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Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare for the work
- Work requirements are identified from request/work orders or equivalent and clarified/confirmed with appropriate parties or by site inspection
- Occupational Health and Safety standards, statutory requirements, relevant Australian standards, codes of practice, manufacturers' specifications, environmental requirements and enterprise procedures are identified, applied and monitored throughout the work procedure
- Resources required to satisfy the work plan are identified, obtained and inspected for compliance with the job specifications
- Relevant plans, drawings and texts are selected and interpreted in accordance with the work plan
- Correct size, type and quantity of materials/components are determined, obtained and inspected for compliance with the job specifications
- Work is planned in detail including sequencing and prioritising and considerations made, where appropriate, for the maintenance of plant security and capacity in accordance with system/site requirements
- Co-ordination requirements, including requests for isolations where appropriate, are resolved with others involved, affected or required by the work
- Potential hazards are identified and prevention and/or control measures are selected in accordance with the work plan and site procedures
- Work area is prepared in accordance with work requirements and site procedures
- Where appropriate, the teams and individuals roles and responsibilities within the team are identified and, where required, assist in the provision of on-the-job training
- Erect, secure and inspect scaffolding
- Dismantle scaffolding
- Complete the work
Required Skills
Evidence Required
Range Statement
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7) This relates to the unit of competency as a whole providing the range of contexts and conditions to which the Performance Criteria apply. It allows for different work environments and situations that will affect performance. |
Potential hazards may include trees; overhead services such as power, steam, gas, water and telephone; uneven and unstable ground; dynamic loading such as concrete pump lines; other personnel; environmental influences such as weather, lighting, noise and dust; and surrounding buildings, vessels and structures.Hazard control measures may include erection of barriers, signage and tags.Components may include steel and aluminium tube, couplers and accessories, scaffolding planks, ropes, chains, shackles, straps and other overhead attachment gear, scaffold hoists, gin wheels, swing boat, boatswain chair, cradles, portable ladders and chairs.Advanced scaffolding work may include prefabricated scaffolds; tube and coupler scaffolds including tube and coupler covered ways and gantries; cantilevered hoist with working load limit not exceeding 500kgs (material only); ropes; gin wheels; safety nets and static lines; bracket scaffolds (tank and formwork); cantilevered crane loading platforms; cantilevered and spurred scaffolds; barrow ramps and sloping platforms; scaffolding associated with perimeter safety screens and shutters; mast climbers; hung scaffolds, including scaffolds hanging from tubes; wire ropes and chains; and suspended scaffolds.Work completion details may include plant and maintenance records, job cards, check sheets updates and reporting and/or documenting equipment defects.Generic terms are used throughout this Training Package for vocational standard shall be regarded as part of the Range Statement in which competency is demonstrated. The definition of these and other terms are given in Volume 2, Part 1. |