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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 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) |
Mechanical processor | may be wheeled or tracked |
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 plan is to include: | instructions for mechanical processor operations including trees to be processed and cutting length requirements and may include information about: landing layouts 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 clients colleagues managers |
Logs may include: | full range of species size conditions 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 |
Mechanical processor operations must include: | the mechanical processing of trees and segregating and stacking of logs and may include: the mechanical falling of trees the de-barking, pre-bunching and loading of logs |
Planning | requires ensuring minimal equipment and product movement during operations including determining level and stable surfaces for safely relocating logs |
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 be to: visual and audio warning devices and lights engine and stop engine lights fluid levels cab display instrumentation and gauges on-board computer systems, if relevant and may also involve: start-up, park and shut-down procedures including safety mechanisms operation (horn, operating lights), correct location of equipment, vehicle security |
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 guarding access and exit |
Positioning | of equipment is to ensure: machine stability to minimise movement during and between processing operations safe access to felled tree safe processing and placement clearance for the efficient extraction of processed logs |
Maintenance | of log stacks includes: providing for anticipated stock levels stock rotation requirements size segregation of lengths species grades |
Visual assessment | of logs includes: identifying and determining species diameter, length, grade landing layout stock rotation requirements |
Visual inspection and fault finding procedures may include: | vehicle number danger tag 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 computer readings and may be: manual using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system |