Elements and Performance Criteria

Stream: Production Plant
Field: Operation (Mobile Plant)
Equivalencies: This unit of competence is mapped to National Building and
Construction Industry Training Council National Competency
Standard No. CO3020
Plant and equipment may include: bulldozers
Safety standards may include: relevant sections of occupational health andsafety legislation; enterprise safety rules; relevant state and federal legislation; national standards for plant
Site hazards may include: power lines; trees; overhead service lines; surrounding buildings; other equipment; earthworks; obstructions; underground services; bridges; facilities; dangerous material; fires within coal pile (creating holes unseen) and slippery conditions when wet
Information and documentation sources may include: verbal and written communications; enterprise/site safety rules documentation/form(s); equipment and alarm manuals; dedicated computer equipment; standing enterprise/site and operating instructions; enterprise/site log book and manufacturer's operation and maintenance manuals
Technical and operational indicators may include: stimuli (audio, smell, touch, visual); local indicators and recorders; computers and alarms (visible and or audible)
Communications may be by means of: telephone, two way radio; pager; public address system; facsimile; computer (electronic mail); operating log; written or verbal whistle; hand signals; sirens; beacons; barriers; signs and notices
Tests may include: alarm and protection tests and performance tests
Appropriate personnel for consultation or giving or receiving direction may include: supervisor/team leader or equivalent; technical and engineering officers or equivalent; contractor staff; other production staff and maintenance staff
Test, fault finding and operating tools may include: hand and power tools
Operating environment may be: during inclement or otherwise harsh weather conditions, in wet/noisy/dusty/hot areas or during night periods
Faults and abnormal operating conditions may include: loss of hydraulic oil pressure; loss of motor oil pressure; electrical breakdowns; loss of cooling water; loss of tyre pressure and loss of track
Minor maintenance may include: fuel checks; water checks; oil checks; greasing; cleaning; tyre or track inspections and minor adjustments

Critical aspects of evidence
It is essential that competence is assessed in the critical aspects of: the knowledge and applications of relevant sections of: occupational health and safety; statutory legislation; enterprise/ site safety procedures; enterprise/ site emergency procedures; equipment capabilities and limitations; minor maintenance procedures; attaching/detaching required accessories and/or attachments; preparation and planning of work; operating and manoeuvring machines and attachments; shifting and transferring materials - making a stockpile
Context of assessment
Competency Standards should be assessed on site or in a simulated work environment under the normal range of workplace conditions.
Assessment of this unit will be supported with documentary evidence by means of endorsement stating type and application of equipment operated.
Knowledge and Skills
A knowledge of:
Relevant occupational health and safety regulations; relevant statutory legislation; relevant enterprise/site safety procedures; enterprise/site emergency procedures; operational and maintenance procedures; equipment characteristics, technical capabilities and limitations; basic geological and survey data; attachments, their capabilities and limitations; excavation and levelling techniques; vehicle recording systems; warning and directional signals; levelling devices; pre start, start up and shut down procedures; enterprise recording procedures; communications principles; coal storing principles and techniques; introduction to power production plant; typical arrangements of power production plant; mathematics; safe operating principles; levelling devices, which may include laser levelling
The ability to:
Apply relevant occupational health and safety regulations; apply relevant statutory legislation; apply relevant enterprise/site safety procedures; apply enterprise/site emergency procedures and techniques; organise resources where applicable; operate and maintain machinery and accessories; use hand tools; respond to emergencies; apply pre start, start up and shut down procedures; communicate effectively; inspect and diagnose machines and attachments; shift and transfer materials; apply data analysis techniques and tools; stockpile coal