This unit applies to shearing team managers.

ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

1. Determine staffing requirements

1.1. Assessments are made of the numbers and types of staff required for wool harvesting.

1.2. Lists of duties are drawn up for additional staff.

1.3. Required capabilities of staff are defined prior to selection.

2. Seek applicants

2.1. Informal enquiries are made and vacancies advertised.

2.2. Possible staff are followed up by telephone and in person.

3. Select staff

3.1. Potential staff are interviewed against selection criteria.

3.2. Staff are selected having due regard to equal employment opportunity.

4. Induct staff

4.1. New staff are briefed on relevant awards, enterprise agreements, pay rates and related administration.

4.2. New staff are advised of terms and conditions and signed on.

4.3. New staff are familiarised with the workplace and colleagues.

4.4. Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) legislation and requirements are outlined in detail to staff.

Required skills

determine staff needs

select and induct staff

carry out induction processes

use literacy skills to read, interpret and follow organisational policies and procedures, develop sequenced written instructions, record accurately and legibly information collected and select and apply procedures to a range of tasks

use oral communication skills/language competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation including questioning, active listening, asking for clarification, negotiating solutions and responding to a range of views

use numeracy skills to estimate, calculate and record routine and more complex workplace measures and data

use interpersonal skills to work with others and relate to people from a range of cultural, social and religious backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities.

Required knowledge

industry awards and conditions

duty statements for each category of wool harvesting staff

interviewing techniques

advertising mechanisms for staff vacancies

telephone techniques

equal employment opportunity legislation

staff selection process

induction procedures.

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to workplace operations and satisfy holistically all of the requirements of the performance criteria and required skills and knowledge and include achievement of the following:

determine staffing requirements for shearing

advertise vacancies and recruit staff

induct staff into the shearing team.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Competency requires the application of work practices under work conditions. Selection and use of resources for some worksites may differ due to the regional or enterprise circumstances.

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole.

Shearing operations may include:

all sheep types, shearing facilities and equipment that are likely to be used for wool harvesting.

Unit sector

Shearing

This unit contains employability skills.