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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. |
Rigging slinger role includes: | deciding what timber to take out first and being responsible for getting the timber to the landing without breaking it directing the choker setter personnel in hooking up timber transmitting signals to and from the yarder |
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 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) |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the rigging slinger operations to recover felled logs from the work site and may include: type size length quantity grade 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 |
Logs are to include: | the finished product or trunk of a tree after trimming and cross cutting has occurred and may be: hardwood or softwood for production or non-production purposes |
Environmental protection measures 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 contingencies for modifying operations during wet or other adverse weather conditions |
Equipment may include: | rigging equipment |
Cable operations may include: | activities covering a full range of species, log sizes, falling and retention densities, slope, other environmental conditions use of cable systems including high lead (no skyline), standing skyline and a running skyline with hauling both uphill and downhill logs attached optimising payload without exceeding the lift or haul capacity of the system |
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 |
Signal system may include: | whistle signals visual signals two-way radio talk-e-tooter signals other audible signals |
Site | is the location where tree felling activities have occurred |
Landing | is the location where the yarder is positioned to receive the logs |
Obstacles may include: | standing trees stumps rocks ground projections |
Extraction pattern | is the method of removing the log from the work site with mechanical equipment and cables, considering site conditions and specific log location, in a way that minimises downtime and risk of snags, breakage and hang ups |
Line shifts | is the moving of rigging lines from one area of operation to a new area |
Stability | is the physical stability of the log in-situ, that it is safe to hook up and not likely to roll off a rock, move on another log or slide down the hillside |
Choker setters | hook up the logs at the felling site |
Yarder | is the crane-like vehicle which winches the logs from the felling site to the landing using a cable system |
Records and reports may include: | extraction methods tree type size length diameter inspection quality outcomes hazards incidents equipment malfunctions and may be: manual using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system |
Stump notching | is the process for securing rigging components, cables and ropes |
Rigging components may include: | strawlines blocks sheaves ropes shackles pins skyline tail rope lines straps mobile tail anchors spars intermediate supports bridling |