Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare for operations
- Access, interpret and apply compliance documentation relevant to the work activity
- 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 plant, 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
- Setup operations
- Verify quantity of bars meet task requirements
- Confirm bars are fit for purpose
- Confirm saw cut locations are marked out or programmed into paving computer as per site specifications
- Check automatic program spacing
- Check tie bar spacing and variations conform to plans
- Check for safe operations and confirm operation of emergency stops
- Operate tie bar system
- Maintain safe working area around tie bar inserter
- Maintain adequate stock of bars at tie bar inserter
- Operate and monitor mechanical or manual tie bar insertion for correct location, alignment and depth (if sidebars)
- Report missed bars or jamming immediately to the relevant personnel
- Ensure location of any missed or non compliant insertion is recorded by relevant site personnel
- Ensure concrete is fully compacted around the tie bar
- Ensure magazine is sufficiently loaded at all times
- Operate hiab (if fitted) to load magazine safely and accurately
- Load magazine by hand according to correct procedures
- Clean Up