Application
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to receive, store, despatch and distribute wool in a wool store operation.
Work is conducted in small to large scale workplaces and may involve individual and team activities. Work is performed under routine supervision and may involve individual and team activities. Work is performed by employees working in a wool processing operation within defined procedures undertaking wool processing activities, including responsibility for the movement of wool bales in a wool store operation.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements | Performance Criteria | ||
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. | ||
1. | Prepare for work | 1.1 | Identify job requirements from specifications, job sheets and work instructions |
1.2 | Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) | ||
1.3 | Identify work health and safety (WHS) requirements including required personal protective equipment (PPE) | ||
1.4 | Read instructions and job sheets to determine bale movement requirements | ||
1.5 | Select suitable bale handling equipment and PPE | ||
2. | Perform receival, despatch and distribution procedures | 2.1 | Identify areas for marshalling and processing |
2.2 | Safely use bale-handling equipment to move, place and stack bales in identified areas following workplace procedures | ||
2.3 | Follow instructions, signs and labels for designated batches and specified purposes | ||
2.4 | Perform minor maintenance and cleaning according to manufacturer specifications, workplace procedures and scope of own role | ||
3. | Monitor movement and of quality | 3.1 | Apply workplace procedures for identifying incoming and outgoing bales |
3.2 | Identify and apply workplace procedures for storing and moving product | ||
3.3 | Identify, isolate and report deviations from required quality | ||
3.4 | Apply environmental requirements and waste management procedures | ||
4. | Communicate wool store information | 4.1 | Collect, interpret and apply instructions and information from required workplace personnel |
4.2 | Relay information regarding operations in work area to other operators, shifts and supervisory personnel | ||
4.3 | Complete records and other required receival, despatch and movement documentation according to workplace procedures | ||
Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance but not explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Reading skills to interpret information included in work orders and instructions, cart-notes, dockets, signs, labels, tags, and standard operating procedures
Oral communication skills to clarify instructions and relay information
Self-management skills to organise work and complete tasks efficiently and effectively
Other foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit.
Sectors
Textile production