FWPCOT3339 — Grade wood product visually

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What an assessment for FWPCOT3339 must cover

51 assessable components: 3 elements (16 performance criteria), 13 performance evidence and 18 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 4 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Prepare for grading wood product

1.1Determine job requirements from work order or specifications and, where required, seek clarification from appropriate personnel
1.2Confirm workplace health and safety and environmental protection practices and/or procedures for task, including use of personal protective equipment, lifting and moving equipment and safe manual handling techniques
1.3Confirm legislation, standards and codes of practice relevant to visual grading operations
1.4Identify and assess hazards and take actions to mitigate risks related to grading operations
1.5Confirm type and quantity of wood product to be graded
1.6Identify procedures for storage and subsequent processing of wood product
1.7Select equipment to assist in grading wood product visually, and check for operational effectiveness

2 Grade wood product visually

2.1Assess wood product characteristics visually for strength and/or appearance by identifying and measuring defects against performance requirements for wood product type and end-use application according to workplace grade specifications and relevant Australian Standards or industry codes of practice
2.2Measure wood product moisture content and length requirements and tolerances against allowable limits for wood product type and end-use application according to workplace grade specifications relevant Australian Standards or industry codes of practice
2.3Determine and mark defects and wood products that require docking, regrading or reworking and those that are rejected
2.4Brand, label, stamp or mark each graded wood product to indicate compliance with relevant Australian Standard and/or CodeMark certification requirements
2.5Record wood product grading outcomes

3 Distribute graded wood product

3.1Direct material to storage or processing operations according to workplace procedures
3.2Arrange for reuse, recycling or disposal of sub-standard wood product according to workplace environmental protection practices and procedures
3.3Monitor on-site movement of wood product to achieve intended flow
3.4Record distribution problems and report to appropriate personnel

Performance evidence

An individual demonstrating competency must satisfy all of the elements and performance criteria in this unit.
There must be evidence that the individual has graded, sorted and marked one product selected from the following list for one production run according to workplace procedures: chipboard, coated and/or treated timber products, cross arms for overhead lines, crossings, debarked logs, decking for wharves and bridges, dressed timber, fibreboard, in-the-rough timber, laminated veneer, medium density fibreboard, mine guides, piles, plywood, poles, preservative treated timber, recycled timber, sleepers, stress and non-stress graded timber, timber from imported species, timber from native species, other engineered wood products.
In performing each of these tasks, the individual has:
assessed wood product characteristics visually for strength and/or appearance
complied with legislation, standards and codes of practice relevant to visual grading operations
measured wood product moisture content and length requirements and tolerances against allowable limits for the wood product type and end-use application
identified defects in wood products
identified products that require docking, regrading or reworking and those that are rejected
branded, labelled, stamped or marked each graded wood product to indicate compliance with relevant Australian Standard and/or CodeMark certification requirements
safely used workplace equipment for lifting and moving materials
arranged reuse, recycling or disposal of sub-standard wood product
coordinated movement of graded material to storage or processing operations
reported grading outcomes to appropriate personnel

Knowledge evidence

markings used on wood products to identify grades
key requirements of legislation, standards and codes of practice relevant to visual grading operations, including: Australian Standards, CodeMark certification
industry standards for cross-sections and lengths for different types of wood products
grade classifications for different types of wood products
typical flow of material supply in and out of the grading area
methods to label wood products for storage locations, and common terms used
purpose, features and operation of equipment used to grade wood products, including moisture meters
workplace health and safety procedures, with particular emphasis on use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and safe manual handling techniques
types of risk and hazards and mitigation measures associated with grading and sorting activities
equipment used for lifting and moving wood products
types of timber products for grading and sorting
methods of visual estimation, grading, colour identification and tagging of different types of wood products
procedures for sorting, marking, distribution and storage of different types of wood products
methods of assessing wood products for number and frequency of defects
methods for determining and recording moisture content of wood products
wood products defects, including: warp, wane, cupping, shakes, insect defects, loose or missing knots, resin pockets, dents, loose surface, lifting coatings, thin or missing coatings, chipped edges, splits, voids, splintered or missing edges, pin holes
criteria for disposal, recycling and reuse of sub-standard wood products
methods for safe disposal of waste preservative treated timber

Foundation skills

Reading: Interpret routine workplace documents and industry grading standards
Writing: Produce basic clear labels for timber identification; Complete accurate basic reports on grading outcomes
Oral communication: Ask questions and actively listen to clarify work orders and job tasks and report workplace issues
Numeracy: Complete routine grading records involving numerical grades, dimensions and quantities

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What does an assessment tool for FWPCOT3339 need to cover?

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