Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare work
- Safety issues are identified to comply with enterprise/site requirements
- Machine requirements identified and verified from job specifications
- Quality assurance requirements recognised and adhered to
- Locations of services identified from plans and drawings (water, power, telephone)
- Features (such as structures, designated parking areas, haul roads and unstable ground) are identified from site drawings
- Services located on site verified and marked
- Work schedule devised consistent with job requirements
- Pre-operational checks are carried out on plant according to manufacturer recommendations and site requirements
- Materials to be stockpiled identified from drawings and specifications
- Prepare pad to receive coal for stockpiling, removal of contamination, drainage
- Warning devices put in place prior to the commencement of stockpiling coal
- Make stockpiles
- Start up, park up, shut down procedures carried out in accordance with manufacturer and or site specific requirements
- Machine and attachments are adjusted for varied weather and ground conditions
- Safe grip and productivity maintained in varied conditions
- Control levers used to produce smooth movement of attachments in a safe manner as described in manufacturer manual
- Machine is monitored and observed to detect deviations from required operating conditions and faults acted upon are reported in accordance with site instructions/requirements
- Emergency procedures are carried out in accordance with manufacturer and/or site requirements
- Traffic flow and work area conditions are monitored and anticipated to facilitate safe operations
- Inspection and fault finding are carried out in accordance with manufacturer and/or site requirements
- Slope and height formed to job specifications and industry tolerances
- Coal is packed tightly to prevent air ingress to prevent fires and weather channelling from rain water
- Spread piles
- Monitor and control contamination
- Complete documentation
- Post operational check and minor maintenance is carried out on machine and/or accessories in accordance with manufacturer recommendations and site requirements
- Documentation is updated and plant problems, movements, abnormalities and status are reported and logged in accordance with enterprise/site procedures