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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for work
2. Worksite is identified
3. Hazards are identified, risks are assessed and control measures are implemented
4. Installation, replacement or repair method is selected to meet work requirements in accordance with worksite standards and procedures
5. Plant, equipment and materials are prepared for work
6. Restore track gauge
7. Equipment and tools appropriate to task are selected and checked for correct operation in accordance with manufacturer instructions and workplace procedures
8. Track gauge is restored as required, using appropriate methods in accordance with worksite standards and procedures
9. Track gauge measurements are recorded in accordance with workplace procedures
10. Install or replace sleeper
11. Unserviceable sleepers are extracted as required, using manual or mechanical methods in accordance with worksite procedures
12. New sleeper is installed using manual or mechanical methods in accordance with worksite procedures
13. Sleeper plates are installed on relevant sleeper types in accordance with worksite procedures
14. Sleeper is suitably packed or supported by appropriate methods in accordance with worksite procedures
15. Work is completed to meet track geometry requirements in accordance with worksite procedures
16. Work is checked for compliance with acceptance standards for spacing, skew and geometry
17. Complete documentation
18. Required documentation procedures and processes are confirmed
19. Documentation is filled in legibly and proofread
20. 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 one occasion and include:

applying relevant workplace procedures completing relevant documentation identifying job hazards and taking required action to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards installing or replacing sleepers interpreting and following operational instructions and following scheduled work processes modifying activities depending on operational contingencies, risk situations and environments operating and adapting to differences in equipment in accordance with operating procedures preparing for installation of railway sleepers reporting and/or rectifying identified problems, faults or malfunctions, in accordance with workplace procedures restoring track gauge and geometry selecting and using relevant tools and equipment working systematically with required attention to detail without injury to self or others, or damage to equipment.

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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:

contents of relevant workplace technical manuals and instructions defects that can occur in sleepering tools and equipment, and related action that should be taken hazards that may exist when installing railway sleepers and ways of controlling the risks involved problems that may occur when installing railway sleepers and action that can be taken to report or resolve these problems relevant recording and documentation procedures relevant safety, work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) and environmental procedures and regulations sleeper and bearer condition and placement rail industry standards sleeper and bearer specification and capacity track gauge measurements types of tools and equipment that may be used when installing railway sleepers, and their applications workplace procedures for installing railway sleepers and turnout bearers.

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