RIICBS316Conduct pavement sweeping operations

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What an assessment for RIICBS316 must cover

54 assessable components: 3 elements (20 performance criteria), 15 performance evidence and 17 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 2 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 to conduct pavement sweeping operations

  • 1.1Obtain, interpret and confirm work requirements
  • 1.2Access, interpret and apply pavement sweeping operations documentation and confirm the work activity is compliant
  • 1.3Identify environmental issues and potential hazards, and assess and address risks within scope of own role and according to workplace procedures
  • 1.4Select and wear personal protective equipment required for work activities
  • 1.5Confirm and comply with environmental protection, safety and traffic management signage requirements
  • 1.6Select plant, tools and equipment to carry out tasks and check for faults within scope of own role
  • 1.7Obtain and interpret emergency procedures and identify steps required in case of fire, accident and other emergencies

2 Sweep surfaces

  • 2.1Conduct pre-start, start-up, park up, shutdown and secure equipment procedures
  • 2.2Identify wind direction and develop sweeping plan that minimises dust creation
  • 2.3Drive and operate broom at speed and pressure required with minimum damage to bristles
  • 2.4Extend sweeping at least 300 mm outside area to be covered
  • 2.5Conduct preliminary and final sweeps and remove excess material
  • 2.6Sweep material away from work in progress and newly finished work
  • 2.7Adapt sweeping procedures to surface type
  • 2.8Remove loose aggregate from newly sealed surface

3 Clean up

  • 3.1Deposit sweepings to avoid drain, pit and nature strip contamination
  • 3.2Create windrows for run off protection as required
  • 3.3Clear work area and dispose of and recycle materials as required according to workplace procedures and environmental requirements
  • 3.4Clean, check, perform maintenance on in scope of own role, and store plant, tools and equipment
  • 3.5Carry out housekeeping to workplace requirements

Performance evidence

  • sweep a minimum of 2000m2 on each of three projects, including at least one of: primer-seal or priming, asphalt or sealed or micro surface, removing loose aggregate from newly completed primer-seal or seal.
  • locate and apply legislation, documentation, policies and procedures required for conducting pavement sweeping operations
  • work with others to undertake and complete pavement sweeping operations that meets required outcomes, including:
  • organising work activities to meet task requirements
  • communicating with others to receive and clarify work instructions
  • using signage to advise others of work activity and exclusion zone
  • identify, record and report hazards and risks
  • adapt sweeping operations for wind direction and surface type
  • conduct operations in a way that minimises:
  • broom wear
  • amount of excessive material produced
  • impact on finished work and work in progress
  • environmental damage
  • clean, check, perform maintenance on and store equipment
  • complete housekeeping activities.

Knowledge evidence

  • on site processes and responsibilities relating to site isolation and traffic control
  • processes for calculating material removal, sweeping patterns and travel speed
  • safety data sheet (SDS) compliance processes
  • key components of job safety analyses (JSAs)/job safety environmental analyses (JSEAs)/safe work method statements (SWMSs)
  • key legislation for conducting pavement sweeping operations
  • key policies, procedures and established requirements for conducting pavement sweeping operations, including those for:
  • site and equipment safety
  • work quality
  • environmental protection, including waste disposal and recycling
  • operating platforms for use with mounted broom attachments
  • establishing exclusion zones
  • housekeeping
  • operating and maintaining equipment
  • key factors affecting work activities described in performance evidence above, including:
  • wind direction
  • equipment types, characteristics, technical capabilities and limitations
  • primer-seal, seal, asphalt and aggregate materials.

Foundation skills

  • Reading: Identifies and interprets information from workplace procedures, documentation, legislation and regulations
  • Oral communication: Uses a range of communication techniques and systems to communicate with others

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