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The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
OHS requirements: | are to be in line with applicable commonwealth, state or territory legislation and regulations, and organisational safety policies and procedures, and may include: personal protective equipment and clothing safety equipment first aid equipment fire fighting equipment hazard and risk control fatigue management elimination of hazardous materials and substances safe forest practices, including required actions relating to forest fire manual handling including shifting, lifting and carrying |
Environmental requirements may include: | legislation organisational policies and procedures workplace practices |
Legislative requirements: | are to be in line with applicable commonwealth, state or territory legislation, regulations, certification requirements and codes of practice and may include: award and enterprise agreements industrial relations Australian Standards confidentiality and privacy OHS the environment equal opportunity anti-discrimination relevant industry codes of practice duty of care |
Organisational requirements may include: | legal organisational and site guidelines policies and procedures relating to own role and responsibility quality assurance procedural manuals quality and continuous improvement processes and standards OHS, emergency and evacuation procedures ethical standards recording and reporting requirements equipment use, maintenance and storage requirements environmental management requirements (waste minimisation and disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Work order is to include: | instructions for debarking logs and despatching logs from the work site to downstream processing and may include: species diameter length quantity grade instructions for the environmental monitoring of work and procedures environmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisors suppliers clients colleagues managers |
Logs are to include: | assessment of diameter range curvature faults species moisture content |
Debarking is the process of: | forcing a log through a debarking machine which strips the log bare of its bark, making the log available for further downstream processing outfeeding the bark for landscaping supplies |
Storage locations may include: | storage racks storage bays bins stacks pallet boxes modularised storage components temporary stacking bays (stand, frame or ground) and may be divided into: standard product classification product designation size dimension stack number weight grade shelf life stock rotation position |
Equipment is to include: | measuring equipment debarking plant procedures for machine lock-out, such as protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine from the power source and may include: computer-automated systems automated storage-conveyor systems automated diameter and length sorting systems |
Communication may include: | verbal and non-verbal language constructive feedback active listening questioning to clarify and confirm understanding use of positive, confident and cooperative language use of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differences control of tone of voice |
Pre-startup checks | are conducted to ensure: debarking plant has been set up correctly cutters are installed accurately machinery is operating to optimum performance |
Feed rate | is the rate of speed the material is passed through the machine affecting the sharpness of the cutters, the finish of the material, and the production output |
Conveyor is to include: | belts chutes or travelator methods of transporting logs to and from the debarker, which may be automated in conjunction with the log storage area |
Defects may include: | incorrect moisture content warp wane curvature shakes insect defects knots resin pockets |
Disposing of may include: | recycling timber with defects re-using timber with defects redirecting timber with defects for energy recovery |
Records and reports may include: | debarking system product type size inspection information grading and labelling outcomes storage locations quality outcomes hazards incidents equipment malfunctions and may be: manual computer-based system other appropriate organisational communication system |
Dealing with may include: | repairing or sending to be repaired blunt or damaged cutters recycling blunt or damaged cutters that cannot be repaired sending blunt or damaged cutters that cannot be repaired to landfill |