Application
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to assess, remove and replace monumentation, ledgers and lids. It applies to cemetery and crematorium staff involved in burial works who work under supervision as part of a team. It involves ensuring that all work is carried out according to work health and safety, relevant legislation and workplace policies and procedures.
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. Assess site. | 1.1 Determine appropriate gravesite according to cemetery map or plan and physical inspection. 1.2 Assess gravesite and surrounding area to determine safety hazards, access and egress, sinkage, removal of soil and effect on presentation of nearby graves. 1.3 Select and confirm availability and serviceability of tools, equipment and machinery as required. 1.4 Identify and confirm availability of manager or appropriate personnel and brief them as required. |
2. Carry out removal. | 2.1 Select and prepare personal protective equipment. 2.2 Loosen ledger or concrete lid to assess safe removal methods. 2.3 Roll off, lift or break ledger or lid based on safe and efficient removal methods. 2.4 Store intact covering or debris according to work requirements. |
3. Reinstate grave. | 3.1 Replace covering and monumentation on completion of required work. 3.2 Clean and make good gravesite. 3.3 Clean and make good adjacent gravesites. 3.4 Clean and store tools, equipment and machinery according to manufacturer guidelines. 3.5 Report defects or maintenance requirements of tools, equipment and machinery. |
Evidence of Performance
Evidence of the ability to:
select, prepare, use, maintain and clean the required tools, equipment and machinery according to supervisor instructions, workplace policies and procedures, and manufacturer instructions
identify gravesite locations and assess safe removal methods for ledgers and concrete lids
apply safe and efficient removal of ledgers and reinstate good presentation of burial sites at conclusion of works.
Evidence of performance of removing ledgers and concrete lids on two or more occasions is required to demonstrate consistency of performance and ability to respond to different situations.
Evidence of Knowledge
Demonstrated knowledge of:
properties and construction of ledgers and lids
tools, equipment and machinery used in relation to removing ledgers and concrete lids and their associated uses
operating procedures and maintenance of tools, equipment and machinery
federal, state or territory, and local government legislation and regulations relating to work health and safety/occupational health and safety and gravesites
workplace policies and procedures to protect personnel, gravesites and masonry
safety hazards in relation to removing ledgers and concrete lids, including:
grave collapse
water
vibration
heat
slippery surfaces
overhead obstacles
ground pressure:
machinery
people
soil
structures
previously dug graves
monument collapse
foreign objects
environmental impacts in relation to burial works and minimal impact practices to reduce these, especially those that relate to resource, water and energy use
environmentally sound disposal methods for all types of waste and in particular for hazardous substance.
Assessment Conditions
Skills must be demonstrated in the workplace or in a simulated environment that is as industry realistic as possible. In a simulated environment, it is essential that assessment is conducted:
using suitable facilities, equipment and resources, including:
a cemetery environment where assessment of monumentation and surrounding gravesites can occur
tools, equipment and machinery, including personal protective equipment
cemetery plans or maps
under industry conditions where there is:
integration of tasks with possible interruptions to work typical of the job role
speed and timing requirements that reflect commercial operating conditions
interaction with appropriate personnel
Assessors must satisfy the NVR/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.
Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance.
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Sectors
Cemetery and Crematoria
Competency Field
Burial and Cremation Operations