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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. |
Codes of practice | Where reference is made to industry codes of practice, and/or Australian/international standards, it is expected the latest version will be used |
Scientific images | Scientific images may include the following types of imaging techniques: photographic digital X-ray video prints transparencies direct transformation from images to data, such as reading of DNA sequencing gels auto-radiations micrographs other non-visible light sources, such as ultraviolet (UV) light, fluorescence and phosphorescence electron micrographs |
Scientific subjects | Scientific subjects may include: building sites, environmental survey and monitoring sites accident or incident sites, and injuries forensic evidence biological specimens histological sections live animals chromatography gels |
Job requirements and brief | Job requirements and brief may include: description and specification of work, including constraints and due date purpose of the image specifications, such as size, purpose, audience, medium and style interviewing and collecting information from the client keeping records, request forms and notes |
Purposes of the image | Purposes of the image may include: publication as a thesis, presentation or on the web temporal serial recording of changes over time display as a poster, diorama, print or projection preview, snapshot or proof of an image for production at a later stage records of data for inclusion in databases use in forensic investigation or court proceedings |
Planning of the job | Planning of the job may include: choice of type of image, media, site and conditions preparation of the subject, such as make-up, choice of whole or part, staining, dissection, mounting, animal handling, setting up a light path for a microscope and appropriate magnification technical requirements, such as resolution, film type, tripods, shutter speed, lens type and colour differential back-up method and equipment for image capture specification of final product, size, delivery, number and cost position of subject |
Equipment | Equipment may include: lighting backdrops camera systems and accessories |
Hazards | Hazards may include: microbiological organisms and agents associated with soil, air, water, blood and blood products, and human or animal tissue and fluids solar radiation, dust and noise chemicals and radioisotopes X-rays and other sources of electromagnetic radiation (laser and UV) manual handling of heavy objects slips, trips and falls, falling objects and moving machinery (e.g. on building sites) pedestrian and vehicular traffic |
Safety procedures | Safety procedures may include: recognising and observing hazard warnings and safety signs use of personal protective equipment, such as hard hats, hearing protection, gloves, safety glasses, goggles, face guards, coveralls, gowns, body suits, respirators and safety boots following required containment procedures through the use of appropriate equipment, such as biohazard containers, laminar flow cabinets, Class I, II and III biohazard cabinets and Class PCII, PCIII, and PCIV physical containment facilities use of material safety data sheets (MSDS) handling and storage of all hazardous materials and equipment in accordance with labelling, MSDS and manufacturer's instructions following established manual handling procedures |
Ethical and legal work practices | Ethical and legal work practices may include consideration of: industry codes of practice, contracts, permits, intellectual property, crediting, plagiarism and copyright moral rights, model release, etiquette, decorum and sensitivity towards the subject, use of a chaperone and confidentiality |
Production of images | Production of images may include: sending images for processing processing the images use of commercial software |
Storage of records | Storage of records may include: the brief, technical specifications and images file management (back-ups, data retrieval and storage) paper-based, electronic or digital |
Occupational health and safety (OHS) and environmental management requirements | OHS and environmental management requirements: all operations must comply with enterprise OHS and environmental management requirements, which may be imposed through state/territory or federal legislation - these requirements must not be compromised at any time all operations assume the potentially hazardous nature of samples and require standard precautions to be applied where relevant, users should access and apply current industry understanding of infection control issued by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and State and Territory Departments of Health |