This standard covers the skills and knowledge required to produce wood fuel. Wood fuel could include wood chip (including hog fuel), wood pellets, wood briquettes or firewood. This involves maintaining sufficient quantities of raw material during production, following instructions and safety requirements, ensuring wood fuel meets specification and troubleshooting and fixing problems.
It also applies to operating machinery to prepare raw materials prior to wood fuel production.
Outcomes
Performance Criteria
You must be able to:
1. comply with health and safety requirements and procedures at all times
2. check and confirm that wood of the specified quality and amount are available for wood fuel production
3. ensure work area is ventilated to levels appropriate for wood fuel production
4. control dust to acceptable levels
5. load materials into machinery as specified in instructions
6. adjust equipment to produce required particle size for wood fuel
7. set up, use and shut down machinery and equipment following manufacturers instructions
8. monitor t processes and ensure machinery is working correctly
9. maintain raw material levels during production
10. process appropriate amounts of wood to produce required amounts of wood fuel
11. monitor particle size to ensure end product meets specification
12. produce required quantities of wood fuel on time
13. deal with any problems with equipment, machinery and materials safely and effectively
14. shut down and isolate equipment safely and according to instructions
15. remove residual and waste materials into suitable storage, handling them safely to avoid loss and contamination
16. clear and clean machinery or equipment and visually check it has no faults or defects when closing it down
Knowledge & Understanding
You need to know and understand:
1. legal duties for health and safety in the workplace and legislation covering your job role
2. what happens to the wood during each stage of wood fuel production
3. materials used in the different stages of wood fuel production
4. where to obtain and how to interpret the specification for wood fuel production
5. how to judge the quality of the raw material and the end product being produced
6. different binding agents and their appropriateness for reclaimed and virgin wood
7. the importance of controlling moisture in wood fuel production
8. benefits and drawbacks of air drying, solar drying, forced drying and kiln drying for wood fuel production
9. effects of different drying techniques on cost, time and quantity
10. acceptable particle sizes for wood fuel
11. hazards to people and the environment that could arise from using machinery and equipment for wood fuel production
12. problems that can occur when producing wood fuel and the early warning signs
13. hazards to people and the environment may arise from storing fuel
14. levels of dust that can cause auto ignition or respiratory problems
15. relationship between rewetting, decomposition and fungal spores in wood fuel
16. why it is important to monitor carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide emissions and how to do so
17. interventions applied, and by whom
18. how to set up equipment and machinery to produce wood fuel
19. start-up checks carried out to make sure equipment and system are fit for use and there are no faults or defects
20. procedures to follow to shut down a wood fuel production process
21. parts of a system and its services that may require to be isolated
22. safety standards
23. safety, health and environmental procedures for wood fuel production
24. risks associated with the working environment
25. risk control measures in place and how to comply with them
26. personal protective equipment required for wood fuel production
27. appropriate storage facilities for raw materials and wood fuel and how storage facilities can affect quality
PROWFP2 - Produce wood fuel in a plant or mill
Overview
This standard covers the skills and knowledge required to produce wood fuel. Wood fuel could include wood chip (including hog fuel), wood pellets, wood briquettes or firewood. This involves maintaining sufficient quantities of raw material during production, following instructions and safety requirements, ensuring wood fuel meets specification and troubleshooting and fixing problems.
It also applies to operating machinery to prepare raw materials prior to wood fuel production.
Outcomes
Performance Criteria
You must be able to:
1. comply with health and safety requirements and procedures at all times
2. check and confirm that wood of the specified quality and amount are available for wood fuel production
3. ensure work area is ventilated to levels appropriate for wood fuel production
4. control dust to acceptable levels
5. load materials into machinery as specified in instructions
6. adjust equipment to produce required particle size for wood fuel
7. set up, use and shut down machinery and equipment following manufacturers instructions
8. monitor t processes and ensure machinery is working correctly
9. maintain raw material levels during production
10. process appropriate amounts of wood to produce required amounts of wood fuel
11. monitor particle size to ensure end product meets specification
12. produce required quantities of wood fuel on time
13. deal with any problems with equipment, machinery and materials safely and effectively
14. shut down and isolate equipment safely and according to instructions
15. remove residual and waste materials into suitable storage, handling them safely to avoid loss and contamination
16. clear and clean machinery or equipment and visually check it has no faults or defects when closing it down
Knowledge & Understanding
You need to know and understand:
1. legal duties for health and safety in the workplace and legislation covering your job role
2. what happens to the wood during each stage of wood fuel production
3. materials used in the different stages of wood fuel production
4. where to obtain and how to interpret the specification for wood fuel production
5. how to judge the quality of the raw material and the end product being produced
6. different binding agents and their appropriateness for reclaimed and virgin wood
7. the importance of controlling moisture in wood fuel production
8. benefits and drawbacks of air drying, solar drying, forced drying and kiln drying for wood fuel production
9. effects of different drying techniques on cost, time and quantity
10. acceptable particle sizes for wood fuel
11. hazards to people and the environment that could arise from using machinery and equipment for wood fuel production
12. problems that can occur when producing wood fuel and the early warning signs
13. hazards to people and the environment may arise from storing fuel
14. levels of dust that can cause auto ignition or respiratory problems
15. relationship between rewetting, decomposition and fungal spores in wood fuel
16. why it is important to monitor carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide emissions and how to do so
17. interventions applied, and by whom
18. how to set up equipment and machinery to produce wood fuel
19. start-up checks carried out to make sure equipment and system are fit for use and there are no faults or defects
20. procedures to follow to shut down a wood fuel production process
21. parts of a system and its services that may require to be isolated
22. safety standards
23. safety, health and environmental procedures for wood fuel production
24. risks associated with the working environment
25. risk control measures in place and how to comply with them
26. personal protective equipment required for wood fuel production
27. appropriate storage facilities for raw materials and wood fuel and how storage facilities can affect quality