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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. |
Feller buncher may be: | wheeled tracked |
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 location of other people, and potential falling objects 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) |
Environmental protection measures | may include action to limit the impact to: ground growth and canopy soil and water may include action to limit the impact of: general forest lean wind speed and direction fallen trees density of trees ground slope ground hazards obstacles |
Work order is to include: | instructions for feller buncher operations including trees to be felled and retained, and logs to be bunched and may include: information about tree markings, site plans, forest operational plans emergency procedures in case of fire and/or accident 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 may include: | range of species size conditions to be encountered in local harvesting operations softwood or hardwood |
Safe working conditions | may include identification of: risks and hazards unsafe ground fences holes, pot holes materials vehicles abandoned equipment personnel adverse weather conditions (electrical storms, floods) fires |
Feller buncher operations | must include: the mechanical felling of trees and pre-bunching of logs and stems and may include: segregating and stacking logs snigging and skidding logs loading and unloading logs shovel logging |
Planning | requires ensuring minimal equipment and log movement during operations including verifying level and stable surfaces for safely relocating logs on equipment |
Environmental and heritage concerns may include: | dust noise water flora and fauna heritage legislation culturally sensitive sites and artefacts plantations native forest |
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 |
Capabilities of equipment and/or attachments may include: | efficient and safe operating speed duration of operation type of activities performed weight and/or load limitations operating limitations |
Pre-operational checks | are conducted to ensure equipment and attachments have been set-up correctly, the systems are performing accurately and operating to optimum performance and may relate to: visual and audio warning devices and lights engine and stop engine lights fluid levels cab display instrumentation and gauges on-board computer systems start-up, park and shutdown procedures including safety mechanisms operation (horn, operating lights) correct location of equipment vehicle security |
Attachments may include: | hydraulic chainsaws hydraulic sheer knives |
Hazards may include: | uneven/unstable terrain trees fires overhead and underground services bridges buildings excavations traffic embankment cuttings structures and hazardous materials |
Site conditions may include: | wet/dry day/night stability of ground broken ground slope of working surface location of water table |
Emergency plan may include: | notification of authorities evacuation procedures isolation procedures equipment shutdown procedures clean up first aid use of personal protective equipment and clothing guarding access and exit |
Cutting sequence is to include: | the best direction or angle for making cuts to facilitate achieving the fall direction |
Visual inspection and fault finding procedures may include: | vehicle number danger tags personnel proximity tyres and rim condition wheel nuts and studs light positioning and cleanliness radiator top up tank oil leaks, fuel leaks water leaks no combustible material around exhaust damage to equipment portable fire extinguisher fire suppression system cab mounts windows engine oil to be checked before starting engine grease lines cab conditions |
Routine operational servicing may include: | checking fluid levels greasing tightening loose fittings filter changing |
Cleaning methods may include: | water steam degreasing vacuum forced air |
Records and reports may include: | end of shift documentation work log supplies log and computer readings and may be: manual using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system |