PROWFP5 - Monitor and control the quality of wood fuel products
Overview
This standard covers the skills and knowledge required to check the quality of wood fuel products at appropriate times during production, storage and delivery; detecting variations that could adversely affect the product and taking appropriate action to resolve them. It applies equally to carrying out in-house checks and sending samples to external testing facilities. It does not apply to the quality control of sub-contractors which is covered elsewhere.
This could apply to the production of wood chips, wood pellets, wood briquettes, fire wood or charcoal.
Outcomes
Performance Criteria
You must be able to:
1. comply with health and safety requirements and procedures at all times
2. use up-to-date quality specifications that are relevant for the wood fuel being produced
3. check quality at appropriate times during production, storage and delivery processes to best identify variations in quality
4. integrate quality checks within wood fuel production, storage and delivery processes
5. sample quantities that will give representative results
6. use appropriate methods to check quality, ensuring that any inspection equipment is fully functioning and adjusted correctly
7. identify any variations between the actual and desired quality of wood fuel products and the reasons for them
8. take appropriate action to rectify issues in production that are resulting in wood fuel products of sub-standard quality
9. ensure the results of quality monitoring and control are recorded in appropriate information systems
10. adapt and update quality checks when necessary
11. apply quality assurance labels to wood fuel products
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. characteristics of wood species and the effect of species on wood fuel production
3. how to assure quality in the supply chain
4. how origin of raw material, carbon savings and product specification relate to quality assurance labelling
5. impact of moisture content and particle size on wood fuel products
6. how to calculate calorific value of wood fuels with different moisture contents
7. properties of wood fuel that cause inefficiency, malfunction, corrosion or pollution
8. how to interpret specifications for the wood fuel being produced
9. how to determine the number of increments required for meaningful testing
10. how to confirm expected quality of wood fuel product being produced
11. indications that variations exist
12. critical points with production, storage and delivery of wood fuel products when things can go wrong
13. type of problems that could occur including defects in production, storage and delivery process
14. how and when it is beneficial to use external testing facilities
15. equipment used for inspecting wood fuel products
16. how to check if inspection equipment is correctly adjusted and functioning
17. action to take if products don’t conform to specification or vary widely within specification
18. actions to take to resolve variations in quality
19. information system used and why it is important to use it
20. how changes in processes, raw materials or legislation may affect quality monitoring processes
PROWFP5 - Monitor and control the quality of wood fuel products
Overview
This standard covers the skills and knowledge required to check the quality of wood fuel products at appropriate times during production, storage and delivery; detecting variations that could adversely affect the product and taking appropriate action to resolve them. It applies equally to carrying out in-house checks and sending samples to external testing facilities. It does not apply to the quality control of sub-contractors which is covered elsewhere.
This could apply to the production of wood chips, wood pellets, wood briquettes, fire wood or charcoal.
Outcomes
Performance Criteria
You must be able to:
1. comply with health and safety requirements and procedures at all times
2. use up-to-date quality specifications that are relevant for the wood fuel being produced
3. check quality at appropriate times during production, storage and delivery processes to best identify variations in quality
4. integrate quality checks within wood fuel production, storage and delivery processes
5. sample quantities that will give representative results
6. use appropriate methods to check quality, ensuring that any inspection equipment is fully functioning and adjusted correctly
7. identify any variations between the actual and desired quality of wood fuel products and the reasons for them
8. take appropriate action to rectify issues in production that are resulting in wood fuel products of sub-standard quality
9. ensure the results of quality monitoring and control are recorded in appropriate information systems
10. adapt and update quality checks when necessary
11. apply quality assurance labels to wood fuel products
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. characteristics of wood species and the effect of species on wood fuel production
3. how to assure quality in the supply chain
4. how origin of raw material, carbon savings and product specification relate to quality assurance labelling
5. impact of moisture content and particle size on wood fuel products
6. how to calculate calorific value of wood fuels with different moisture contents
7. properties of wood fuel that cause inefficiency, malfunction, corrosion or pollution
8. how to interpret specifications for the wood fuel being produced
9. how to determine the number of increments required for meaningful testing
10. how to confirm expected quality of wood fuel product being produced
11. indications that variations exist
12. critical points with production, storage and delivery of wood fuel products when things can go wrong
13. type of problems that could occur including defects in production, storage and delivery process
14. how and when it is beneficial to use external testing facilities
15. equipment used for inspecting wood fuel products
16. how to check if inspection equipment is correctly adjusted and functioning
17. action to take if products don’t conform to specification or vary widely within specification
18. actions to take to resolve variations in quality
19. information system used and why it is important to use it
20. how changes in processes, raw materials or legislation may affect quality monitoring processes