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Certificate III in Forest & Forest Products (Sawmilling & Processing)

Certificate III in Forest & Forest Products (Sawmilling & Processing)

Accredited course
National Code:
State Code:
4063
TGA Status:
Draft
DTWD Status:
Approved
State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
29/10/1998
Field of Education
050501 - Forestry Studies
AQF Level
Certificate III in
Nominal Hours
428
Duration
Unspecified
Stream of Study
Partial Exemption to "Other Skills" Course (3221)
Accredited Date
12/11/1997
Expiry Date
31/12/2002
VET Act Classifier
C
VET Act Conditions
Description

At the completion of this course the learner will have an in-depth
knowledge of the operations of sawmilling and processing plants and
will have received relevant competencies.

Schedule
1. CORE
State Code National Code Title Hours Type
30625 ABL003 First Aid - Level 1 8 Module
30622 ABL011 Forest Industry Calculation 18 Module
30623 ABL002 Forest Industry Orientation 18 Module
30621 ABL001 Occupational Health and Safety 18 Module
65004 NCS004 Work Team Communication 34 Module
2. ELECTIVE

sector compulsory modules totalling 228 HOURS

State Code National Code Title Hours Type
30626 ABL051 Saw Softwood 120 Module
3. ELECTIVE

OR

State Code National Code Title Hours Type
30627 ABL052 Saw Hardwood 120 Module
4. ELECTIVE

AND

State Code National Code Title Hours Type
15010 NGMS106 Managing Effective Working Relationships 34 Module
17864 NQ01 Nq01 Quality Concepts 20 Module
65006 NCS007 Presenting Information 16 Module
30628 ABL053 Production Planning, Scheduling and Maintenance 30 Module
5. ELECTIVES

Learner to select electives to a total of 113 hours

State Code National Code Title Hours Type
30658 ABL018 Chainsaws and Saw Chains 36 Module
30650 ABL067 Dress Boards 60 Module
30643 Drying Timber 60 Module
30648 ABL065 Finger Jointed Timber 36 Module
30659 ABL019 Handsaws 36 Module
30639 ABL055 Introduction to Small Business 40 Module
30649 ABL066 Laminated Beams 36 Module
30660 ABL020 Maintain and Join Narrow Bandsaws 18 Module
30653 ABL013 Maintain Circular Saws 1 36 Module
30657 ABL017 Maintain Tools and Machinery 18 Module
15011 NGMS107 Managing and Developing Teams 34 Module
30640 ABL056 Mechanically Stress Grade Boards 30 Module
30651 ABL068 Operating Computer Numerically Controlled Machinery 36 Module
30644 ABL060 Operating the Steamboiler 40 Module
30645 ABL061 Preserving Timber 60 Module
30646 ABL063 Produce Wood Chips 80 Module
30642 ABL058 Receive and Measure Logs/Weigh Loads 20 Module
30654 ABL014 Saw Doctoring Principles and Materials 36 Module
30655 ABL015 Saw Doctoring Welding - Oxy Acetylene and Brazing 18 Module
30652 ABL012 Sharpen Blades and Knives 18 Module
30638 ABL054 Shifting Timber - Wheeled Equipment 60 Module
30656 ABL016 Tool and Cutting Griding 1 36 Module
30647 ABL064 Transfer and Load Wood Chips 60 Module
30635 2645 Workplace Assessor 35 Module
30641 ABL057 Workplace Relations 18 Module
30637 2081 Workplace Trainer 2 175 Module
6.
State Code National Code Title Hours Type
30674 ABL034 Align Saws, Canter Rings and Chipper Heads 36 Module
30669 ABL029 Band Mill Alignment 36 Module
30666 ABL026 Band Wheel Grinding 18 Module
30676 ABL036 Circular Saws for the Metals Industry 36 Module
30677 ABL037 Cutter Tool Design and Drawing 18 Module
30664 ABL024 Maintain Circular Saws 2 54 Module
30678 ABL038 Maintain Framesaw Blades 18 Module
30661 ABL021 Maintain Wide Band Saws 1 33 Module
30684 ABL044 Maintain Wide Band Saws 2 54 Module
30668 ABL028 Make Circular Saws 36 Module
30680 ABL040 Make Cutter and Router Bits 36 Module
30681 ABL041 Make Framesaw Blades 18 Module
30667 ABL027 Make Wide Bandsaws 36 Module
65008 NCS015 Presenting Reports 17 Module
30683 ABL043 Replace Saws, Blades and Knives 18 Module
30671 ABL031 Saw Doctoring Calculations - Wide Bandsaws 18 Module
30662 ABL022 Saw Doctoring Calculations Circular Saws 18 Module
30665 ABL025 Saw Doctoring Welding Gma 18 Module
30670 ABL030 Saw Doctoring Welding Techniques - Tig 18 Module
30686 ABL046 Saw Shop Supplies 18 Module
30663 ABL023 Sharpen Hand Tools 18 Module
30675 ABL035 Tipping Process 1 18 Module
30679 ABL039 Tipping Processes 2 18 Module
30672 ABL032 Tool and Cutter Grinding 2 36 Module
30682 ABL042 Trouble Shoot Mill Line Cutting Problems 18 Module
30685 ABL045 Troubleshoot Circular Saws 36 Module
30673 ABL033 Troubleshooting Bandsaws 18 Module
Replaced By
State Code National Code Title Type
S196 FPI30699 Certificate III in Forest & Forest Products (Sawmilling & Processing) Qualification
VET Info Notes
The owner of this course is Holmesglen Institute of TAFE.
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