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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Select and use hand tools
2. Correct tools are chosen to complete workplace tasks and to ensure efficient and safeworking conditions
3. Appropriate personal safety protection is used to minimise personal injury risk
4. Maintain hand tools
5. Equipment is cleaned and maintained in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications and/or local instructions to ensure correct functionality of equipment
6. Unserviceable tools are repaired, replaced or reported to relevant personnel to ensure correct functionality
7. Secure and store hand tools
8. Tools are transported in a safe, secure, efficient manner to minimise risk of injury to personnel and damage to equipment
9. Tools are stored and secured according to manufacturer’s or workplace procedures to prevent damage to, and losses of, equipment

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Non-essential conditions can be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and include:

applying precautions and required action to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards applying relevant legislation and workplace procedures communicating and working effectively with others completing relevant documentation identifying, selecting, and efficiently and effectively using relevant hand tools and related materials reading, interpreting and following relevant instructions, procedures, information and signs.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements, performance criteria and include knowledge of:

emergency procedures materials for maintaining and using hand tools and the procedures and precautions for their care, use and storage problems that can occur maintaining and using hand tools and related action that should be taken relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS), and environmental procedures and regulations relevant sections of state/territory regulations, codes of practice and safeworking system requirements workplace documentation and records requirements workplace procedures and policies for maintaining and using hand tools.

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