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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 heritage and traditional land owner issues |
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 heritage and traditional land owner issues |
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 and maintenance and storage requirements environmental management requirements (waste disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Tree breeding | may be to improve the yield and form of trees through improved breeding |
Environmental protection measures may relate to: | hygiene of the area relevant national, State and local legislation and regulations 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 and may include: contingencies for modifying operations during wet or other adverse weather conditions |
Timeline may be critical to: | the productivity of the forest success of the operation suitability for various forest products (e.g. pruning certification) |
Appropriate personnel may include: | operations supervisor management colleagues client relevant groups |
Consultative processes may include: | face-to-face meetings telephone facsimile written and email communication and may be with: clients technical operators marketing groups operations supervisor colleagues relevant groups/bodies such as environmental bodies local, State and federal government bodies and agencies internal policy groups labour force |
Operational requirements may include: | end product requirements stand treatment certification documentation contractual requirements and obligations environmental and public relations imperatives current state of the forest resource |
Breeding characteristics may include: | growth rate tree form branch angle fibre length fibre orientation extractive content salt tolerance drought tolerance density |
Reproduction techniques may include: | self and cross pollination cuttings grafting layering stolons suckers |
Approvals may be required by: | environmental bodies local, State and federal government bodies and agencies and may refer to: long-term budget approvals |
Resources may include: | people materials equipment |
Authorisations may include: | permits approvals licences relating to neighbouring properties and may refer to: hours of operation use and application of chemicals the environment |
Communication may include: | regular communication with the operations supervisor to ensure smooth operation and progress |
Documentation requirements | must be clear and accurate and may include: changes to the plan or process supplementary approvals supplementary notifications |
Monitoring points | should be performed at key stages of the process |
Compliance requirements may include: | OHS organisational, legislative and environmental regulations, procedures, practices and precautions and adherence to: site environmental imperatives specifications quality performance targets |
Information | may be from numerous sources and include: legislation forest biology tree physiology new technology |
Records and reports may refer to: | difficulties or issues faced during planning and implementation of tree breeding operation recommendations for future work results costs data analysis and may be: manual using a computer-based system other appropriate organisational communication system |