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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. |
Operations must include: | the mechanical delimbing of trees and cutting to length and may include: the segregating and stacking of timber |
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) |
Environmental protection measures may include: | action to limit the impact to: ground growth and canopy may include action to limit the impact of: soil and water general forest lean wind speed and direction fallen trees density of trees ground slope ground hazards obstacles |
Work order is to include: | instructions for boom delimber operations including trees/logs to be handled and cutting length requirements and may include: information about site plans, forest operational plans and 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 clients colleagues managers |
Logs may include: | full range of species size and conditions to be encountered in local harvesting operations softwood or hardwood |
Safe working conditions | may relate to: identification of risks and hazards unsafe ground fences holes, pot holes materials vehicles abandoned equipment personnel adverse weather conditions (electrical storms, floods) fires |
Planning | requires ensuring minimal equipment and log movement during operations including determining level and stable surfaces for safely relocating loads |
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 and may also involve: start-up, park and shut-down procedures including safety mechanisms operation (horn, operating lights), correct location of equipment, vehicle security |
Attachments may include: | electronic measuring equipment cut-off saws |
Site conditions may include: | wet, dry day, night stability of ground broken ground slope of working surface location of water table |
Hazards may include: | uneven/unstable terrain trees fires overhead and underground services bridges buildings excavations traffic embankment cuttings structures and hazardous materials |
Emergency plan may include: | notification of authorities evacuation procedures isolation procedures equipment shut-down procedures clean up first aid use of personal protective equipment and clothing guarding access and exit |
Positioning of equipment is to ensure: | machine stability to minimise movement during and between delimbing operations safe access to felled trees safe processing and placement clearance |
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 and may be: compiled manually using a computer-based system or other appropriate organisational communication |