Range of VariablesThe Range of Variables explains the range of contexts within which the performance and knowledge requirements of this standard may be assessed. The scope of variables chosen in training and assessment may depend on the work contexts |
What type of details about the weed might be required? | Details might include location of weeds, area covered by the weed, possibility of off target damage, and potential threats that the weed may present to surrounding areas. |
What treatments might be applied? | Treatments may include hand weeding, herbicides, release of biological agents, cultivation, slashing, cutting, burning and ripping. |
What equipment is appropriate for treatment application? | Equipment may include backpack sprayers, spray tanks, fertiliser spreaders, ladders, tractor drawn cultivation equipment, rippers, weedicide applicators, handsaws, chainsaws and brushcutters. |
What OHS hazards might apply to this standard? | OHS hazards may include use of hazardous chemicals, use of tractors and machinery, solar radiation, manual handling, falls, tripping and noise. |
What or who may be at risk from OHS hazards? | Hazard may cause risk to workers, equipment, people and animals external to the workplace (such as members of the public, wildlife, pets, bees, fish, birds), and the environment. |
What personal protective equipment (PPE) may be required to apply treatments? | Personal protective equipment may include hat, rubber boots, chemical resistant overalls, face protection, hearing protection, gloves, goggles, respirator or facemask, sunscreen lotion. |
What OHS requirements might apply to this standard? | OHS requirements may include identifying hazards, assessing and reporting risks, safety procedures involved in chemical handling and use, weather conditions, safety procedures for protecting others, cleaning, maintaining and storing tools and equipment, appropriate use, maintenance and storage of personal protective equipment including sun protection, drinking to avoid dehydration, safe operation of tools and equipment, personal hygiene and reporting problems to supervisors. |
What regulatory requirements might apply to this standard? | Regulatory requirements may include the use and disposal of chemicals, record keeping, transport of chemicals, access to area, use of chainsaws, reporting accidents and dangerous goods. |
What environmental impacts may apply to this standard? | Environmental impacts may include leaching and contamination of the water table, soil contamination, spray drift, damage to off target organisms, contaminated produce, surface run off, changes in soil structure. |
What records need to be kept when treating weeds? | Records may include accident and dangerous occurrence reports, name of operator, treatments applied, rate, date, settings of equipment, weed numbers, numbers of beneficial organisms. |
For more information on contexts, environment and variables for training and assessment, refer to the Sector Booklet. |
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