Common use of Advanced Process Support Operator Clause in Contracts

Advanced Process Support Operator. An employee at this level will have completed structured training including all ‘a’ level competencies and 9 appropriate ‘b’ level competencies or 7 appropriate ‘b’ competencies and 1 appropriate ‘c’ level competency, or will be assessed as possessing comparable additional knowledge and skill standards as ratified by the EPIC Industry Training Board and exercises judgement and skills to this level. Employees are to undertake training for the wider range of duties at this level. An employee at this level works across the whole production process, directly or indirectly involved in both production and/or maintenance, as an Operator or Trades Assistant at a sub-trade level. In the Post-press area employees with this classification are not required to operate the insert or trimming drums, the Gatherer/Stitcher and the PPM and CTI systems. An employee at this level: ▪ applies OH&S practices and environmental protection procedures; ▪ works from complex written or verbal instructions and procedures and is capable of issuing verbal instructions; ▪ exercises discretion within his/her level of skills and training; ▪ works under routine supervision to the level of training or skills held either individually or in a team environment; ▪ is a member of a work group/team and understands operating guidelines of the team; ▪ participates in and contributes to work group/team decision making, problem solving and team operation; ▪ assists in the provision of on-the-job training; ▪ understands and undertakes basic quality control/assurance procedures and utilises basic statistical process control procedures including the ability to recognise/identify quality variations/deviations/faults; ▪ recognises when safety, quality or production problems arises and refers appropriately in own work area and is responsible for the quality of his/her own work; ▪ forward plans materials and equipment required for next job; ▪ has an understanding of routine and preventive maintenance procedures and applies them in his/her work; ▪ understands the enterprise’s production processes and products including awareness of relationships between different areas and the administrative and organisational procedures as they relate to the immediate work area; ▪ has an orientation to machinery and equipment and assists with make ready of basic machines; ▪ operates licensed (subject to holding the appropriate licence) and non-licensed materials handling equipment; ▪ has a basic knowledge of computer controlled system as it relates to his/her work; ▪ understands and applies existing work procedures and standard operating procedures applying in work area to his/her level of training; ▪ performs elementary, routine and/or repetitive duties, general housekeeping, routine maintenance cleaning, equipment lubrication, general labouring, trades assistance and cleaning duties; ▪ undertakes duties incidental or peripheral to his/her work or main work areas. Indicative tasks at this level may include: ▪ machine setting, adjustment and operation on a variety of equipment; including assist with make ready of basic machines; routine setting, adjustment and operation of basic equipment, repetition work on automatic, semi-automatic or single purpose machines or equipment; e.g.; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ feeding and winding; reel storage, movement and stripping and reel stand monitoring; ▪ assist with basic duties on a printing machine under direct supervision by cleaning, washing up of ink ducts, blankets and impression cylinders, stacking and removing delivery, impression plate handling; ▪ lubrication of production machinery equipment; ▪ operates computer controlled system using intermediate keyboard skills as it relates to his/her work area; ▪ maintain established paper based filing/records system in accordance with set procedures including creating and indexing new files, distributing files within the organisation as requested, monitoring file locations; ▪ repetitive work of a basic nature such as maintaining simple records and single purpose functions as in manual folding, perforating, stacking, inserting, paging, packing, production and/or attachment of labels, counting and loading; ▪ housekeeping, waste disposal, general cleaning duties and routine maintenance cleaning; ▪ operates licensed (subject to holding the appropriate licence) and non-licensed materials handling equipment; e.g.: fork-lift and pallet truck operation (e.g.; pallet, disc and reel movement); ▪ operation of EPVs, high lift platforms or scissor lifts, dogging, pendant crane operation and/or rigging; ▪ inventory and store/warehouse control including licensed operation of all appropriate materials handling equipment; use of tools and equipment within the warehouse, basic non-trades maintenance; VDU operation; storing and packing of goods and materials in accordance with appropriate procedures and/or regulations, preparation and receipt of appropriate documentation, allocating and retrieving goods from specific warehouse areas, periodic housekeeping and stock checks; ▪ matching of product against quality standards within own work area; ▪ assist in the on-the-job training of others up to this level in conjunction with skilled operators and supervisor.

