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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare site and equipment
   • Confirm tree operations, schedule of works and desired outcomes with client brief and arborist specifications
   • Undertake a site-specific job safety analysis (JSA), record and implement control measures according to workplace safety procedures
   • Assess site access conditions for equipment and personnel
   • Ensure pruning tools, equipment and machinery comply with operation specification, planned works and site assessment
2. Supervise and monitor tree operations
   • Monitor site establishment and compliance with site and tree operation specifications
   • Review and confirm tree condition against tree assessment report
   • Document specification for tree operation works
   • Communicate tree operation works and specification to work team and verify understanding
   • Conduct safety audit of work team, equipment and machinery and document outcomes
   • Monitor compliance with safety procedures during tree operation work
3. Supervise and monitor work team operations and performance
   • Monitor work team operational activities
   • Identify and resolve work-related issues within work team
   • Conduct work team member performance reviews
   • Provide feedback to work team members on performance
   • Issue rectification notices where performance is below expectations
   • Promote work team improvement through professional development activities
   • Document work team operational performance according to workplace procedures
4. Audit and report tree operations
   • Monitor tree operations for compliance to specifications and Australian standards
   • Estimate and record progress of tree operations against specifications and scheduled works
   • Review quality of completed tree works against specifications and Australian standards
   • Identify and record incomplete and substandard pruning works
   • Implement rectification procedures to resolve incomplete and substandard tree works
   • Record and report results of tree operations audit according to workplace procedures

Performance Evidence

An individual demonstrating competency must satisfy all of the elements and performance criteria in this unit.

There must be evidence that the individual has on at least one occasion demonstrated the ability to supervise and audit tree operations on an arboriculture work site with no less than 2 team members and has:

confirmed tree operations specifications with client brief and arborist and communicated and verified understanding with work team

conducted a safety audit and analysis of site, tree operations, work team, equipment and machinery against safety procedures

assessed site access conditions for equipment and personnel and ensured pruning tools, equipment and machinery complied with specification

monitored site establishment, reviewed tree assessment report and confirmed tree operational works against specifications and standards

monitored work team activity and tree operations and provided appropriate feedback

identified and resolved issues of poor performance and non-compliance

estimated and recorded progress of tree operations against planned works and reviewed completed works against quality standards

recorded and reported tree operation audit outcomes.

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Knowledge Evidence

An individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge required to perform the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit. This includes knowledge of:

site-specific hazards, risks and controls and the role of the JSA, including:

work health and safety hazards

work health, safety, site, environmental and traffic control measures

hazards and hazardous site conditions

safe use and operation of pruning tools, equipment and machinery

preferred industry practices (as outlined in the Companion Volume) relating to tree operations

basic safety auditing procedures for personal protection standards and recording and reporting procedures for breaches in safety

documenting and interpretation of tree operations specifications, including:

compliance with Australian standards

compliance to specifications

types of tree work and expected standards

supervising an arboriculture site establishment, including:

conformance to requirements

communications strategies for work teams and the role of toolbox meetings

tree evaluation and expected impact on worksite activities

staff performance review procedures, including:

feedback process and the benefits of positive feedback

communicating and dealing with poor performance and the use of improvement notices

work team performance improvement strategies, including professional development

auditing quality of pruning works

work team member performance management, including:

attendance and punctuality

conflict

breaches in safety procedures

dealing with drug and alcohol abuse

record keeping and reporting procedures for tree operations, including:

digital images and role in recording performance and compliance

mandatory and workplace-specific documentation and reporting.

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