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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 |
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 drying of material and may include: species colour type width length thickness quantity 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 |
Material may include: | solid timber flake veneer raw boards laminated panels veneered panels plywood |
Drying may include: | pre-dryers dryers cooling sections steam heated air gas |
Equipment may include: | continuous operating single pass or multi pass driers flash driers furnaces and ancillary equipment such as continuous conveyor pre-driers cooling sections and is to include: procedures for equipment lock-out, ie protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine from the power source |
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 |
Pre start-up checks | are conducted to ensure: machinery has been set-up correctly systems are performing accurately machinery is operating to optimum performance |
Furnace | is the source of providing heat to the drying system, often using oil |
Emergency shutdown | is the immediate shutting off of equipment to prevent an accident or prevent damage to the machine or product |
Feed rate is to include: | the rate of speed the material is passed through the drying equipment the impact on equipment the finish the production output |
Visually assessed | is the assessment of materials to determine finish quality and faults |
Moisture level | is the amount of moisture maintained in timber or timber products after drying to avoid cracking and deforming in Australia generally ranges between 10% in warmer, more humid climates to 14% in cooler climates |
Out-feed is to include: | the material exiting from the drying operation and handled to prevent further damage to the surfaces or edges |
Records and reports may include: | drying requirements product type size inspection grading and labelling outcomes storage locations quality outcomes hazards incidents equipment malfunctions and may be: manually using a computer-based system or other appropriate organisational communication system |
Regrading | is the process of visually inspecting material to re-classify quality and use after drying has taken place |
Movement of material may include: | the use of: conveyor belt systems track systems lifting equipment lifting equipment such as: fork lifts slings trolley jacks gantry cranes loaders assistance with lifting such as: the involvement of two or more personnel to lift materials manually or to guide the movement of mechanical equipment |
Storage may include: | the use of: storage racks storage bays bins stacks pallet boxes modularised storage components temporary stacking bays (stand, frame or ground) and may be divided into: standard product classification product designation size dimension stack number weight grade shelf life stock rotation position |
Disposing of may include: | recycling sub-standard material re-using sub-standard material |