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Evidence Guide: AHCMOM315A - Operate chemical application machinery and equipment

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Tips for gathering evidence to demonstrate your skills

The important thing to remember when gathering evidence is that the more evidence the better - that is, the more evidence you gather to demonstrate your skills, the more confident an assessor can be that you have learned the skills not just at one point in time, but are continuing to apply and develop those skills (as opposed to just learning for the test!). Furthermore, one piece of evidence that you collect will not usualy demonstrate all the required criteria for a unit of competency, whereas multiple overlapping pieces of evidence will usually do the trick!

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AHCMOM315A - 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 house keeping tasks.
  3. Replace and/or report damaged or worn components.
  4. Identify and report potential Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) hazards.
  5. Identify and report potential environmental impacts.
  6. Calibrate/set up 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 house keeping tasks.

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Replace and/or report damaged or worn components.

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Identify and report potential Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) hazards.

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Identify and report potential environmental impacts.

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Calibrate/set up 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. Monitor meteorological conditions during application
  6. 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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Monitor meteorological conditions during application

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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. Clean/flush components in accordance with manufacturer's specifications and chemical label requirements.
  3. Complete operational records in accordance with legislative and/or regulatory requirements.
  4. Carry out routine operator servicing.
  5. Identify and report malfunctions, faults, irregular performance or damage.
Follow shut down procedures.

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Clean/flush components in accordance with manufacturer's specifications and chemical label requirements.

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Complete operational records in accordance with legislative and/or regulatory requirements.

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Carry out 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

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

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 workplace operations and satisfy holistically all of the requirements of the performance criteria and required skills and knowledge and include achievement of the following:

prepare the machinery in accordance with manufacturer specifications

operate the machinery in a safe, efficient and controlled manner

conduct pre and post operational checks

perform minor maintenance and fault finding

record work activities.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Competency requires the application of work practices under work conditions. Selection and use of resources for some worksites may differ due to the regional or enterprise circumstances.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Required skills

identify hazards and implement safe work procedures

conduct pre-operational checks

calibration/set up of application components

operate machinery in a safe, efficient and controlled manner

perform operator maintenance tasks

attach and uncouple associated equipment

use literacy skills to read, interpret and follow organisational policies and procedures, follow sequenced written instructions, record accurately and legible information collected and select and apply procedures for a range of tasks

use oral communication skills/language competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation, including questioning techniques, active listening, clarifying information and consulting with supervisors as required

use numeracy skills to estimate, calculate and record routine workplace measures

use interpersonal skills to work with and relate to people from a range of cultural, social and religious backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities.

Required knowledge

manufacturers specifications and/or workplace requirements for:

pre-operational checks

machinery operation techniques

operator level servicing

shutdown emergency procedures

features and function of application equipment components:

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

granular applicators/dusters - hoppers, flow control valves etc

effect 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

environmental impacts including spray drift.

Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole.

Machinery and equipment may include:

specialised liquid chemical and granular application machinery

equipment used for crop protection and pest management.