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PMBHAN103E Current

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge to shift raw materials, components, products or packages in a safe and efficient manner.
This unit applies to an individual working alone or as part of a team.
The unit principally refers to essential underpinning skills for factory workers in the polymer industry and reflects the importance of employee and employer respect for duty of care and efficient and safe working conditions.
No licensing or certification requirements exist at the time of publication. Relevant legislation, industry standards and codes of practice within Australia must be applied.
Pre-requisite Unit
Nil
Competency Field
Handling – Production

What You'll Learn

1. Plan operations

  • Correctly identify type and quantity of product or material to be moved from work order
  • Identify safest, most efficient and appropriate movement route from work order and standard handling procedures
  • Select and use equipment according to equipment specifications

2. Manually transfer products or materials

  • Manually shift products or materials to and from production processes according to standard handling procedures and work health and safety regulations
  • Manually load specified products or materials at specific points during manufacturing process, according to work order, standard handling procedures and work health and safety regulations

3. Store and stack products or materials

  • Manually stack products or materials according to work order, standard handling procedures and work health and safety regulations
  • Store products or materials by hand in locations specified in work order or workplace storage information
  • Report material movements according to workplace reporting requirements

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has completed the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit, and demonstrated the ability to:
shift materials safely by hand at least once to meet work order requirements.

Knowledge Evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has knowledge of:
principles of safe manual handling
safe handling procedures and work health and safety regulations for the specific materials being shifted
types and applications of tools and equipment used for moving polymer materials

Assessment Conditions

Skills must have been demonstrated in the workplace or in a simulated environment that reflects workplace conditions and contingencies.
Assessors must satisfy the NVR/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.
Links
Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet – - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=932aacef-7947-4c80-acc6-593719fe4090

Foundation Skills

  • text: This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance. Numeracy skills to interpret and record data relating to quantities of materials being shifted Reading skills to identify work order requirements. Writing and oral communication skills to record and report on movement of materials and process control variances that have occurred during the operation. Other foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

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Last updated from training.gov.au: 08 March 2026