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Evidence Guide: AHCMOM315 - Operate chemical application machinery and equipment

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AHCMOM315 - Operate chemical application machinery and equipment

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Prepare machinery for use

  1. Select and use appropriate personal protective equipment
  2. Conduct routine pre-operational checks and housekeeping tasks
  3. Replace and report damaged or worn components
  4. Identify and report potential work health and safety hazards
  5. Identify and report potential environmental impacts
  6. Set up and calibrate equipment in accordance with spray application plan
  7. Attach ancillary equipment and check for correct operation
  8. Undertake and record pre-operational checks
Select and use appropriate personal protective equipment

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Conduct routine pre-operational checks and housekeeping tasks

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Replace and report damaged or worn components

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Identify and report potential work health and safety hazards

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Identify and report potential environmental impacts

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Set up and calibrate equipment in accordance with spray application plan

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Attach ancillary equipment and check for correct operation

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Undertake and record pre-operational checks

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Operate machinery and equipment

  1. Operate machinery and equipment in a safe, efficient and controlled manner
  2. Operate machinery in accordance with task requirements, conditions and manufacturers operating guidelines
  3. Monitor machinery performance and efficiency and make adjustments as required
  4. Assess and minimise potential risks to self, others, product integrity and the environment
  5. Assess and minimise spray drift risk
  6. Monitor meteorological conditions before and during application and respond to changes in conditions
  7. Wear appropriate personal protective equipment during operation and clean up
Operate machinery and equipment in a safe, efficient and controlled manner

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Operate machinery in accordance with task requirements, conditions and manufacturers operating guidelines

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Monitor machinery performance and efficiency and make adjustments as required

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Assess and minimise potential risks to self, others, product integrity and the environment

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Assess and minimise spray drift risk

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Monitor meteorological conditions before and during application and respond to changes in conditions

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Wear appropriate personal protective equipment during operation and clean up

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Complete work

  1. Follow shut down procedures
  2. Flush and clean components in accordance with manufacturer's specifications and chemical label requirements
  3. Complete operational records in accordance with legislative and regulatory requirements
  4. Undertake routine operator servicing
  5. Identify and report malfunctions, faults, irregular performance or damage
Follow shut down procedures

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Flush and clean components in accordance with manufacturer's specifications and chemical label requirements

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Complete operational records in accordance with legislative and regulatory requirements

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Undertake routine operator servicing

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Identify and report malfunctions, faults, irregular performance or damage

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Prepare machinery for use

1.1 Select and use appropriate personal protective equipment

1.2 Conduct routine pre-operational checks and housekeeping tasks

1.3 Replace and report damaged or worn components

1.4 Identify and report potential work health and safety hazards

1.5 Identify and report potential environmental impacts

1.6 Set up and calibrate equipment in accordance with spray application plan

1.7 Attach ancillary equipment and check for correct operation

1.8 Undertake and record pre-operational checks

2. Operate machinery and equipment

2.1 Operate machinery and equipment in a safe, efficient and controlled manner

2.2 Operate machinery in accordance with task requirements, conditions and manufacturers operating guidelines

2.3 Monitor machinery performance and efficiency and make adjustments as required

2.4 Assess and minimise potential risks to self, others, product integrity and the environment

2.5 Assess and minimise spray drift risk

2.6 Monitor meteorological conditions before and during application and respond to changes in conditions

2.7 Wear appropriate personal protective equipment during operation and clean up

3. Complete work

3.1 Follow shut down procedures

3.2 Flush and clean components in accordance with manufacturer's specifications and chemical label requirements

3.3 Complete operational records in accordance with legislative and regulatory requirements

3.4 Undertake routine operator servicing

3.5 Identify and report malfunctions, faults, irregular performance or damage

Required Skills and Knowledge

Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Prepare machinery for use

1.1 Select and use appropriate personal protective equipment

1.2 Conduct routine pre-operational checks and housekeeping tasks

1.3 Replace and report damaged or worn components

1.4 Identify and report potential work health and safety hazards

1.5 Identify and report potential environmental impacts

1.6 Set up and calibrate equipment in accordance with spray application plan

1.7 Attach ancillary equipment and check for correct operation

1.8 Undertake and record pre-operational checks

2. Operate machinery and equipment

2.1 Operate machinery and equipment in a safe, efficient and controlled manner

2.2 Operate machinery in accordance with task requirements, conditions and manufacturers operating guidelines

2.3 Monitor machinery performance and efficiency and make adjustments as required

2.4 Assess and minimise potential risks to self, others, product integrity and the environment

2.5 Assess and minimise spray drift risk

2.6 Monitor meteorological conditions before and during application and respond to changes in conditions

2.7 Wear appropriate personal protective equipment during operation and clean up

3. Complete work

3.1 Follow shut down procedures

3.2 Flush and clean components in accordance with manufacturer's specifications and chemical label requirements

3.3 Complete operational records in accordance with legislative and regulatory requirements

3.4 Undertake routine operator servicing

3.5 Identify and report malfunctions, faults, irregular performance or damage

The candidate must be observed calibrating, operating and cleaning specialised liquid and granular chemical application machinery and equipment.

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

identify hazards and implement safe work procedures

conduct pre and post operational checks

calibrate and set up application components

operate machinery in a safe, efficient and controlled manner

perform operator maintenance tasks and fault finding

attach and uncouple associated equipment

assess and minimise spray drift risk

record work activities

follow enterprise work health and safety policies

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

manufacturers specifications and workplace requirements for:

pre-operational checks

machinery operation techniques

operator level servicing

shutdown emergency procedures

features and functions of application equipment components including:

liquid spray - nozzles, tanks, agitation systems, pumps, filters, pressure regulation valves

granular applicators/dusters - hoppers, flow control valves

effects of meteorological conditions on chemical application

equipment characteristics, technical capabilities and limitations

basic diagnostic techniques

equipment characteristics, technical capabilities and limitations

components and controls features and functions of equipment

environmental impacts including spray drift

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