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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 minimisation and disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Quality systems may include: | enterprise based systems second party certification third party certification ISO9000 series other regulatory systems |
Blades are to include: | all types of saw blades used by the enterprise |
Visual inspection may include: | assessing the condition of blades assessing any visual wear or damage which may have occurred during operation |
Product may include: | trees logs timber panels boards |
Product specifications may include: | specifications set for optimisation of timber in line with the available resource customer requirements industry standard cross sections and lengths enterprise standards |
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 |
Types may include: | circular saw blades band saw blades gang saw blades wide saw blades |
Styles may include: | standard steel blades tungsten tipped blades stellite tipped blades |
Properties are to include: | metal from which blades are made tensile strength of the blade geometry and concentricity |
Characteristics are to include: | blade pitch kerf gullet face set straightness profile angle depth teeth shape application (cross cut or ripping) number of teeth per metre |
Design capacity | is the rated capacity of the blade in terms of speed (for tension and temperature) and hardness |
Sawing | is the process of cutting products using cross-cut or ripping methods |
Optimising includes: | planning the sawing of timber to achieve the most from it ensuring environmental requirements are central to this planning process |
Dealingwith may include: | repairing blunt or damaged saws and saw blades disposing of blunt or damaged saws and saw blades that cannot be repaired |
Records and reports may include: | maintaining quality and product care procedures risk hazards incidents equipment malfunctions and may be: manual using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system |