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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. |
Salvage | is the process of removing commercially viable trees from a site which has been damaged by fire and includes: minimising the impact of mechanical equipment on the environment leaving the site in a tidy and environmentally protected state ready for regeneration |
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 |
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 order is to include: | instructions for trimming and felling despatch of salvaged, felled trees from 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 local authorities |
Equipment may include: | basic assessment equipment computers safety attire and is to include: procedures for equipment lock-out such as protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine |
Communication may include: | verbal and non-verbal language constructive feedback active listening questioning to clarify and confirm understanding use of positive, confident and cooperative language use of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differences control of tone of voice body language |
Land ownings | is the process of notifying and obtaining owner approval to commence harvesting operations |
Boundaries | are designated forest allotments owned privately, by Government or by the forestry organisation and fall within survey pegs for the land allocated |
Topography | is a map of the designated area showing terrain levels, contours, elevations, slopes, gullies and adjoining land parcels |
Operational activities may include: | coupe map details site preparation streamside buffers filter strips contours gullies crossing points habitat protection rainforest protection flora and fauna protection landscape protection soil and water protection excluded areas rubbish removal permanent roads temporary roads landings dumps snig tracks forwarding tracks adjoining land wet weather restrictions fire protection requirements |
Environmental protection measures may include: | ground growth canopy general forest lean wind speed and direction fallen trees density of trees ground slope soil and water protection ground hazards obstacles contingencies for modifying operations during wet or other adverse weather conditions |
Extent of damage is to include: | impact fire has had on a forest region how fire has affected the trees what fire has done to underlying scrub how safe the forest is to enter |
Fire may include: | fires caused by: arson accident lightning strike wildfires |
Commercialviability | is the assessment of trees to determine their physical stability and worth as useable logs for further production activities |
Harvest and extraction | are the methods of felling and removing felled logs from the work site with mechanical equipment, considering site conditions and specific log location |
Schedule | is the plan, timeline and list of events to take place in conducting fire salvage operations |
Stability | is the assessment of a tree to determine if it is safe to fall, based on how badly affected by fire damage it is |
Regeneration | is the return of an area to a revegetated state, protecting its landscape, soil and drainage |