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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 veneer immunising and may include: treating method 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 |
Veneer | is the thin sheet of timber (varying in thickness to suit organisational or customer specifications) used to produce the layers of plywood types are usually referred to as quarter sawn, back sawn and radial (or rotary) sawn |
Immunising | is the process of dipping veneer in solution tanks filled with chemical solutions designed to penetrate the veneer, kill any existing insects and prevent any further insect attack which may affect the visual appearance of the veneer |
Storage locations may include: | 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 |
Equipment may include: | chemical solution tanks chemical mixing and transfer equipment veneer transfer equipment 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 |
Chemicals may include: | insecticides solvents preservative oils waterborne preservatives |
Solutions | are the mix of chemicals to achieve enterprise, customer requirements and/or regulations |
Testing | is conducted to ensure the chemical solution is still as specified |
Cycle | is the process of immunising veneer from start to finish with one batch of veneer and then commencing a new cycle |
Solution tanks | are large tanks filled with chemical solution that veneer is transferred to and held suspended in, for the specified time to allow the chemicals to impregnate the veneer |
Transfer equipment may include: | the use of: conveyor belt systems track systems 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 |
Visual assessment | is the assessment of veneer to determine finish quality and faults |
Marking may include: | batch number treatment type client identification destination address contents special instructions handling instructions |
Disposing of may include: | recycling veneer panels where the immunisation process has failed re-using veneer panels where the immunisation process has failed |
Records and reports may include: | treating requirements product type size inspection grading and labelling outcomes storage locations quality outcomes hazards incidents equipment malfunctions and may be: manual using a computer-based system or other appropriate organisational communication system |