handling and moving
Child Topics
S6.0 - handling and moving
Sorting, arranging, moving, transforming, fabricating and cleaning goods and materials by hand or using handheld tools and equipment. Tending plants, crops and animals.
Excludes:
– Specific skills involving interaction with people
S6.1 - sorting and packaging goods and materials
Description
Sorting, packaging, separating or arranging materials, according to established patterns or procedures.
S6.11 - cleaning
Cleaning buildings, work areas, equipment, machinery and vehicles.
Excludes:
– Cleaning, laundering and maintaining textiles
– Cleaning live animals
S6.12 - washing and maintaining textiles and clothing
Description
Washing or cleaning clothing and other textile products by hand or using a washing or laundry machine, maintaining textile items in good order.
Excludes:
– Repairing or adjusting clothes
Examples:
– Iron textiles
– Eliminate stains
– Clean household linens
S6.13 - handling and disposing of waste and hazardous materials
Collecting, storing and disposing of unwanted materials or hazardous, according to established waste management procedures.
S6.2 - moving and lifting
Performing physical activities to move, load, unload or store objects or to climb structures, by hand or with the aid of equipment.
Excludes:
– Specific skills involving lifting and moving people and animals
– Operation of machinery other than hand-held equipment
S6.3 - transforming and blending materials
Description
Transforming materials from one form to another by mixing, blending, heating or chemical reaction, by hand or using handheld tools and equipment.
S6.4 - tending plants and crops
Propagating, cultivating, pruning, caring for and harvesting plants and crops.
S6.5 - assembling and fabricating products
Description
Fabricating, assembling or repairing products or work aids by hand, or using hand-held tools and equipment.
Excludes:
– Operation of automated assembly equipment or machines
-repair of building structures and mechanical, electrical, electronic products and components.
Examples:
– Assemble metal parts
– Apply assembly techniques
- S6.5.0 - assembling and fabricating products
- S6.5.1 - fabricating precision instruments or jewellery
- S6.5.2 - fabricating medical and prosthetic devices
- S6.5.3 - assembling electrical and electronic products
- S6.5.4 - assembling mechanical products
- S6.5.5 - assembling furniture
- S6.5.6 - fabricating garments and textile products
- S6.5.7 - fabricating food and related products
- S6.5.8 - fabricating tobacco products
S6.6 - making moulds, casts, models and patterns
Making moulds, casts and two-dimensional patterns or templates and making three-dimensional models of products.
Excludes:
– Operation of automated assembly equipment or machines
– Repair of building structures and mechanical, electrical, electronic products and components
S6.7 - using hand tools
Description
Using the hands and tools that can be held in the hands, including power tools.
Excludes:
– Fabricating products by hand
– Operating a lawn-mower
S6.8 - positioning materials, tools or equipment
Placing workpieces, materials, tools or equipment in the correct position for assembly or further work.
S6.9 - handling animals
Description
Handling, moving, feeding and caring for live animals.
- S6.9.0 - handling animals
- S6.9.1 - tending and breeding animals
- S6.9.2 - tending and breeding aquatic animals
- S6.9.3 - moving and herding animals
- S6.9.4 - hunting, trapping and slaughtering animals
- S6.9.5 - feeding and grooming animals
- S6.9.6 - training animals
- S6.9.7 - providing therapy or veterinary treatment for animals