Comply with wood fuel quality standards, assurance and recognition schemes

This standard covers the skills and knowledge required to gain recognition against externally assessed quality schemes or complying with voluntary criteria. It is about evaluating the benefits and requirements of different schemes, following processes to get approval and ensuring the information is passed on to customers. This could apply to the production of wood chips, wood pellets, wood briquettes, fire wood or charcoal.

1. comply with health and safety requirements and procedures at all

   times

   2. identify quality standards, assurance and recognition schemes

   relevant to the organisation

   3. evaluate benefits and requirements of different quality standards,

   assurance and recognition schemes and impact they will have on

   the organisation and its processes

   4. select quality standards, assurance and recognition schemes that

   meet the organisation's needs

   5. give sufficient information to others in the organisation to ensure

   they can see the benefits of quality standards, assurance and

   external recognition to the organisation

   6. allow realistic time to follow application processes for chosen

   quality, assurance standards and recognition schemes

   7. produce appropriate evidence to prove compliance against criteria

   for chosen quality standards, assurance and recognition schemes

   8. seek specialist advice when required to improve chances of

   proving compliance

   9. check benefits of quality standards, assurance and recognition

   schemes are relayed to customers

   10. put systems in place to meet any on-going requirements of quality

   standards, assurance and recognition schemes

1. legal duties for health and safety in the workplace and legislation

   covering your job role

   2. relevant legislation and requirements relating to clean fuels

   3. where to find information about different wood fuel quality

   standards, assurance, voluntary initiatives and recognition

   4. how to identify implications of each on the organisation and its

   processes

   5. how to compare benefits and disadvantages of different schemes

   6. how to interpret requirements to prove compliance and calculate

   amount of time this is likely to take

   7. type of specialist advice available and how to access

   8. different information needs of different people in the organisation

   about progress with wood fuel quality criteria and recognition

   9. effects of wood species on compliance with quality standards,

   assurance and recognition schemes

   10. properties of wood fuel that needs to be tested to provide

   compliance

   11. how to determine number of increments required for meaningful

   testing

   12. how to confirm wood fuel products comply with quality standards,

   assurance and recognition schemes

   13. type of problems that could occur and how to deal with nonconforming product