Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare for operations
- Access, interpret and apply compliance documentation relevant to face loader operations
- Access, interpret and clarify geological and survey data required to complete the allocated work
- Obtain, interpret and clarify work requirements for the satisfactory completion of operations
- Inspect and prepare work area in coordination with others
- Operate wheel loader
- Resolve coordination requirements with others at the site prior to commencing and during work activities
- Carry out pre-start, start-up, park-up and shutdown procedures
- Select and modify the operating technique to appropriately meet changing work conditions
- Conduct, control and monitor operations within the equipment limitations
- Distribute bulk materials into haulage units to ensure maintenance of the stability and maximum load requirements of the haul unit
- Load bulk materials into materials handling equipment
- Carry out dumping and stockpiling operations
- Connect and tow equipment and plant safely and in accordance with the authorised equipment and connection capacity
- Act on or report monitoring systems and alarms
- Recognise and respond to hazardous and emergency situations
- Complete work in accordance with the agreed plan and outcomes and within the operating capacity of the allocated equipment
- Carry out post-operational procedures