RIICBS301EConduct profile planer operations

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What an assessment for RIICBS301E must cover

45 assessable components: 7 elements (25 performance criteria), 6 performance evidence and 11 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 3 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 Plan and prepare to conduct profile planer operations

  • 1.1Obtain, interpret and confirm work requirements
  • 1.2Access, interpret and apply profile planer operations documentation and check 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 required for tasks, check for faults, and report or rectify in scope of own role
  • 1.7Obtain and interpret emergency procedures and identify steps required in case of fire, accident and other emergencies

2 Conduct profile planer pre-operational checks

  • 2.1Carry out pre-start, start-up, park, shutdown and secure equipment procedures
  • 2.2Check profile planer controls and functions and rectify and report any faults as required within scope of own role

3 Operate profile planer

  • 3.1Drive or operate profile planer to achieve optimum output by removing material according to site requirements
  • 3.2Communicate with driver or operator as required and confirm operation meets task requirements

4 Select, remove and fit attachments

  • 4.1Select attachment for the task
  • 4.2Remove and fit attachment according to manufacturer specifications and job requirements
  • 4.3Test attachment is fit for operation
  • 4.4Use attachment according to job requirements
  • 4.5Clean and store removed attachments according to workplace procedures

5 Relocate the profile planer

  • 5.1Prepare profile planer for relocation according to job requirements
  • 5.2Move profile planer between worksites according to workplace procedures

6 Carry out profile planer operator maintenance

  • 6.1Park profile planer, prepare for maintenance and shutdown
  • 6.2Conduct inspection and fault finding
  • 6.3Remove and replace defective parts
  • 6.4Carry out regular programmed maintenance tasks

7 Clean up

  • 7.1Clear work area and dispose of and recycle materials as required
  • 7.2Clean, check and store profile planer, tools and equipment and conduct operator maintenance within scope of own role
  • 7.3Carry out housekeeping to workplace requirements

Performance evidence

  • conduct profile planer operations to specified tolerances, required line and level on at least two occasions, including: conducting operations on a minimum of two different material/surface types and include the tasks of: ~ removing materials to a thickness and a line/level ~ loading vehicles ~ stockpiling
  • conducting the following types of operations: ~ asphalt paving ~ milling ~ edge planning ~ straight work ~ confined work.
  • locate and apply legislation, documentation, policies and procedures
  • work with others to undertake and complete profile planer operations that meets required outcomes, including: organising work activities to meet task requirements, communicating with others to receive and clarify work instructions, using a range of communication techniques and systems, using signage to advise others of work activity and exclusion zone
  • clean, check, perform maintenance on, relocate and store equipment
  • complete housekeeping activities.

Knowledge evidence

  • civil construction terminology used for profile planer operations
  • basic earthworks calculations required for profile planer operations
  • basic soil types and characteristics relevant for profile planer operations
  • basic principles of soil compaction as it applies to profile planer operations
  • engineering drawings and sketches relevant to profile planer operations
  • materials safety data sheet (SDS) compliance processes
  • key components of job safety analyses (JSAs)/job safety environmental analyses (JSEAs)/safe work method statements (SWMs)
  • on site processes and responsibilities relating to site isolation and traffic control
  • key legislation for conducting profile planer operations
  • key policies, procedures and established requirements for conducting profile planer operations, including those for: site and equipment safety, establishing exclusion zones, changing machine attachments, work quality, safe operating techniques in all terrain, operating and maintaining equipment, environmental protection, including waste disposal and recycling, checking profile planer controls and functions including implements and other attachments, brakes and manoeuvrability for serviceability, housekeeping
  • key factors affecting work activities described in performance evidence above, including: profile planer, tools and equipment types, characteristics, technical capabilities and limitations, profile planer techniques related to essential tasks.

Foundation skills

  • Reading: Identifies and interprets information from workplace procedures, documentation, legislation and regulations
  • Self-management: Monitors and minimises own exposure to worksite hazards during activities
  • Oral communication: Uses a range of communication techniques and systems to communicate with others

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