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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 equipment allocation and usage location intended activity to designated personnel and may also include: 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 |
Truck may include: | rigid or articulated timber trucks, including: semi-trailers jinkers quad-dogs B doubles two-bay skeletal trucks |
Ancillary equipment may include: | safety fittings headache boards cab guards |
Accessories may include: | tools records first aid kits fire extinguishers binders chains personal protective equipment |
Configuration is to include: | truck and trailer combination |
Logs are to include: | assessment of: diameter range curvature faults length |
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 |
Environmental conditions may include: | ground growth canopy general forest lean fallen trees ground slope soil and water protection ground hazards and obstacles |
Log positioning equipment may include: | bolsters slippers stanchions chocks |
Load build is to include: | positioning of logs on truck so as to avoid: uneven weight distribution instability or uncontrolled collapse of the load during loading or unloading overhang requirements for trailer rigidity turning clearance projection above stanchions crowning weight distribution on truck and trailer axles contact with bolsters, stanchions and other logs |
Securing devices are to include: | chains binders other tensioning devices |
Trimming | is the process of preparing the truck and load for safe transport |
Primary controls may include: | power brakes steering speed position load reaction gear selection |
Subsidiary controls may include: | differential lock centre tyre inflation (CTI) power dividers |
Re-tensioning is to include: | re-tightening of the chains, binders and other tensioning devices |
Records and reports may include: | scheduling and coordination outcomes log movement despatch outcomes storage locations quality outcomes hazards incidents equipment malfunctions and may be: manual a computer-based system other appropriate organisational communication system |