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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. |
Crawler | is a self-propelled tracked or wheeled purpose designed machine with an attachment mounted at the front end |
OHS requirements: | are to be in 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 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 the operation of a crawler and its respective tasks and may include: 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 is to include: | crawlers and relevant maintenance equipment procedures for equipment lock-out such as protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine |
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 |
Pre start-up checks | are conducted to: ensure the equipment has been set-up correctly plant operating to optimum performance |
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 |
Tasks may include: | tree removal stripping spreading materials stockpiling bulk excavation land clearing track rolling ripping push loading scrapers grapple operations for logging towing equipment working in tandem winching boxing constructing fire breaks |
Records and reports may include: | end of shift documentation work log and may be: manual using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system |