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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare to close vault or crypt.
   • Liaise with supervisor and team members to identify and confirm work requirements.
   • Confirm correct vault or crypt to close.
   • Identify, prepare and use personal protective equipment.
   • Select and assemble tools and equipment according to work requirements.
   • Check tools and equipment for serviceability and report faults.
   • Detect safety hazards and report hazard or excavate area.
   • Place lifting device or equipment for safe access to vault or crypt.
   • Remove flowers from top of coffin or casket according to client requirements.
   • Fill vaults or move coffin or casket to rear of crypt.
   • Identify, analyse and implement risk treatments for entering and exiting vaults or crypts.
2. Close and seal vault or crypt.
   • Release internal drainage and ventilation seals between rear and front crypt as required.
   • Place vault or crypt lid for sealing and seal lid according to future access requirements.
   • Reinstate face plate.
   • Use tools and equipment according to manufacturer guidelines.
3. Clean work area.
   • Clean exterior of vault or crypt to cemetery’s presentation standard.
   • Remove, clean and store tools and equipment.
   • Present vault or crypt according to client requirements.
4. Prepare to close vault or crypt.
   • Liaise with supervisor and team members to identify and confirm work requirements.
   • Confirm correct vault or crypt to close.
   • Identify, prepare and use personal protective equipment.
   • Select and assemble tools and equipment according to work requirements.
   • Check tools and equipment for serviceability and report faults.
   • Detect safety hazards and report hazard or excavate area.
   • Place lifting device or equipment for safe access to vault or crypt.
   • Remove flowers from top of coffin or casket according to client requirements.
   • Fill vaults or move coffin or casket to rear of crypt.
   • Identify, analyse and implement risk treatments for entering and exiting vaults or crypts.
5. Close and seal vault or crypt.
   • Release internal drainage and ventilation seals between rear and front crypt as required.
   • Place vault or crypt lid for sealing and seal lid according to future access requirements.
   • Reinstate face plate.
   • Use tools and equipment according to manufacturer guidelines.
6. Clean work area.
   • Clean exterior of vault or crypt to cemetery’s presentation standard.
   • Remove, clean and store tools and equipment.
   • Present vault or crypt according to client requirements.

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

select, prepare and safely use, the required equipment and lifting devices according to supervisor instructions, workplace policies and procedures, and manufacturer guidelines

reinstate and present vaults and crypts post burial, safely and efficiently according to work specifications and client requirements

use safe manual handling techniques.

Evidence of performance of reinstating vaults and crypts on two or more occasions is required to demonstrate consistency of performance and ability to respond to different situations.

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Knowledge Evidence

Demonstrated knowledge of:

principles of concrete reinstatement

use, care and maintenance of hand tools and equipment in relation to reinstating vaults and crypts

use and maintenance of personal protective equipment

operating requirements of relevant lifting devices and equipment

requirements for drain and air vent clearance

federal, state or territory, and local government legislation and regulations relating to work health and safety and reinstatement of vaults or crypts

workplace policies and procedures regarding preparation and reinstatement of vaults or crypts and site presentation

safety hazard in relation to reinstating vaults or crypts, including:

slippery surfaces

water

overhead obstacles

ground pressure:

machinery

people

soil

previously dug graves

monument collapse

drains

cables

sprinklers

pipes

social, religious and cultural practices and traditions that impact on burial procedures

environmental impacts in relation to burial works and minimal impact practices to reduce these, especially those that relate to resource, water and energy use

environmentally sound disposal methods for all types of waste and in particular for hazardous substances.

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