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

A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to provide evidence that they can safely and efficiently plane and sand panels in line with organisational requirements

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, and satisfy, all of the requirements of the elements of this unit and include demonstration of:

following applicable commonwealth, state or territory legislative and regulatory requirements and codes of practice relevant planing and sanding panels

following organisational policies and procedures relevant to planing and sanding panels

planing and sanding panels in readiness for application to panel products or for interim storage

redistributing material on site using designated equipment

conducting operator maintenance on planing and sanding equipment

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Competency is to be assessed in the workplace or realistically simulated workplace

Assessment is to occur under standard and authorised work practices, safety requirements and environmental constraints

Assessment of required knowledge, other than confirmatory questions, will usually be conducted in an off-site context

Assessment is to follow relevant regulatory or Australian Standards requirements

The following resources should be made available:

workplace location or simulated workplace

materials and equipment relevant to undertaking work applicable to this unit

specifications and work instructions

Method of assessment

Assessment must satisfy the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the FPI11 Training Package

Assessment methods must confirm consistency and accuracy of performance (over time and in a range of workplace relevant contexts) together with application of required knowledge

Assessment must be by direct observation of tasks, with questioning on required knowledge and it must also reinforce the integration of employability skills

Assessment methods must confirm the ability to access and correctly interpret and apply the required knowledge

Assessment may be applied under project-related conditions (real or simulated) and require evidence of process

Assessment must confirm a reasonable inference that competency is able not only to be satisfied under the particular circumstance, but is able to be transferred to other circumstances

Assessment may be in conjunction with assessment of other units of competency

The assessment environment should not disadvantage the candidate

Assessment practices should take into account any relevant language or cultural issues related to Aboriginality, gender or language backgrounds other than English

Where the participant has a disability, reasonable adjustment may be applied during assessment

Language and literacy demands of the assessment task should not be higher than those of the work role

This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit.

Required skills

Technical skills sufficient to use and maintain relevant tools, machinery and equipment; efficiently and safely plane and sand panels

Communication skills sufficient to use appropriate communication and interpersonal techniques with colleagues and others

Literacy skills sufficient to record and report workplace information; maintain documentation

Numeracy skills sufficient to measure, estimate and calculate time required to complete a task

Problem solving skills sufficient to identify problems and equipment faults; demonstrate appropriate response procedures

Required knowledge

Applicable commonwealth, state or territory legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and established safe practices relevant to the full range of processes for planing and sanding panels

Environmental protection requirements, including the safe disposal of waste material (including preservative treated timber), and the safe use and storage of chemicals

Organisational and site standards, requirements, policies and procedures for planing and sanding panels

Environmental risks and hazards

Procedures for recycling and re-using sub-standard material

Planing or sanding techniques

Methods of visual inspection

Characteristics of timber and veneer

Distribution processes

Storage systems and labelling procedures

Established communication channels and protocols

Problem identification and resolution strategies, and common fault finding techniques

Types of tools and equipment, and procedures for their safe use and maintenance

Appropriate mathematical procedures for estimating and measuring, including calculating time to complete tasks

Procedures for recording and reporting workplace information

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

OHS requirements:

are to be in line with applicable commonwealth, state or territory legislation and regulations, and organisational safety policies and procedures, and may include:

personal protective equipment and clothing

safety equipment

first aid equipment

fire fighting equipment

hazard and risk control

fatigue management

elimination of hazardous materials and substances

safe forest practices, including required actions relating to forest fire

manual handling including shifting, lifting and carrying

Environmental requirements may include:

legislation

organisational policies and procedures

workplace practices

Legislative requirements:

are to be in line with applicable commonwealth, state or territory legislation, regulations, certification requirements and codes of practice and may include:

award and enterprise agreements

industrial relations

Australian Standards

confidentiality and privacy

OHS

the environment

equal opportunity

anti-discrimination

relevant industry codes of practice

duty of care

Organisational requirements may include:

legal

organisational and site guidelines

policies and procedures relating to own role and responsibility

quality assurance

procedural manuals

quality and continuous improvement processes and standards

OHS, emergency and evacuation procedures

ethical standards

recording and reporting requirements

equipment use, maintenance and storage requirements

environmental management requirements (waste minimisation and disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines)

Work order is to include:

instructions for planing or sanding boards or veneer panels

and may include:

species

colour

type

width

length

thickness

quantity

instructions for the environmental monitoring of work and procedures

environmental care requirements relevant to the work

Appropriate personnel may include:

supervisors

suppliers

clients

colleagues

managers

Panel is to include:

any manufactured panel product with a timber veneer

any solid timber panels (single board or glue joined boards)

Planing

is the process of dressing solid timber panels to a specified thickness, removing the rough surfaces and any imperfections

Sanding

is the process of finishing a panel and removing any machine marks or imperfections to an acceptable standard of smoothness or surface texture, which will allow coating

Equipment is to include:

procedures for equipment lock-out, such as protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine from the power source

and may include:

panel planers or thicknessers

surface planers or buzzers

drum sanders

panel sanders

veneer sanders

stroke sanders

Communication may include:

verbal and non-verbal language

constructive feedback

active listening

questioning to clarify and confirm understanding

use of positive, confident and cooperative language

use of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differences

control of tone of voice

Pre-startup checks

are conducted to ensure:

machine has been set up correctly

systems are performing accurately

machine is operating to optimum performance

Feed rate is to include:

rate of speed the board or veneered panel is passed through the planing/sanding machine

impact on equipment

finish and production output

Board refers to:

solid timber panels

Veneer

is the thin sheet of timber (approximately 0.5mm thick or to organisational requirement for sliced veneer and varying thickness for rotary) used to cover medium density fibreboard, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and other manufactured board products with a natural timber coating

types are usually referred to as quarter sawn, back sawn and radial (or rotary) sawn

Dust extraction may include:

machine specific dust extraction systems with collection bags

hopper-based extraction systems that link all machines to the one extractor source through a series of connected pipes

Visually assessed is to include:

assessment of boards or veneer boards to determine:

thickness

finish quality

veneer faults

Outfeed

is the process of producing panels from the machining operation and handling them in such a way that prevents damage to the planed or sanded surfaces

Recovery

is the volume of timber planed or sanded from a resource compared to the volume of that resource

is expressed as a percentage - planed/sanded timber volume/initial timber volume x 100

maximises the value of the resource

Records and reports may include:

planing or sanding requirements

product type

size

inspection information

grading and labelling outcomes

storage locations

quality outcomes

hazards

incidents

equipment malfunctions

and may be:

manual

a computer-based system

other appropriate organisational communication system

Regrading

is the process of visually inspecting panels to re-classify quality and use after planing/sanding has taken effect

On-site movement may include:

the use of:

conveyor belt systems

track systems

lifting equipment, such as:

fork lifts

slings

trolley jacks

gantry cranes

loaders

assistance with lifting, such as:

involving two or more personnel to lift materials manually or to guide the movement of mechanical equipment

Storage may include:

storage racks

storage bays

bins

stacks

pallet boxes

modularised storage components

temporary stacking bays (stand, frame or ground)

and may be divided into:

standard product classification

product designation

size

dimension

stack number

weight

grade

shelf life

stock rotation position

Disposing of may include:

recycling sub-standard material

re-using sub-standard material

redirecting sub-standard material for energy recovery