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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine job requirements
2. Bridges are inspected as required to locate bearings requiring maintenance
3. Hazards are identified, risks are assessed and control measures are implemented
4. Job requirements are determined in accordance with workplace procedures, and scope of work and resources required are identified
5. Perform bearing maintenance
6. Components requiring maintenance are cleaned and prepared in accordance with workplace procedures
7. Bearing components are maintained to standard in accordance with workplace procedures
8. Clean up site
9. Workplace procedures and environmental regulations and standards relevant to site clean-up are confirmed and clarified as required
10. Waste is minimised and reused or disposed of in accordance with relevant workplace procedures and environmental regulations and standards
11. Cleaning products and materials are disposed of in accordance with relevant workplace procedures and environmental regulations and standards
12. Established site restoration practices are followed and problems with these practices are identified and reported
13. Complete documentation
14. Required documentation procedures and processes are confirmed
15. Documentation is filled in legibly and proofread
16. Documentation is processed in accordance with workplace procedures

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 three separate occasions and include:

applying relevant workplace procedures cleaning and servicing bridge bearing components in accordance with workplace procedures following operational instructions and work sequences identifying job hazards and taking required action to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards identifying minor defects in accordance with workplace procedures implementing contingency plans inspecting bearings and determining work requirements in accordance with workplace procedures modifying activities depending on operational contingencies, risk situations and environments monitoring work activities in terms of planned schedule reading and interpreting relevant plans and specifications reporting and/or rectifying identified problems, faults or malfunctions, in accordance with regulatory requirements and workplace procedures.

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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 and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

functions of different types of bridge bearings hazards that may exist when maintaining bridge bearings and ways of controlling the risks involved problems that may occur when maintaining bridge bearings, and action that can be taken to report or resolve these problems relevant rail danger zones relevant recording and documentation procedures relevant rail safety, work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) and environmental procedures and regulations routine maintenance methods and techniques workplace procedures for maintaining bridge bearings.

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