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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

Required skills

communication skills to liaise with work team and appropriate personnel to perform job requirements and maintain safety

literacy and numeracy skills to interpret job requirements report faulty tools equipment and machinery and locate appropriate gravesites

problemsolving skills to recognise actual and potential safety hazards and take corrective action

appropriate and safe use of tools machinery and equipment

Required knowledge

appropriate backfilling techniques

workplace policies and procedures

safe operating procedures for tools equipment and machinery operations

broad working knowledge of relevant federal state or territory and local government legislation and regulations relating to OHS working in confined spaces and gravedigging

operating procedures for relevant tools equipment and machinery

shoring techniques and devices

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the following is essential

ability to select prepare use maintain and clean the required tools and equipment according to supervisor instructions workplace policies and procedures and manufacturers instructions

hazard identification risk assessment and control to ensure safety of self and others

safe use of shoring devices during backfill operations and ensuring that the site is marked and well presented on conclusion of the work

backfilling and making good graves on multiple occasions to ensure consistency of performance and ability to respond to different situations

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure

demonstration of skills in a cemetery environment with a range of backfilling requirements

access to relevant documentation including cemetery map or plan and range of job requirements

access to relevant legislation and workplace policies and procedures

access to relevant tools equipment and machinery

Methods of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge The following examples are appropriate for this unit

observation of candidate preparing backfilling and making good gravesites according to workplace and legislative requirements

written or verbal questioning to assess knowledge and understanding of workplace policies and procedures and relevant legislation

review of portfolios of evidence and thirdparty workplace reports of onthejob performance by the candidate

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended for example

SIFBCRA Prepare for gravedigging

SIFBCR017A Prepare for gravedigging

SIFBCRA Dig a grave manually

SIFBCR020A Dig a grave manually

SIFBCRA Dig a grave using machinery

SIFBCR023A Dig a grave using machinery

SIFOHSA Follow OHS procedures

SIFOHS001A Follow OHS procedures.

Employability skills embedded in this unit should be assessed holistically with other relevant units that make up the skill set or qualification and in the context of the job role

Range Statement


The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Job requirements may include:	social, cultural and religious requirements, such as: burial procedures time between death and burial time between burial and closure of graves placing of tributes and special personal effects work team tools, equipment and machinery personal protective equipment protective restraints.

Workplace policies and procedures may include:	standard operating policies and procedures standards and certification requirements quality assurance procedures OHS procedures emergency procedures, including fire and accident procedures reporting tool, machinery and equipment faults.

Gravesite may include:	lined unlined.

Tools and equipment may include:	spade shovel pick crowbar auger timber tong sledgehammer timber mallet ladder that complies with requirements of current Australian standard.

Machinery may include:	backhoe front-end loader skidsteer loader excavator tractor truck.

Personal protective equipment may include:	overalls steel-capped boots jacket long sleeves gloves safety glasses or goggles hard hat hat or cap gumboots ear plugs or muffs sun protection two-way radio.

Appropriate personnel may include:	funeral director supervisor leading hand.

Protective restraints may include:	sheeting barricades temporary fencing reinforced covers.

Relevant legislation and regulations may include:	OHS workers' compensation legislation and regulations cemetery Acts and by-laws general cemetery regulations local government regulations Lands Act Public Health Act Environment Protection Act Australian standards Worksafe Australia certification and standards.

Safety hazards may relate to:	air water vibration heat slippery surfaces overhead obstacles ground pressure, such as: machinery people soil structures previously dug graves monument collapse foreign objects drains cables sprinklers pipes trees and roots.

Shoring devices may include:	spreaders boards hydraulic braces stabilisers.