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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 and maintenance and storage requirements environmental management requirements (waste disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the chipping/mulching and despatch of chipped/mulched timber refuse from the work site and may include: type size length quantity 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 |
Timber refuse may include: | branches tree heads bark other timber waste |
Chipping/mulching | is the process of converting timber refuse into varying chip sizes using mechanised chipping/mulching units |
Equipment may include: | mobile chipping/mulching units specific safety attire maintenance tools and equipment and is to include procedures for equipment lock-out, such as protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine |
Communication may include: | verbal and non-verbal language hand or other agreed signals eye contact with other operators or personnel active listening questioning to clarify and confirm understanding use of electronic communication devices |
Chipping/mulching unit may include: | a truck mounted chipping/mulching unit or trailer mounted chipping/mulching unit feeding into a truck or other form of transportation and is usually petrol driven, with high powered spinning cutters which shred timber refuse into chips/mulch |
Pre start-up checks | are conducted to ensure: equipment has been set-up correctly systems are performing accurately and operating to optimum performance |
Capacity may include: | the capacity of the machinery to cope with certain size diameters of branch the speed by which waste is fed into the chipper/mulcher |
Chip sizes | may vary in size, dependent on the customer or work order and the capability of the chipper/mulcher to set chip sizes |
Records and reports may include: | timber type size outcomes storage locations quality outcomes hazards incidents equipment malfunctions and may be compiled manually or by using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system |
Foreign matter may include: | contamination of chip stones rocks metal other foreign matter which may blunt the cutters or affect operation of the chipper/mulcher |