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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. |
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 plan is to include: | instructions for the trimming and despatch of felled branches from the work site and may include: type size length quantity grade 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 |
Trees may include: | native species imported species plantation trees non-plantation trees |
Trimming is to include: | cutting off branches, burls and other small growths at a height requiring the use of a pole saw |
Equipment is to include: | procedures for pole saw lock-out, such as protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine and may include: pole saws specific safety attire maintenance tools and equipment |
Pre-startup checks | are conducted to ensure: equipment has been set up correctly systems are performing accurately equipment is operating to optimum performance |
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 |
Environmental conditions may include: | ground growth ground slope ground hazards obstacles |
Conditions may include: | location of the tree in determining safety for trimming conditions stability of the tree in determining safety for trimming conditions |
Pole saw is to include: | mechanised saw at the end of a long extension pole from the bottom of the pole and may also include: manual saws non-mechanised saws |
Splitting is | the branch tearing away part of the tree bark beneath the branch, once the branch releases from the result of cutting |
Clearing may include: | recycling cut branches redirecting cut branches for energy recovery |
Records and reports may include: | tree type size length diameter 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 |
Chain | is the fast moving component surrounding the pole saw blade, containing many linked teeth |
Dealing with may include: | recycling chain and other components that need replacing re-using chain and other components that need replacing sending chain and other components that need replacing to landfill |