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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan and prepare work
   • Carry out a job hazard analysis (JHA)/job safety analysis (JSA) for job
   • Adhere to site requirements
   • Secure a permit to work, as required
   • Determine coordination requirements with other site personnel
   • Determine job method to include hazard prevention and controls, Australian Standards for safety procedures, codes of practice and manufacturer specifications
   • Erect barricades, warning signs and overhead protection to requirements
   • Determine mass and dimensions of load
   • Determine safe working load (SWL)
   • Determine positioning of load
2. Select equipment
   • Select lifting/moving equipment and accessories consistent with requirements and within safe working capacity of equipment
   • Inspect gear and label and reject damaged/worn items
   • Select, use and correctly fit personal protective equipment (PPE)
3. Secure load
   • Secure load and protect to prevent damage
   • Secure moving/loose parts of load and lash to prevent movement
   • Attach, position, adjust and secure equipment correctly, to meet requirements for movement of load
   • Prepare load destination to accept load
   • Move load safely to required destination in accordance with planned procedure
   • Use standard communication signals to coordinate safe movement of the load
4. Remove gear
   • Remove equipment/gear/accessories safely from load
   • Inspect equipment/gear/accessories for wear and damage, clean, maintain and store, and record usage and condition
   • Complete site/job records
5. Control hazards
   • Identify hazards in site work area
   • Assess the risks arising from those hazards
   • Implement measures to control those risks in line with procedures and duty of care
6. Respond to problems
   • Monitor transfer frequently and critically throughout load shifting using measured/indicated data and smell, sight, sound and feel as appropriate
   • Recognise transfer problems
   • Analyse cause of transfer problems within scope of skill level
   • Take timely action to solve transfer problems

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.
Regulatory framework	The latest version of all legislation, regulations, industry codes of practice and Australian/international standards, or the version specified by the local regulatory authority, must be used, and include one or more of the following: legislative requirements, including work health and safety (WHS) industry codes of practice and guidelines environmental regulations and guidelines Australian and other standards licence and certification requirements road traffic authority requirements All operations to which this unit applies are subject to stringent health, safety and environment (HSE) requirements, which may be imposed through state/territory or federal legislation, and these must not be compromised at any time. Where there is an apparent conflict between performance criteria and HSE requirements, the HSE requirements take precedence.
Procedures	All operations must be performed in accordance with relevant procedures. Procedures are written, verbal, visual, computer-based or in some other form, include one or more of the following: plans drawings specifications emergency procedures work instructions standard operating procedures (SOPs) safe work method statements (SWMS) formulas/recipes batch sheets temporary instructions any similar instructions provided for the smooth running of the plant
Hazards	Hazards include one or more of the following: electricity gas gases and liquids under pressure structural hazards structural collapse equipment failures industrial (machinery, equipment and product) equipment or product mass noise, rotational equipment or vibration plant services (steam, condensate and cooling water) limited head spaces or overhangs working at heights, in restricted or confined spaces, or in environments subjected to heat, noise, dusts or vapours flammability and explosivity hazardous products and materials unauthorised personnel sharp edges, protrusions or obstructions slippery surfaces, spills or leaks extreme weather other hazards that might arise
Routine problems	Routine problems must be resolved by applying known solutions. Routine problems are predictable and include one or more of the following: unstable loads or load swinging faulty or damaged lifting gear obstructions on site unsafe lifting practices Known solutions are drawn from one or more of the following: procedures training remembered experience Non-routine problems must be reported according to according to relevant procedures.
Load shifting equipment	This unit of competency includes all such items of equipment and unit operations which form part of the site load-shifting system, including as appropriate to the facility: crane front end loader dogging and rigging equipment load-shifting equipment (e.g. slings, ropes, shackles, eye bolts, spreader beams, equalising gear, clamps, pulley systems, winches, packs and rigging screws) Typical of the plant and equipment moved are: packaged compressor units large pumps and valves pipe
Action	Action taken in response to problems includes one or more of the following: determining problems needing action determining possible fault causes rectifying problem using appropriate solution within area of responsibility following through items initiated until final resolution has occurred reporting problems outside area of responsibility to designated person

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include the ability to:

determine work permit requirements

select and use equipment to secure, move and remove loads

undertake checks and inspections to confirm processes and equipment conform to safety requirements and job specifications

determine the most likely cause of routine problems and take action to ensure a timely return to full performance

distinguish between causes of problems/alarms/fault indications, such as:

equipment failures

load spills or damage

electrical failure

mechanical failure

operational problems

complete records.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

safe working capacity and limits of the equipment

company-specific work organisations and work flow

nature/condition of materials being shifted and the particular hazards of each

organisational procedures, including those covering:

work permit systems

safety, hazards and hazard control

personal protective equipment (PPE)

organisation standard operating procedures (SOPs)

hierarchy of control.

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