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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) |
Logging may include: | activities covering a full range of species, log sizes, falling and retention densities slope and other environmental conditions cable systems usage, including: high lead (no skyline) standing skyline and a running skyline with hauling both uphill and downhill logs attached to optimise payload without exceeding the lift or haul capacity of the system |
Topography is to include: | 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 and obstacles |
Road location is to include: | where roads are constructed, taking into account: site requirements topographic information environmental considerations |
Construction is to include: | development method chosen to construct roads with: control points required grades water crossing points and structures |
Extraction is to include: | methods of removing logs from the work site with mechanical equipment and cables, considering site conditions and specific log location, in an order that minimises downtime and risk of snags, breakages and hang-ups |
Authorities are to include: | local government councils shires with local planning and zoning authority for a given region |
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 |
Material may include: | road base gravel crushed rock sand and bluestone cords and pipes for water crossings |
Equipment may include: | earthmoving equipment |
Maintenance | is the process of assessing road defects and undertaking the necessary rectification work |
Records and reports may include: | road construction and maintenance operations difficulties or issues faced environmental issues costs hazards incidents equipment malfunctions recommendations for future work results and may be: manual a computer-based system other appropriate organisational communication system |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisors suppliers clients colleagues managers |