PUAFIR326 — Push trees with machines in forest fire control operations

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What an assessment for PUAFIR326 must cover

51 assessable components: 4 elements (22 performance criteria), 16 performance evidence and 13 knowledge evidence requirements. 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 Use and service machine

1.1Machinery is set up and preparation checks are undertaken to ensure safe operation in forest environments that are free of soil and water borne disease and weeds prior to and after use
1.2Effective communication is established with supervisor, team members and support vehicles
1.3Safe work procedures are employed when using machinery to push tree
1.4Machinery is parked safely and securely when not in operation
1.5Personal protective clothing and equipment is worn and used, in accordance with organisational procedures

2 Plan to push tree

2.1Obtain briefing and confirm work to be undertaken
2.2Hazardous tree marking system is interpreted and actioned for each tree
2.3Tree is assessed for suitability for pushing with machinery
2.4Topographical factors and vegetation are considered when planning to push tree using machinery
2.4Environmental, cultural and heritage factors are considered in relation to area where trees will be pushed
2.5Approval is sought and gained for tree to be pushed with machinery
2.6Hazards and safe clearances are established around trees selected for pushing with machinery
2.7Escape routes are identified, in accordance with organisational procedures
2.8Support personnel are warned of tree to be pushed with machinery

3 Push tree

3.1Communication is maintained with ground crew during tree pushing operations
3.2Ground is prepared for tree pushing with machinery
3.3Direction of tree fall is determined
3.4Tree is pushed with machinery applying safe tree pushing practices
3.5Apply fireground emergency procedures

4 Undertake mop up and rehabilitation activities

4.1Trees and debris are cleared for safe access to safety zone escape routes and to allow for mop up work
4.2Area, where trees have been pushed by machinery, is made safe for organisational personnel to enter
4.3Rehabilitation activities are conducted, in accordance with organisational procedures

Performance evidence

applying Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) organisational requirements
assessing and planning to push trees using machinery
considering topography, vegetation, environmental, cultural and heritage factors
communicating within the chain of command
implementing safe work procedures including communicating with fire control line supervisors and support vehicles, ensuring FOPS and ROPS are correctly fitted and used, maintenance of contact and communication with support vehicles, positioning in relation to live fire edge and fire intensity, providing assistance to vehicles and personnel working with machines, survival techniques in burn over situations, wearing personal protective clothing and equipment, wearing seatbelts in cabin, working within limits of machine capability
identifying hazards and risks including exposures
maintaining communication with support personnel and vehicles
operating machines in a fire and non-fire environment
participating in briefing sessions
performing basic maintenance and ensuring servicing of machinery in fire and non-fire environments
performing pre-start checks
preparing ground for tree pushing
pushing trees in support of fire operations safely
seeking and gaining permission to complete actions
undertaking mop up and rehabilitation activities
using safe tree pushing practices including not rocking trees, avoiding obstacles such as tree roots, stumps and rocks, determining direction of approach relative to proposed direction of fall, recognising minimum and gradual power application to effect tree fall, being aware of point of contact with machine and using blade and/or tree arm for optimal leverage

Knowledge evidence

assessment of hazards and risks including characteristics of trees, cultural and heritage factors, environmental factors, hazards and risks including exposures, topographical factors and vegetation, burn over survival techniques and capabilities of support vehicles
ground preparation including clearing escape route, clearing vegetation and obstacles such as logs and rocks around trees, creating ramp for pushing and ripping or severing roots of tree to be pushed
hazards and risks including exposures
machine capabilities, limitations, design and safety features
machine maintenance requirements in a fire ground environment
organisational documentation, policies and procedures including operating machines
personal protective clothing and equipment
rehabilitation works
re-start and post work check procedures
safe work procedures including assistance to vehicles and personnel working with machines, communication with fire control line supervisors and support vehicles, ensuring FOPS and ROPS are correctly fitted and used, fire ground emergencies, maintenance of contact and communication with support vehicles, position in relation to live fire edge and fire intensity, survival techniques in burn over situations, wearing personal protective clothing and equipment, wearing seatbelts in cabin, working within limits of machine capability
safe tree pushing practices including avoiding obstacles such as tree roots, stumps and rocks, awareness of point of contact with machine, considering characteristics of hazardous tree, considering rehabilitation activities, direction of approach relative to proposed direction of fall, minimum and gradual power application to effect tree fall, not rocking tree, use of blade and/or tree arm for optimal leverage
wildfire control tactics and techniques
Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) organisational requirements including risk mitigation

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What does an assessment tool for PUAFIR326 need to cover?

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