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Handle, sort and stack timber
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: manage hazards
associated with handling, sorting and stacking timber; prepare to handle and
sort timber; handle and sort timber; and stack sawn timber in packets.
This unit standard is for people who are, or intend to be, employed in the
solid wood manufacturing industry.
Subfield
Wood Handling and Distribution
Domain
Timber Yarding
Status
Registered
Status date
18 December 2006
Date version published
18 December 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Competenz
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0173
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Definition
Worksite documentation refers to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
(including the application of legislation to worksite situations), which are formally
documented, and are available for reference at the worksite. Examples are standard
operating procedures, specifications, manuals, and manufacturer’s information.
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The following apply to the performance of all elements of this unit standard:
a
All work practices must meet recognised codes of practice and documented
worksite health and safety and environmental procedures (where these exceed
the code) for personal, product and worksite health and safety, and must meet
the obligations required under current legislation, including the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, the Resource Management Act 1991, and their
subsequent amendments.
b
All work practices must meet documented worksite operating procedures. This
includes the recording (by electronic or non-electronic means) of activities,
events, and decisions.
c
All evidence of communications gathered in relation to this unit standard must
be in accordance with worksite procedures for content, recipient, timing and
method.
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Reference
Approved Code of Practice for Safety and Health in Forest Operations: Part 3: Rules
of the Code, Part 5: Timber Stacking, Packeting, and Transportation published by the
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Service of the Department of Labour and
available online at http://www.osh.govt.nz.
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All performance criteria must be demonstrated and assessed in accordance with the
reference text: Handle, Sort and Stack Timber (Auckland: Competenz, 2000) and
available from Competenz, PO Box 9005, Newmarket, Auckland.
5
This unit does not include mechanical sorters/stackers.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Manage hazards associated with handling, sorting and stacking timber.
Performance criteria
1.1
Hazards associated with handling, sorting and stacking timber are identified and
actions to be taken to isolate, minimise or eliminate the hazard are described in
accordance with worksite documentation.
Range
1.2
hazards may include but are not limited to – moving equipment,
mobile plant, noise, loose clothing.
Safe work practices associated with handling, sorting and stacking timber are
identified and used in accordance with worksite documentation and legislative
requirements.
Range
practices may include but are not limited to – isolation procedures,
lock-outs, emergency stops, machine guarding, wearing
appropriate safety equipment.
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Element 2
Prepare to handle and sort timber.
Performance criteria
2.1
Methods of lifting and handling timber to reduce the risk of injury are described
in accordance with the reference text.
2.2
Consequences of not handling and lifting timber using the prescribed
techniques are described in accordance with the reference text.
Element 3
Handle and sort timber.
Performance criteria
3.1
Timber is lifted and handled using the techniques described in the reference
text.
3.2
Timber is sorted according to grade mark, size and/or length, in accordance
with worksite documentation.
3.3
Problems associated with poor handling techniques are identified and actioned
to meet worksite documentation.
Range
problems – personal injury, timber degrade and rejection, site
safety, increased production costs.
Element 4
Stack sawn timber in packets.
Performance criteria
4.1
Timber is packeted by timber dimension in accordance with worksite
documentation.
4.2
Packet formation is completed, taking packet parameters into consideration to
meet legislative requirements and worksite documentation.
4.3
Causes and effects of problems associated with incorrect packet build and
stacking are identified.
Range
incorrect packet build – stability, fillet placement, dimensions,
piece count, effect on future processes and transport;
stacking – mixed grade, incorrect lengths, mixed size.
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Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, or an inter-institutional body
with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from
assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Competenz at info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
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