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Evidence Guide: AHCWOL405 - Class fleece wool

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AHCWOL405 - Class fleece wool

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Prepare for wool classing

  1. Arrange the layout of the shed, equipment and facilities according to the determined classing strategy for efficient wool flow, quality management and pressing
  2. Identify potential and existing work health and safety hazards, assess risks and implement control measures
  3. Place clearly labelled bins and containers in line with the classing strategy, quality management system and enterprise requirements
  4. Establish and maintain sufficient staffing ratio
Arrange the layout of the shed, equipment and facilities according to the determined classing strategy for efficient wool flow, quality management and pressing

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Identify potential and existing work health and safety hazards, assess risks and implement control measures

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Place clearly labelled bins and containers in line with the classing strategy, quality management system and enterprise requirements

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Establish and maintain sufficient staffing ratio

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Carry out classing of fleece wool

  1. Identify hazards, apply safe working practices and use available safety equipment
  2. Handle and skirt fleece wool to the required standards
  3. Check wool to ensure freedom from contamination and stain
  4. Check wool to ensure adequate and optimum skirting
  5. Assess pigmented fibre risk and keep wool separate as required
  6. Identify wet wool, stained, cotted and coloured wool and keep separate
  7. Appraise wool for its characteristics
  8. Class wool to standards of the enterprise classing strategy, the Code of Practice and as required by alternative selling methods
  9. Identify wool of higher and lower market value and processing requirements and make lines to maximise return to the wool owner
Identify hazards, apply safe working practices and use available safety equipment

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Handle and skirt fleece wool to the required standards

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Check wool to ensure freedom from contamination and stain

Completed
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Check wool to ensure adequate and optimum skirting

Completed
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Assess pigmented fibre risk and keep wool separate as required

Completed
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Identify wet wool, stained, cotted and coloured wool and keep separate

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Appraise wool for its characteristics

Completed
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Class wool to standards of the enterprise classing strategy, the Code of Practice and as required by alternative selling methods

Completed
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Identify wool of higher and lower market value and processing requirements and make lines to maximise return to the wool owner

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Place wool in bins for pressing

  1. Place wool in the correct bins ready for pressing and ensure that cross contamination does not occur
  2. Check wool flow into bins and communicate with wool presser
Place wool in the correct bins ready for pressing and ensure that cross contamination does not occur

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Check wool flow into bins and communicate with wool presser

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Prepare for wool classing

1.1 Arrange the layout of the shed, equipment and facilities according to the determined classing strategy for efficient wool flow, quality management and pressing

1.2 Identify potential and existing work health and safety hazards, assess risks and implement control measures

1.3 Place clearly labelled bins and containers in line with the classing strategy, quality management system and enterprise requirements

1.4 Establish and maintain sufficient staffing ratio

2. Carry out classing of fleece wool

2.1 Identify hazards, apply safe working practices and use available safety equipment

2.2 Handle and skirt fleece wool to the required standards

2.3 Check wool to ensure freedom from contamination and stain

2.4 Check wool to ensure adequate and optimum skirting

2.5 Assess pigmented fibre risk and keep wool separate as required

2.6 Identify wet wool, stained, cotted and coloured wool and keep separate

2.7 Appraise wool for its characteristics

2.8 Class wool to standards of the enterprise classing strategy, the Code of Practice and as required by alternative selling methods

2.9 Identify wool of higher and lower market value and processing requirements and make lines to maximise return to the wool owner

3. Place wool in bins for pressing

3.1 Place wool in the correct bins ready for pressing and ensure that cross contamination does not occur

3.2 Check wool flow into bins and communicate with wool presser

Required Skills and Knowledge

Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Prepare for wool classing

1.1 Arrange the layout of the shed, equipment and facilities according to the determined classing strategy for efficient wool flow, quality management and pressing

1.2 Identify potential and existing work health and safety hazards, assess risks and implement control measures

1.3 Place clearly labelled bins and containers in line with the classing strategy, quality management system and enterprise requirements

1.4 Establish and maintain sufficient staffing ratio

2. Carry out classing of fleece wool

2.1 Identify hazards, apply safe working practices and use available safety equipment

2.2 Handle and skirt fleece wool to the required standards

2.3 Check wool to ensure freedom from contamination and stain

2.4 Check wool to ensure adequate and optimum skirting

2.5 Assess pigmented fibre risk and keep wool separate as required

2.6 Identify wet wool, stained, cotted and coloured wool and keep separate

2.7 Appraise wool for its characteristics

2.8 Class wool to standards of the enterprise classing strategy, the Code of Practice and as required by alternative selling methods

2.9 Identify wool of higher and lower market value and processing requirements and make lines to maximise return to the wool owner

3. Place wool in bins for pressing

3.1 Place wool in the correct bins ready for pressing and ensure that cross contamination does not occur

3.2 Check wool flow into bins and communicate with wool presser

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

identify hazards and apply safe work procedures

arrange layout of bins and wool table for optimum efficient wool flow and pressing in a variety of sheds

label bins and containers correctly

monitor clip preparation and skirting

assess pigmented fibre risk and separate wool as required

identify and appraise wool characteristics

class wool to standards in accordance with the Code of Practice for the Preparation of Australian Wool Clips or as required by alternative selling methods

identify wool of higher and lower market value and lines made which maximise return to grower.

separate wools of different processing or end user requirements

identify and keep separate wet wool, stained, cotted and coloured wool and contamination

communicate with team members in completing tasks associated with classing fleece wool.

implement enterprise work health and safety policies

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

shed layouts which promote safe, efficient wool flow and classing

characteristics of the breeds of sheep

types and sources of contamination

impact of the wool production areas of Australia on clip characteristics

inherent wool characteristics - diameter, length and strength, colour, yield, VM type, curvature, and comfort factor and explain how these characteristics impact on classing

techniques used to measure wool characteristics

processing methods - woollen and worsted, and stages of processing

effect of raw wool characteristics on wool processing and final product

features of wool growth, skin and fibre biology, and discuss the effect of genetics and environment on fibre characteristics

requirements for handling shedding and pigmented fibres

interpretation of test results, clip feedback and reports

principles of classing (mob/flock concept, variability for fibre diameter and staple length, soundness, defects)

documentation requirements for wool clips

features of the Code of Practice for the Preparation of Australian Wool Clips and other relevant quality standards

requirements of work health and safety legislation in a wool preparation workplace

Range Statement

Classing must include the classing of Fine/Superfine Merino, Medium/Strong Merino and Crossbred wool clips.