground conditions and engineer's directions
- Identify and implement method of ground support installation in accordance with the excavation process
- Obtain material requirements for primary ground support
- Install primary ground support in accordance with the progressive development of the excavation process
- Set out position of sets/rings and points of support to engineer's specifications
- Prepare component parts of ground support to designed requirements
- Install primary ground support
- Maintain primary ground support
- Carry out daily inspection of primary ground support to ensure system is secure in accordance with specifications, particularly where explosives are in use
- Identify faults and make adjustments to ensure ground support is maintained
- Identify ground faults and determine and carry out support rectifications to engineer's design and specifications
- Clean up