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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 order is to include: | information and instructions for collecting, treating and storing seed and may also include: 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 |
Environmental protection measures may include: | ground growth canopy general forest lean wind speed and direction fallen trees density of trees ground slope soil and water protection ground hazards obstacles |
Approvals may include: | licences and permits required for commercial and non-commercial seed collection government permits landholder permits |
Relevant authorities may include: | local governments parks and reserves managers forestry managers relevant government departments and agencies/ authorities, such as those involved in sustainability and environmental issues relevant Indigenous organisations and agencies |
Equipment and resources may include: | personnel vehicles pruning and shaking equipment sheets tarpaulins clean containers for holding seeds vacuum seed collecting machines ladders or elevated work platforms personal protective equipment |
Planning includes: | consideration of: seed collection seasons when the required species have fruit at optimal condition |
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 |
Method of seed collection may include: | collecting after falling or felling using ladders climbing shaking high-powered rifles cherry-pickers |
Health of parent plant may require: | hand picking careful and selective pruning |
Labelling may include: | seed location genetic identity |
Separation methods may include: | hand selection wind separation/winnowing sieving vibrating flotation drying crumbling of husks |
Seed treatment may include: | heat mechanical chemical protection against pests |
Seed information may include: | time and date of harvest time and date of receipt into store weight species place or origin of seed container identifier |
Packaging may include: | vacuum sealing use of inert atmospheres, such as nitrogen and carbon dioxide control of packing environment, including temperature, light and moisture |
Records and reports may be | maintained by: electronic database card index data sheets filing systems and may be: manual a computer-based system other appropriate organisational communication system |