Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare
- Access, interpret and apply compliance documentation relevant to the work activity
- Obtain and confirm safety requirements from the site safety plan and organisational policies and procedures, and apply to the allotted task
- Identify, obtain and implement signage requirements from the project traffic management plan
- Select tools and equipment to carry out tasks consistent with the requirements of the job, check for serviceability and rectify or report any faults
- Identify environmental protection requirements from the project environmental management plan, and confirm and apply to the allotted task
- Prepare for spraying operations
- Carry out pre-operational checks in accordance with organisation, manufacturer or site authorised procedures
- Check tank for cleanliness and contaminants prior to filling, and ensure transfer connections are completed and fully functional
- Conduct all loading and unloading operations safely in accordance with manufacturer's or company instructions
- Fill spray tank and ensure adequate materials are made available to perform spray operations
- Identify application rate and translate into the relevant travel speed and pump characteristics where necessary
- Select jets and fit to spray bar to enable spraying operations
- Spray tack coat
- Select and modify spraying techniques for tack coating to meet changing work conditions and types of surfaces
- Conduct, control and monitor spraying operations of tack coat sprayer to ensure that materials are sprayed to specification
- Carry out operations adjacent to traffic in accordance with authorised traffic management controls in a safe manner at all times
- Complete work in accordance with the agreed plan and outcomes within the operating capacities of the allocated equipment
- Operate hand lance
- Determine situations where hand spraying is required
- Inspect hand lance to ensure the equipment is safe and operating correctly
- Inspect and set spray jets for job
- Conduct, control and monitor hand spraying operations to ensure that materials are sprayed to specification
- Carry out hand spraying operations adjacent to traffic in accordance with authorised traffic management controls in a safe manner at all times
- Clean and store hand spraying equipment after use
- Operator maintenance and clean up
- Conduct inspection and fault finding in accordance with manufacturer's or organisational requirements
- Clean spray bars and lances and ensure jets are free of contaminants
- Empty and clean tank of bituminous products, in accordance with EPA and company procedures
- Carry out routine operational servicing and lubrication tasks
- Carry out minor maintenance
- Maintain records in accordance with site requirements including identification of potential and current equipment problems
- Perform work to the requirements of the organisation's environmental instructions and EPA standards
- Clear work area and dispose of or recycle materials in accordance with project environmental management plan
- Clean, check, maintain and store tools and equipment