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
- Implement and monitor traffic management plan requirements throughout the work
- Select plant, tools and equipment to carry out tasks consistent with the requirements of the job, check for serviceability and rectify or report any faults
- Identify preliminary ground work requirements to support portal surrounds prior to excavation
- Identify environmental protection requirements from the project environmental management plan, and confirm and apply to the allotted task
- Excavate portal shape
- Determine location, alignment and direction portals from details contained in job drawings and specifications
- Determine method of construction for portal
- Prepare material for the construction process of the selected portals according to design plans and specifications
- Complete excavation to plan
- Control dust and noise suppression in accordance with EPA and OHS requirements
- Support excavation and form portal surrounds
- Install ground support
- Clean up