Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan timber dressing process
- Review work order, workplace health and safety requirements, environmental protection practices and emergency procedures for timber dressing operation and, where required, check with appropriate personnel
- Identify and report hazards and use personal protective equipment according to workplace requirements and health and safety legislation to maintain safe work practices
- Identify sizes and quantities for dressed timber, assess available sawn timber and estimate material removal rates
- Set up cutters
- Use equipment according to workplace health and safety procedures, manufacturer instructions and environmental protection practices
- Lock out equipment and set and adjust cutters, feeders, guides and conveyors to suit required dressed product dimensions and available sawn material
- Complete trial run to check equipment operation, accuracy and quality and dimensions of finished work
- Accept or reject trialled material and dispose of according to environmental protection practices
- Adjust equipment settings as necessary
- Dress timber
- Select and follow the cutting sequence to maximise volume recovery and produce the required dimensions and quantity
- Maintain feed rate appropriate to timber condition and size
- Assess dressing conditions regularly to ensure continuity of supply and processing
- Adjust conditions to optimise feed rate and maintain finished dimensions according to work order
- Regularly evaluate and measure dressed timber dimensions and make adjustments to ensure product quality and required dimensions
- Dispose of incorrect cuts, off-cuts and defective material according to environmental protection practices
- Complete operator maintenance
- Lock out equipment according to workplace health and safety procedures
- Check cutter for bluntness or damage
- Remove and replace cutters and blades according to manufacturer recommendations
- Dispose of used cutters according to environmental protection practices
- Keep machine area clear of dust and debris according to workplace health and safety procedures
- Record and report production outcomes, equipment faults and maintenance requirements to appropriate personnel