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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. |
Trees | are those in positions where conventional cutting techniques will not facilitate desired fall direction |
Pushed or pulled | is the process of felling trees away from their natural direction of fall using machinery, winches or cables by pushing or pulling with winches or cables held in position by wrapping the cables around the tree to be cut |
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 erection of signs 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 plan is to include | instructions for tree pushing or pulling for 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 |
Equipment may include: | machinery excavators winches cables chainsaws specific safety attire maintenance tools and equipment and is to include: procedures for chainsaw 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 |
Environmental conditions may include: | ground growth ground slope gullies water courses seed trees habitat trees ground hazards obstacles |
Stability: | is the physical stability of the tree in-situ, that it is safe to fell and not likely to contain wet or dry rot |
Defects may include: | shakes insect defects knots resin pockets |
Grade is to include: | evaluation of the tree for defects quality and size of log return |
Fall direction | is the natural direction the tree will fall considering its degree of natural lean or its ground position on a slope or in a gully |
Hang ups | are trees which become entangled or snagged with other objects, usually other standing trees and do not fall completely to the ground |
Extraction | is the method of removing the log from the worksite with mechanical equipment and cables, considering site conditions and specific log location |
Cutting sequence | is the best direction or angle for making cuts to facilitate achieving the required fall direction |
Pre start-up checks | are conducted to ensure: equipment has been set-up correctly the systems are performing accurately and operating to optimum performance |
Leaders are to include: | new tree growth from the base or near the base of the tree |
Winches or cables | are the equipment used to assist the tree falling in an opposing direction to its natural fall by wrapping the cables around the tree and another object, combined by the winch, pressure is brought on the tree to fall in an opposing direction |
Machinery may include: | excavators |
Records and reports may include: | tree type size length diameter inspection grading and labelling outcomes storage locations quality outcomes hazards incidents equipment malfunctions and may be: manual using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system |
Chain | is the fast moving component surrounding the chainsaw blade containing many linked teeth |