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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) |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the sampling and testing of wood chips and may also 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 |
Wood chips | are the output product as a result of converting wood into chip material which is then used to produce other products |
Assessment is to include: | the inspection of wood chips to determine: size distribution shape finish quality contamination faults |
Equipment may include: | moisture meters basic testing equipment |
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 |
Contaminants may include: | disease infestation rot paint plastic bark charcoal rock metal |
Chip characteristics are to include: | moisture content size shape species |
Sampling | is the selection of small lots of wood chips from various points of the stockpile or other designated locations |
Designated location may include: | stock piles production points transport methods from transfer systems |
Testing is to include: | the most appropriate approach taken to: ascertain the cause of a problem improve a current methodology |
Moisture content | is the amount of moisture maintained in wood chips after processing to avoid cracking and deforming in Australia generally ranges between 10% in warmer, more humid climates to 14% in cooler climates |
Records and reports may include: | sampling and testing results quantities produced condition changes production difficulties storage locations quality outcomes hazards incidents equipment malfunctions and may be: manual using a computer-based system or other appropriate organisational communication system |