Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare
- Access, interpret and apply compliance documentation relevant to distribution of tailings
- Receive, interpret and clarify shift changeover details
- Communicate with other personnel using approved communication methods
- Select personal protective equipment appropriate for work activities
- Select appropriate type of auxiliary equipment for work activities
- Perform equipment pre-start checks
- Identify, address and report potential risks and hazards
- Identify, address and report environmental issues
- Adhere to emergency procedures
- Use approved dust suppression and extraction methods
- Prepare site for positioning of equipment
- Position and stabilise equipment according to work plan
- Start-up equipment in sequence
- Monitor and disperse tailings
- Read and interpret data from equipment indicators to determine deposition parameters
- Continuously inspect plant and identify defects and potential problems
- Adjust equipment to approved operating parameters to optimise performance, maintain efficiency and to meet tailings quality targets
- Control feed to equipment
- Monitor bunded areas and manage overflows
- Complete all required documentation
- Identify, address and report hazards
- Report spillages to meet environmental guidelines
- Pass on end of shift information to oncoming shift
- Ensure tailings meet fill plant operating parameters
- Conduct housekeeping activities
- Shutdown in sequence and/or isolate equipment