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The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
OHS requirements: | are to be in line with applicable commonwealth, state or territory legislation and regulations, and organisational safety policies and procedures, and may include: personal protective equipment and clothing safety equipment first aid equipment fire fighting equipment hazard and risk control fatigue management elimination of hazardous materials and substances safe forest practices, including required actions relating to forest fire manual handling including shifting, lifting and carrying |
Environmental requirements may include: | legislation organisational policies and procedures workplace practices |
Legislative requirements: | are to be in line with applicable commonwealth, state or territory legislation, regulations, certification requirements and codes of practice and may include: award and enterprise agreements industrial relations Australian Standards confidentiality and privacy OHS the environment equal opportunity anti-discrimination relevant industry codes of practice duty of care |
Organisational requirements may include: | legal organisational and site guidelines policies and procedures relating to own role and responsibility quality assurance procedural manuals quality and continuous improvement processes and standards OHS, emergency and evacuation procedures ethical standards recording and reporting requirements equipment use, maintenance and storage requirements environmental management requirements (waste minimisation and disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Products may include: | packs of timber pallets crates trellises trusses stairs doors windows frames beams |
Transport may include: | trucks vans utilities trains planes ships |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the packaging and despatch of timber and timber products from the work site and may include: pack sizes weights type of product size quantity grade instructions for the environmental monitoring of work and procedures environmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Handling systems are to include: | hydraulic hoists truck-mounted loading cranes trolley jacks fork lifts gantry cranes loaders |
Communication may include: | verbal and non-verbal language constructive feedback active listening questioning to clarify and confirm understanding use of positive, confident and cooperative language use of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differences control of tone of voice |
Packing material may include: | boxes pallets bearers braces spacers wrapping strapping |
Packing methods may include: | manual loading mechanical loading mechanical lifting equipment, which may include: fork lifts slings trolley jacks gantry cranes hydraulic hoists truck mounted loading cranes loaders manual lifting, such as involving two or more personnel to lift materials manually or to guide the movement of mechanical equipment |
Stacking may include: | preparing for transport categorising in common size and shape marking lots in line with work order and site requirements locating so as not to block access or passage |
Bracing | may be fixed to secure the packed product in alignment and square during transportation and to prevent movement or sliding |
Strapping may include: | securing bundles with metal or plastic strap tightening and tensioning using hand-held equipment or automated strapping machines to prevent slippage without risk of strap breakage or damage to products |
Labelling may include: | client identification destination address contents special instructions handling instructions |
Dealing with may include: | recycling bracing and strapping waste material re-using bracing and strapping waste material redirecting bracing waste material for energy recovery sending bracing and strapping waste to landfill |
Changes may include: | special orders, which include specially manufactured items that may require unusual packing requirements |
Handling problems may include: | overweight packs oversize packs weight distribution or balance problems damage to goods product or equipment malfunction |