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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 |
Environmentalrequirements 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) |
Topography | is a map of the designated area showing terrain levels |
Environmental management considerations may include: | ground growth canopy general forest lean wind speed and direction fallen trees density of trees ground slope soil and water protection ground hazards obstacles |
Construction requirements may include: | data relating to road requirements and restrictions lifting equipment transport equipment maximum road loads likely weather conditions expected timeframes survey locations and requirements water courses location of log landings road entry points crossing or entry points for other roads and tracks budget |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisors suppliers clients colleagues and managers contractors |
Established may include: | line-of-site pegging and marking trees clearing and removing trees and obstacles |
Obstacles may include: | stumps unrecoverable trees |
Extraction is to include: | methods of removing log from the work site with mechanical equipment and cables, considering site conditions and specific log location an order that minimises downtime and risk of snags, breakages and hang ups |
Resources may include: | equipment personnel budget time |
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 |
Removed may include: | removing, dumping and storing soil considering environmental requirements and consequences in relation to removing, dumping and storing soil |
Water crossing points: | may be established where depth of drainage becomes excessive or natural water courses occur may include use of a culvert or cording in line with volume of predicted crossing water |
Base and surface material may include: | crushed rock and sand over a range of sizes and materials typically used for road and track construction |
Equipment | may be wheeled or tracked and include: dozer front end loader skidder or grader using bucket or blade attachments |
Records and reports may include: | landing and snig track design and development operations extraction methods hazards and incidents equipment malfunctions and may be: manual a computer-based system other appropriate organisational communication system |