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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 and maintenance and storage requirements environmental management requirements (waste disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Materials may include: | hardwood and softwood logs and timber boards panels veneer laminated veneer imported species native species recently felled or stored materials wood chips plywood particle board fibreboard medium density fibreboard |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the environmental monitoring of work and procedures instructions for the receipt/despatch and visual assessment of materials to/from the designated storage location or processing operations and may include: type size quantity environmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisors suppliers clients colleagues managers |
Assessment is to include: | visually assessing the quality of materials for characteristics, defects and imperfections and may include: measuring the amount of moisture contained in a log to determine if it falls within specifications for conversion and drying or other processing operations |
Storage locations may include: | storage racks storage bays bins stacks pallet boxes modularised storage components temporary stacking bays (stand, frame or ground) and may be divided into: standard product classification product designation size dimension stack number weight grade shelf life stock rotation position |
Equipment may include: | moisture meters lifting equipment for the movement of materials |
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 body language |
Processing operations may include: | sawmilling panel production wood chipping pulp and paper production |
Defects may include: | water damage chips splits warp wane cupping shakes insect defects or attack resin pockets contamination burls cracks dry rot wet rot breakage from felling dents loose surface lifting coatings poor adhesion thin or missing coatings chipped edges surface bubbles pin holes grain angles gum veins loose or missing knots |
Treatment may include: | chemical treatment of materials to eradicate insect attack or other defects |
Sawing may include: | cutting out sections of the material (if practical) to retain good quality sections |
Records and reports may include: | product type size visual inspection labelling outcomes storage locations quality outcomes hazards incidents equipment malfunctions and may be: manual using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system |
Disposing of rejected sub-standard materials may include: | environmentally effective, efficient and safe waste management, recycling and re-use practices and guidelines |
On-site movement of material: | lifting equipment may include: fork lifts slings trolley jacks gantry cranes loaders assistance with lifting may include: the involvement of two or more personnel to lift materials manually or to guide the movement of mechanical equipment |