The unit involves storing materials in a forest products factory setting The skills and knowledge required for competent workplace performance are to be used within the scope of the person's job and authority |
Not Applicable
ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
1. Prepare for storage | 1.1. Applicable occupational health and safety (OHS), environmental, legislative and organisational requirements relevant to storing materials are identified and followed 1.2. Work order is reviewed and clarified with appropriate personnel 1.3. Type and quantity of material to be stored is inspected and checked for grading and labelling in line with site procedures 1.4. Required storage locations are selected and isolated in line with site procedures 1.5. Lifting equipment and assistance with lifting are selected and requested 1.6. Communication with others is established and maintained in line with OHS requirements |
2. Receive materials | 2.1. Packs containing material to be stored are placed on stand, frame or ground in line with site operating procedures 2.2. Packs are released/unbound in a clear area to avoid injury to personnel or damage to material 2.3. Material is checked to meet labelled or expected content 2.4. Packs not meeting the order or containing contaminated material are reported to appropriate personnel 2.5. Area is regularly cleared of packing and loose material in line with site operating procedures and environmental requirements |
3. Store materials | 3.1. Material is separated by size and placed in planned storage locations 3.2. Material not meeting quality requirements is disposed of in line with site procedures 3.3. Storage locations are labelled in line with site systems 3.4. Records and reports are accurately completed, processed and maintained in line with workplace procedures |
This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit. |
Required skills |
Technical skills sufficient to use and maintain relevant tools, machinery and equipment; efficiently and safely receive and store timber and timber products Communication skills sufficient to use appropriate communication and interpersonal techniques with colleagues and others; locate, record and report information Literacy skills sufficient to follow legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and established safe practices and procedures for storing timber and timber products Numeracy skills sufficient to measure, estimate and calculate time required to complete a task Problem solving skills sufficient to review and identify work requirements; identify problems and faults; demonstrate appropriate response procedures |
Required knowledge |
Applicable commonwealth, state or territory legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and established safe practices relevant to the full range of processes for storing materials Environmental protection requirements, including the safe disposal of waste material (including preservative treated timber) Organisational and site standards, requirements, policies and procedures for storing materials Environmental risks and hazards Criteria for recycling and re-using material Methods of visual estimation, grading, colour identification and tagging Industry standard cross sections and lengths Storage systems and labelling procedures Established communication channels and protocols Problem identification and resolution strategies, and common fault finding techniques Types of tools and equipment, and procedures for their use, operation and maintenance Appropriate mathematical procedures for estimating and measuring, including calculating time to complete tasks Procedures for recording and reporting workplace information |
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 | A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to provide evidence that they can safely and efficiently receive timber or timber products, and sort and store them in line with organisational requirements |
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, and satisfy, all of the requirements of the elements of this unit and include demonstration of: following applicable commonwealth, state or territory legislative and regulatory requirements and codes of practice relevant to storing materials following organisational policies and procedures relevant to storing materials preparing for, receiving and inspecting a pack of timber or timber products for storage sorting a pack of timber, and moving and allocating its contents to storage locations in line with organisational requirements |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Competency is to be assessed in the workplace or realistically simulated workplace Assessment is to occur under standard and authorised work practices, safety requirements and environmental constraints Assessment of required knowledge, other than confirmatory questions, will usually be conducted in an off-site context Assessment is to follow relevant regulatory or Australian Standards requirements The following resources should be made available: workplace location or simulated workplace materials and equipment relevant to undertaking work applicable to this unit specifications and work instructions |
Method of assessment | Assessment must satisfy the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the FPI11 Training Package Assessment methods must confirm consistency and accuracy of performance (over time and in a range of workplace relevant contexts) together with application of required knowledge Assessment must be by direct observation of tasks, with questioning on required knowledge and it must also reinforce the integration of employability skills Assessment methods must confirm the ability to access and correctly interpret and apply the required knowledge Assessment may be applied under project-related conditions (real or simulated) and require evidence of process Assessment must confirm a reasonable inference that competency is able not only to be satisfied under the particular circumstance, but is able to be transferred to other circumstances Assessment may be in conjunction with assessment of other units of competency The assessment environment should not disadvantage the candidate Assessment practices should take into account any relevant language or cultural issues related to Aboriginality, gender or language backgrounds other than English Where the participant has a disability, reasonable adjustment may be applied during assessment Language and literacy demands of the assessment task should not be higher than those of the work role |
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, maintenance and storage requirements environmental management requirements (waste minimisation and disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Materials may include: | native timber species imported timber species dressed timber in-the-rough timber stress and non-stress graded timber preservative treated timber medium density fibreboard laminated veneer chipboard, fibreboard and other manufactured board products coated and/or treated timber products hardware products building materials landscape products |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the receipt, despatch and storing of timber and timber products to or from the designated storage location and may include: type size quantity grade 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 |
Inspection and checking for grading and labelling may include: | visual estimation confirmation of stress-grading identification and categorisation of standard cross sections and length profile colour identification general information labelling tagging |
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 |
Lifting equipment and assistance may include: | fork lifts slings trolley jacks gantry cranes loaders assistance with lifting, such as: involving two or more personnel to lift materials manually or to guide the movement of mechanical 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 |
Pack release and unbinding may include: | removing wrapping material controlling the release cutting of binding straps clear of other personnel controlling the shifting of materials after release carefully disposing of all packing materials |
Size may include: | cross sectional size width thickness length diameter profile |
Quality requirements may include: | inspection and acceptance of material that does not exceed organisational specifications for: warp wane cupping shakes insect defects knots resin pockets |
Disposing of may include: | recycling material that does not meet quality requirements re-using material that does not meet quality requirements redirecting material that does not meet quality requirements for energy recovery |
Records and reports may include: | product type size inspection information grading and labelling outcomes storage locations quality outcomes hazards incidents equipment malfunctions and may be: manual computer-based system other appropriate organisational communication system |
Not Applicable
Common Technical |
This unit contains employability skills |
Refer to Unit Descriptor