Advanced Process Support Operator. An employee at this level will have completed structured training including all ‘a’ level competencies and 9 appropriate ‘b’ level competencies or 7 appropriate ‘b’ competencies and 1 appropriate ‘c’ level competency, or will be assessed as possessing comparable additional knowledge and skill standards as ratified by the EPIC Industry Training Board and exercises judgement and skills to this level. Employees are to undertake training for the wider range of duties at this level. An employee at this level works without restriction across the whole production process, directly or indirectly involved in both production and/or maintenance, as an Operator or Trades Assistant at a sub-trade level. In the Post-press area employees with this classification are not required to operate the insert or trimming drums, the Gatherer/Stitcher and the PPM and CTI systems. An employee at this levelas required: ▪ applies OH&S practices and environmental protection procedures; ▪ works from complex written or verbal instructions and procedures and is capable of issuing verbal instructions; ▪ exercises discretion within his/her level of skills and training; ▪ works under routine supervision to the level of training or skills held either individually or in a team environment; ▪ is a member of a work group/team and understands operating guidelines of the team; ▪ participates in and contributes to work group/team decision making, problem solving and team operation; ▪ assists in the provision of on-the-job training; ▪ understands and undertakes basic quality control/assurance procedures and utilises basic statistical process control procedures including the ability to recognise/identify quality variations/deviations/faults; ▪ recognises when safety, quality or production problems arises and refers appropriately in own work area and is responsible for the quality of his/her own work; ▪ forward plans materials and equipment required for next job; ▪ has an understanding of routine and preventive maintenance procedures and applies them in his/her work; ▪ understands the enterprise’s production processes and products including awareness of relationships between different areas and the administrative and organisational procedures as they relate to the immediate work area; ▪ has an orientation to machinery and equipment and assists with make ready of basic machines; ▪ operates licensed (subject to holding the appropriate licence) and non-licensed materials handling equipment; ▪ has a basic knowledge of computer controlled system as it relates to his/her work; ▪ understands and applies existing work procedures and standard operating procedures applying in work area to his/her level of training; ▪ performs elementary, routine and/or repetitive duties, general housekeeping, routine maintenance cleaning, equipment lubrication, general labouring, trades assistance and cleaning duties; ▪ undertakes duties incidental or peripheral to his/her work or main work areas. Indicative tasks at this level may include: ▪ machine setting, adjustment and operation on a variety of equipment; including assist with make ready of basic machines; routine setting, adjustment and operation of basic equipment, repetition work on automatic, semi-automatic or single purpose machines or equipment; e.g.eg; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ feeding and winding; reel storage, movement and stripping and reel stand monitoring; ▪ assist with basic duties on a printing machine under direct supervision by cleaning, washing up of ink ducts, blankets and impression cylinders, stacking and removing delivery, impression plate handling; ▪ lubrication of production machinery equipment; ▪ operates computer controlled system using intermediate keyboard skills as it relates to his/her work area; ▪ maintain established paper based filing/records system in accordance with set procedures including creating and indexing new files, distributing files within the organisation as requested, monitoring file locations; ▪ repetitive work of a basic nature such as maintaining simple records and single purpose functions as in manual folding, perforating, stacking, inserting, paging, packing, production and/or attachment of labels, counting and loading; ▪ housekeeping, waste disposal, general cleaning duties and routine maintenance cleaning; ▪ operates licensed (subject to holding the appropriate licence) and non-licensed materials handling equipment; e.g.eg: fork-lift and pallet truck operation (e.g.eg; pallet, disc and reel movement); ▪ operation of EPVs, high lift platforms or scissor lifts, dogging, pendant crane operation and/or rigging; ▪ inventory and store/warehouse control including licensed operation of all appropriate materials handling equipment; use of tools and equipment within the warehouse, basic non-trades maintenance; VDU operation; storing and packing of goods and materials in accordance with appropriate procedures and/or regulations, preparation and receipt of appropriate documentation, allocating and retrieving goods from specific warehouse areas, periodic housekeeping and stock checks; ▪ matching of product against quality standards within own work area; ▪ assist in the on-the-job training of others up to this level in conjunction with skilled operators and supervisor.