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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 machine isolation and guarding |
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 minimisation and disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Setting | is the angle the teeth are bent providing clearance to prevent the blade jamming during the cutting operation is most commonly associated with alternate left and right bending of teeth found on hand saws and solid tooth spring set saw blades |
Saws may include: | hand saws band saws circular saws (all types) gang saws and are to include: procedures for equipment lock-out, i.e. protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine from the power source |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the setting of saws in designated equipment 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 may include: | setting instruments such as levers and gauges, automatic or hand-held grinders, jigs and vices |
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 |
Jig | is a device which secures the saw while setting takes place |
Kerf | is the width of the cut in timber caused by each tooth being tilted in opposing directions creating a cut wider than the thickness of the blade |
Condition of welding and saw temper is to include: | assessing the blade and the teeth for existing repairs resulting in welding which may have cracked or moved hardness of the blade as excessive heat during cutting may alter the temper |
Setting placement is to include: | assessing the blade and the teeth for existing repairs and possible weaknesses resulting from previous welding or cracking, or damage caused through stress of bending teeth |
Bevelled | is the process of filing saw teeth to a bevel to allow for better clearance during cutting operations |
Bevels | are the flat sections produced along the back clearance angles of saw teeth can be single or double (e.g. hogged, roof top and triple chip teeth) can be produced through hand filing or grinding |
Spring back | involves considering and allowing for the fact that metal has some memory and will want to move back to its original position effects can be compensated, depending on the period between maintenance and saw blade operation |
Records and reports may include: | saw setting inspection storage locations quality outcomes hazards incidents equipment malfunctions and may be: manual using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system |