FWPFRM5007 — Process and interpret harvester and forwarder optimisation data

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What an assessment for FWPFRM5007 must cover

34 assessable components: 4 elements (16 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 10 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 work

1.1Confirm availability of computer hardware and software required for task
1.2Check software, hardware and internet access for serviceability
1.3Confirm functionality of antivirus software and procedures

2 Use software package to process StanForD compatible harvester and forwarder production data

2.1Open software from a laptop computer, personal computer or network terminal
2.2Use operator manual and online help function to locate details of software features and instructions for use
2.3Receive and transfer data files from email to software package
2.4Confirm wood flow planning and production data requirements according to work order or work instructions
2.5Access StanForD compliant data according to work requirements and software developer guidelines
2.6Use software application features to process data according to software developer guidelines and workplace requirements
2.7Perform routine checks to ensure accuracy of information according to quality requirements

3 Produce and interpret reports of processed harvester and forwarder production data

3.1Select options for constructing data production and wood flow reports according to software developer guidelines and workplace procedures
3.2Generate reports of production and wood flow across sites, machines and time using features of software package
3.3Interpret reports of production and wood flow across sites, machines and time
3.4Reference data sources according to software developer guidelines and workplace procedures

4 Maintain records

4.1Maintain archived data according to software developer guidelines and workplace standard procedures
4.2Maintain hard copy data according to software developer guidelines and workplace standard procedures

Performance evidence

Used a StanForD compatible software program to process harvesting and forwarding optimisation data for monitoring wood flow and production in a forestry or plantation setting.
Used the software program and relevant harvester production files to produce six separate reports. Each report must be on one of the following aspects of harvester production: comparison of wood flow production against planned production; monitoring harvested log volume by length and diameter classes or actual length and diameter; monitoring trees removed from a stand, including diameter distributions of stems harvested; comparison of harvester data against docket or target data; comparison of operator use of optimiser and manual over-ride; mapping of harvester Global Positioning System (GPS) falling location data to identify areas harvested within the forest to current date.
Used harvester calibration files to generate one report on calibration across harvesters within pre-determined limits.
Used forwarder production files to produce three separate reports. Each report must be on one of the following aspects of forwarder production: monitoring forwarded logs by length and value; monitoring forwarded logs by weight; monitoring forwarded log by product type.

Knowledge evidence

Standard for Forest Machine Data and Communication (StanForD) data standards and file types
Machine types and their capability
Principles of value and value recovery in timber harvesting
Wood flow planning procedures
Uses of harvester and forwarder data: improve value and volume recovery; production reporting and planning; monitor volumes of product length mix from areas being harvested; monitor production targets against production data (stem count by diameter at breast height class); map and monitor area harvested in thinning and clear-fell operations; reduce production risks through fewer rejects; monitor machine calibration; monitor cutting strategies; monitor operator value recovery
Machine measurement accuracy and calibration and impact on data accuracy
Causes of harvester and docket or target data mismatch: operators not correctly recording harvest data; missing bark function; different use of conversion factors; harvester calibration control checks
Basic GPS concepts
Software package for processing optimisation data: procedures for inputting data and generating reports; terminology; procedures for receiving and transferring data files, constructing reports and recording maintenance
Antivirus software procedures

Foundation skills

Reading: Read operating procedures, online help and/or software developer instructions
Writing: Enter routine text and technical terms production and wood flow planning reports
Oral communication: Ask questions to clarify data requirements and harvester header, production and wood flow information
Numeracy: Interpret numerical and graphical information related to production and wood flow planning

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