Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare to crush materials
- Check equipment for hazards, danger and isolation tags in accordance with standard operating procedures
- Perform checks to ensure all doors, inspection openings and guards are in position and secure
- Make adjustments to equipment settings to ensure conformance with standard operating procedures
- Notify appropriate personnel of intention to start equipment
- Conduct additional pre-start checks as required in accordance with standard operating procedures
- Ensure an adequate supply of materials is available to meet production requirements
- Crush materials
- Start equipment in sequence in accordance with standard operating procedures
- Monitor instrument/control panels and adjust equipment/ controls/feed as necessary to remain within specified operating parameters
- Make physical inspections of plant and equipment at specified intervals as required by standard operating procedures
- Maximise product throughput and efficiency to maintain target parameters
- Check screens and screened material to procedures
- Communicate with appropriate personnel regarding the status of operations in line with enterprise requirements
- Make adjustments as appropriate to achieve required output
- Employ working practices which conform with occupational health and safety (OHS) and enterprise requirements
- Distribute material as required
- Rectify routine problems
- Identify the range of faults that can occur during the operation
- Determine and rectify fault causes by procedures/work instructions
- Identify and rectify equipment failure causes in accordance with procedures/work instructions
- Ensure appropriate records and log books of equipment operations are maintained to meet procedures/work instructions
- Identify non-routine problems and report to designated person
- Control hazards