Application
This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to maintain and use hand tools in accordance with workplace procedures and safeworking codes across a variety of operational workplace contexts within the transport and logistics industry.
It includes selecting and using hand tools to complete workplace tasks, maintaining basic hand tools in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions, and securing and storing hand tools in accordance with workplace procedures.
Work is performed under some supervision, generally within a team environment.
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 | Select and use hand tools | 1.1 | Correct tools are chosen to complete workplace tasks and to ensure efficient and safeworking conditions |
1.2 | Appropriate personal safety protection is used to minimise personal injury risk | ||
2 | Maintain hand tools | 2.1 | Equipment is cleaned and maintained in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications and/or local instructions to ensure correct functionality of equipment |
2.2 | Unserviceable tools are repaired, replaced or reported to relevant personnel to ensure correct functionality | ||
3 | Secure and store hand tools | 3.1 | Tools are transported in a safe, secure, efficient manner to minimise risk of injury to personnel and damage to equipment |
3.2 | Tools are stored and secured according to manufacturer’s or workplace procedures to prevent damage to, and losses of, equipment | ||
Evidence of Performance
Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and include: |
applying precautions and required action to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards applying relevant legislation and workplace procedures communicating and working effectively with others completing relevant documentation identifying, selecting, and efficiently and effectively using relevant hand tools and related materials reading, interpreting and following relevant instructions, procedures, information and signs. |
Evidence of Knowledge
Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements, performance criteria and include knowledge of: |
emergency procedures materials for maintaining and using hand tools and the procedures and precautions for their care, use and storage problems that can occur maintaining and using hand tools and related action that should be taken relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS), and environmental procedures and regulations relevant sections of state/territory regulations, codes of practice and safeworking system requirements workplace documentation and records requirements workplace procedures and policies for maintaining and using hand tools. |
Assessment Conditions
As a minimum, assessors must satisfy applicable regulatory requirements, which include requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations, current at the time of assessment.
As a minimum, assessment must satisfy applicable regulatory requirements, which include requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations, current at the time of assessment.
Assessment must occur in workplace operational situations where it is appropriate to do so; where this is not appropriate, assessment must occur in simulated workplace operational situations that replicate workplace conditions.
Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.
Resources for assessment include:
a range of relevant exercises, case studies and/or other simulations
relevant and appropriate materials, tools, equipment and personal protective equipment currently used in industry
applicable documentation including workplace procedures, regulations, codes of practice and operation manuals.
Foundation Skills
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Range Statement
Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.
Non-essential conditions can be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.
Sectors
Not applicable.
Competency Field
B ‒ Equipment Checking and Maintenance