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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Conduct site sampling
   • Prepare and check sampling equipment and materials
   • Take disturbed and undisturbed samples in accordance with workplace methods and procedures
   • Label and record samples in accordance with workplace methods and procedures
   • Recognise and record details of site conditions that may impact on sample integrity or site interpretation
2. Conduct testing
   • Prepare and conduct pre-use checks of test equipment
   • Perform, or assist with performing, tests in accordance with test methods or workplace procedures
   • Record test data in accordance with test methods or workplace procedures
   • Recognise obvious errors or atypical data and take appropriate corrective actions
3. Maintain records
   • Maintain equipment records in accordance with established practices
   • Complete site safety plans, equipment logs and test reports in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Maintain confidentiality of workplace information
4. Prepare for on-site operations
   • Identify the job, location, work instructions, appropriate sampling and test procedures and safety requirements
5. Identify site hazards and identify appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety procedures that are specified for the job and materials used
6. Record description of the job to be undertaken, compare with specification and report any variations
7. Arrange for the collection, checking, stowing and transport of all tools, equipment and materials required at the site
8. Ensure site access requirements, such as entry permits and safety inductions, have been organised
9. Arrange excavation of boreholes, test pits and/or trenches
   • Identify the sampling/testing location
10. Excavate or oversee excavation to the sampling and testing depth, minimising disturbance and potential contamination of the site
11. Identify materials and record changes of strata, test results and other relevant information
12. Ensure materials from different strata are kept separate
13. Terminate the excavation at the appropriate depth and record the reason for termination
    • Prepare and check sampling equipment and materials
14. Take disturbed and undisturbed samples in accordance with workplace methods and procedures
15. Label and record samples in accordance with workplace methods and procedures
16. Recognise and record details of site conditions that may impact on sample integrity or site interpretation
    • Prepare and conduct pre-use checks of test equipment
17. Perform, or assist with performing, tests in accordance with test methods or workplace procedures
18. Record test data in accordance with test methods or workplace procedures
19. Recognise obvious errors or atypical data and take appropriate corrective actions
20. Finalise site operations
    • Backfill or seal any excavation and ensure that it is left in a safe and uncontaminated condition
21. Reinstate surfaces disturbed by sampling or testing
22. Clean all equipment (and vehicle, as necessary) avoiding environmental damage, stormwater contamination or spread of pests
23. Check all equipment and materials prior to re-stowing them for safe transport
24. Handle and transport samples in accordance with established practices
25. Notify appropriate site personnel on completion of investigations and prior to leaving site
26. Check serviceability of test equipment before storage on return to base
    • Maintain equipment records in accordance with established practices
27. Complete site safety plans, equipment logs and test reports in accordance with workplace procedures
28. Maintain confidentiality of workplace information
29. Maintain a safe work environment
    • Use safe work procedures and PPE to ensure personal safety and that of others
30. Minimise environmental impacts of testing/sampling and generation of waste
31. Collect and/or dispose of all waste in accordance with workplace procedures