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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 clothingsafety equipmentfirst aid equipmentfire fighting equipmenthazard and risk controlfatigue managementelimination of hazardous materials and substancessafe forest practices including required actions relating to forest firemanual handling including shifting, lifting and carryingmachine isolation and guardinghot work permits to be issued by authorised personnelprotective shields for welding and grinding activitieswritten/displayed evacuation proceduresappropriate fitness for the task |
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 agreementsindustrial relationsAustralian Standardsconfidentiality and privacyOHSthe environmentequal opportunityanti-discriminationrelevant industry codes of practiceduty of careheritage and traditional land owner issues |
Organisational requirements may include: | legal organisational and site guidelinespolicies and procedures relating to own role and responsibilityquality assuranceprocedural manualsquality and continuous improvement processes and standardsOHS, emergency and evacuation proceduresethical standardsrecording and reporting requirementsequipment use and maintenance and storage requirementsenvironmental management requirements (waste disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Fire prevention may include: | cutting of fire breaksclearing of undergrowthensuring equipment is far enough away from combustible materialshousekeeping to ensure work area is clear of waste and that waste is stored in line with workplace proceduresproviding suitable fire extinguishing equipmentundertaking regular evacuation trainingmaintaining an ordered work area to ensure access and exitassessing equipment to ensure it is serviced as required in line with workplace proceduresquarantining equipment to be serviced in line with workplace procedures |
Types of fires may include: | wildfireselectrical storm induced firesarsonaccidental fireselectrical firesmechanical fires |
Potential of fires may include: | assessing environmental conditions and operating procedures for any possible aspects which may cause firemonitoring changes and forecasting potential changes (where possible) to environmental conditions which may cause firekeeping appropriate personnel informed of changes and potential changes to environmental conditions which may cause fire |
Equipment may include: | any plant and equipment used in harvesting or forest growing activities |
Evaluation processes may include: | referring to available information (via MSDSs , HAZCHEM codes and signs) for chemical-based firescontinuous monitoring of environmental, weather and equipment conditions and changescontinuous monitoring of the impact of activities on the environment |
Communication may include: | verbal and non-verbal languageconstructive feedbackactive listeningquestioning to clarify and confirm understandinguse of positive, confident and cooperative languageuse of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differencescontrol of tone of voicebody languageand may relate to:evacuationvisitors or members of the public on site |
Weather may include: | conditions such as:high windselectrical stormslightning strikesexcessive heat and low humidity |
Hazardous and flammable substances may include: | engine oilsfuelstreatment substancescleaning products |
Appropriate personnel may include: | fire wardensfire response personnelsupervisorssuppliersclientscolleaguesmanagersemergency evacuation committee |
Fire risks and hazards may include: | weather conditions which induce firewelding or grinding sparksdry undergrowthpotential of equipment use and unsafe work practices to create firecombustible materials such as dry or dead scrub, tall grasses, rubbish, oily ragswaste material proximity to equipmentflammable liquidsinappropriate storing of materials and equipmentblocked or no access and exit |
Controlled may include: | controlling vegetation (such as grass, heath, scrub and forest undergrowth) to minimise riskcutting of firebreaks (including clearing areas which are slashed or ploughed and clear of any combustible material, wide enough to prevent fires jumping the break)housekeeping to ensure flammable, combustible or waste materials are in safe proximity to machinery |
Fire extinguishing equipment may include: | extinguishers for electrical, chemical, gas, mechanical, paper, wood or natural firesand may also include:fire trucksfire reelsfire hydrants and hoses manual fire fighting instrumentsfire service approved fire suppression extinguishing agents, such as foam and retardants |
Environmental management regulations: | eliminate or minimise exposure to hazards within the workplace and may cover:environmental monitoring and audit planemissions - hazardous substancesair qualitynoise pollutiondangerous goods/hazardous substancesrisk of firewaste minimisationreuse and recycling |
Signs of fire potential may include: | lightning strikeshigh windssmokeflamesstormsequipment overheatingflammable liquid spillselectrical ignitionchanges to environmental conditions |
Records and reports may include: | environmental care and fire prevention procedures such as risk, hazards, incidents, equipment malfunctionsand may be:manualusing a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system |