Elements and Performance Criteria

RANGE STATEMENT
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)
Work order is to include:
instructions for planing or sanding boards or veneer panels
and may include:
species
colour
type
width
length
thickness
quantity
instructions for the environmental monitoring of work and procedures
environmental care requirements relevant to the work
Appropriate personnel may include:
supervisors
suppliers
clients
colleagues
managers
Panel is to include:
any manufactured panel product with a timber veneer
any solid timber panels (single board or glue joined boards)
Planing
is the process of dressing solid timber panels to a specified thickness, removing the rough surfaces and any imperfections
Sanding
is the process of finishing a panel and removing any machine marks or imperfections to an acceptable standard of smoothness or surface texture, which will allow coating
Equipment is to include:
procedures for equipment lock-out, such as protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine from the power source
and may include:
panel planers or thicknessers
surface planers or buzzers
drum sanders
panel sanders
veneer sanders
stroke sanders
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
Pre-startup checks
are conducted to ensure:
machine has been set up correctly
systems are performing accurately
machine is operating to optimum performance
Feed rate is to include:
rate of speed the board or veneered panel is passed through the planing/sanding machine
impact on equipment
finish and production output
Board refers to:
solid timber panels
Veneer
is the thin sheet of timber (approximately 0.5mm thick or to organisational requirement for sliced veneer and varying thickness for rotary) used to cover medium density fibreboard, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and other manufactured board products with a natural timber coating
types are usually referred to as quarter sawn, back sawn and radial (or rotary) sawn
Dust extraction may include:
machine specific dust extraction systems with collection bags
hopper-based extraction systems that link all machines to the one extractor source through a series of connected pipes
Visually assessed is to include:
assessment of boards or veneer boards to determine:
thickness
finish quality
veneer faults
Outfeed
is the process of producing panels from the machining operation and handling them in such a way that prevents damage to the planed or sanded surfaces
Recovery
is the volume of timber planed or sanded from a resource compared to the volume of that resource
is expressed as a percentage - planed/sanded timber volume/initial timber volume x 100
maximises the value of the resource
Records and reports may include:
planing or sanding requirements
product type
size
inspection information
grading and labelling outcomes
storage locations
quality outcomes
hazards
incidents
equipment malfunctions
and may be:
manual
a computer-based system
other appropriate organisational communication system
Regrading
is the process of visually inspecting panels to re-classify quality and use after planing/sanding has taken effect
On-site movement may include:
the use of:
conveyor belt systems
track systems
lifting equipment, such as:
fork lifts
slings
trolley jacks
gantry cranes
loaders
assistance with lifting, such as:
involving two or more personnel to lift materials manually or to guide the movement of mechanical equipment
Storage 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
Disposing of may include:
recycling sub-standard material
re-using sub-standard material
redirecting sub-standard material for energy recovery

EVIDENCE GUIDE
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.
Overview of assessment
A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to provide evidence that they can safely and efficiently plane and sand panels in line with organisational requirements
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to, and satisfy, all of the requirements of the elements of this unit and include demonstration of:
following applicable commonwealth, state or territory legislative and regulatory requirements and codes of practice relevant planing and sanding panels
following organisational policies and procedures relevant to planing and sanding panels
planing and sanding panels in readiness for application to panel products or for interim storage
redistributing material on site using designated equipment
conducting operator maintenance on planing and sanding equipment
Context of and specific resources for assessment
Competency is to be assessed in the workplace or realistically simulated workplace
Assessment is to occur under standard and authorised work practices, safety requirements and environmental constraints
Assessment of required knowledge, other than confirmatory questions, will usually be conducted in an off-site context
Assessment is to follow relevant regulatory or Australian Standards requirements
The following resources should be made available:
workplace location or simulated workplace
materials and equipment relevant to undertaking work applicable to this unit
specifications and work instructions
Method of assessment
Assessment must satisfy the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the FPI11 Training Package
Assessment methods must confirm consistency and accuracy of performance (over time and in a range of workplace relevant contexts) together with application of required knowledge
Assessment must be by direct observation of tasks, with questioning on required knowledge and it must also reinforce the integration of employability skills
Assessment methods must confirm the ability to access and correctly interpret and apply the required knowledge
Assessment may be applied under project-related conditions (real or simulated) and require evidence of process
Assessment must confirm a reasonable inference that competency is able not only to be satisfied under the particular circumstance, but is able to be transferred to other circumstances
Assessment may be in conjunction with assessment of other units of competency
The assessment environment should not disadvantage the candidate
Assessment practices should take into account any relevant language or cultural issues related to Aboriginality, gender or language backgrounds other than English
Where the participant has a disability, reasonable adjustment may be applied during assessment
Language and literacy demands of the assessment task should not be higher than those of the work role