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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare the tipping station for operation
   • Select, fit and use personal protective equipment as required
   • Carry out pre-operational checks, confirm operational status, and report any faults according to workplace procedures
   • Identify and report health and safety hazards and operational maintenance requirements according to workplace procedures
2. Start and monitor tipping
   • Check bin contents and report obvious signs of contamination
   • Tip cane according to workplace procedures, maintaining supply of cane to the mill
   • Operate plant within prescribed limits of manufacturer's specifications
   • Monitor equipment to confirm operating condition and report operating faults or defects according to workplace procedures
3. Analyse and respond to abnormal conditions and performance
   • Monitor tipping plant operation and identify abnormal conditions and performance
   • Identify causes of abnormal conditions and performance
   • Take corrective action in response to hazards and abnormal plant performance in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Implement emergency procedures according to workplace safety procedures
4. Prepare for shift changeover
   • Record tipping operation information according to workplace requirements
   • Carry out shift changeover according to workplace procedures
   • Notify incoming yard control operators of yard and related equipment status
5. Shut down the tipping station
   • Safely shut down the tipping station according to workplace procedures
   • Collect, treat and dispose of or recycle waste according to workplace procedures environmental guidelines
   • Identify and report maintenance requirements according to workplace procedures