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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) |
Work order is to include: | instructions for coppice stem management for the work site and may include: type size length quantity and grade 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 |
Stumps | are the remaining stumps after felling has occurred in harvesting operations; stump height varies between half a metre and two metres |
Coppice: | is the new growth that shoots from a stump or stool after harvesting has occurred is used as an alternative to seeding or seedling propagation to provide short rotation for pulpwood of existing species forests are renowned for providing a fast return to a flora and fauna friendly biodiversity |
Equipment may include: | thinning equipment |
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 ground slope gullies water courses seed trees habitat trees ground hazards and obstacles |
Stools | are stumps after they have been cut down to height equivalent or as close as is practical to ground level |
Debris is to include: | forest waste branches bracken or rubbish |
Standard seedlings are to include: | new growth that sprouts as a result of natural seeding or planted seedlings |
Coppice managementplan may include: | coppice plans that only manage coppice growth coppice and standard plans, which include regulated growth of standard seedlings to complement the coppice growth |
Thinning | is the process of removing weak, small or surplus coppice stems to promote the growth of the remaining stems |
Harvesting | is the method of cutting and extracting trees and timber from designated areas |
Records and reports may include: | tree type size height diameter inspection information grading and labelling outcomes storage locations quality outcomes hazards incidents equipment malfunctions and may be: manual a computer-based system other appropriate organisational communication system |