SOL Attachment 4 Perf Standards and Quality Assur Plan.pdf

PRECOMMERCIAL THINNING, RELEASE, PRUNING, AND SLASH WORK ON THE TILLER RANGER DISTRICT

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PLAN

Task

Quality

Performance

Standard

Acceptable Quality

Level

Means of

Measurement Penalties Incentives

1A - Leave Tree

Quality Correct

Section C Met and Section E

Plot Procedures 90% Compliance*

Visual and Plots per Section E

Reduced Pay*;

Rework Below

85%**

90% Quality Yields 95% Pay, 95%

Quality Yields 100% Pay****

1B - Leave Tree

Quantity Correct

Section C Met and Section E

Plot Procedures 90% Compliance*

Visual and Plots per Section E

Reduced Pay*;

Rework Below

85%**

90% Quality Yields 95% Pay, 95%

Quality Yields 100% Pay****

1C - Leave Tree

Species Correct

Section C Met and Section E

Plot Procedures 90% Compliance*

Visual and Plots per Section E

Reduced Pay*;

Rework Below

85%**

90% Quality Yields 95% Pay, 95%

Quality Yields 100% Pay****

1D - Cut Tree

Quantity Correct

Section C Met and Section E

Plot Procedures 90% Compliance*

Visual and Plots per Section E

Reduced Pay*;

Rework Below

85%**

90% Quality Yields 95% Pay, 95%

Quality Yields 100% Pay****

1E - Cut Tree

Species Correct

Section C Met and Section E

Plot Procedures 90% Compliance*

Visual and Plots per Section E

Reduced Pay*;

Rework Below

85%**

90% Quality Yields 95% Pay, 95%

Quality Yields 100% Pay****

1F - Stump Heights and Low Live Limbs

Correct

Section C Met and Section E

Plot Procedures 90% Compliance*

Visual and Plots per Section E

Reduced Pay*;

Rework Below

85%**

90% Quality Yields 95% Pay, 95%

Quality Yields 100% Pay****

1G - Release

Cylinders Correct

Section C Met and Section E

Plot Procedures 90% Compliance*

Visual and Plots per Section E

Reduced Pay*;

Rework Below

85%**

90% Quality Yields 95% Pay, 95%

Quality Yields 100% Pay****

1H - Felling

Location/ Hang-ups

Acceptable

Section C

Requirements

Met 95% Compliance Visual

Not accepted for pay until work is acceptable

Acceptable work leads to consideration of work for payment

1I - Stream Buffers

Acceptable

Section C

Requirements

Met 95% Compliance Visual

Not accepted for pay until work is acceptable

Acceptable work leads to consideration of work for payment

Task

Quality

Performance

Standard

Acceptable Quality

Level

Means of

Measurement Penalties Incentives

2A - Pruning Quality

Correct

Section C Met and Section E

Plot Procedures 90% Compliance*

Visual and Plots per Section E

Reduced Pay*;

Rework Below

85%***

90% Quality Yields 95% Pay, 95%

Quality Yields 100% Pay****

2B - Pruning

Quantity Correct

Section C Met and Section E

Plot Procedures 90% Compliance*

Visual and Plots per Section E

Reduced Pay*;

Rework Below

85%***

90% Quality Yields 95% Pay, 95%

Quality Yields 100% Pay****

3 - Plot Cards

Turned in Timely and Acceptable

Section E Plot

Procedures 100% Compliance

Visual and Plots per Section E

Not accepted for pay until cards are acceptable

Acceptable cards leads to consideration of work for payment

4A - Slash Lop and

Scatter Acceptable

Section C

Requirements

Met 95% Compliance Visual

Not accepted for pay until work is acceptable

Acceptable work leads to consideration of work for payment

4B - Road Pullback and Ditch Cleanout

Acceptable

Section C

Requirements

Met 95% Compliance Visual

Not accepted for pay until work is acceptable

Acceptable work leads to consideration of work for payment

4C - Slash Piling

Quantity Acceptable

Section C

Requirements

Met 95% Compliance Visual

Not accepted for pay until work is acceptable

Acceptable work leads to consideration of work for payment

4D - Slash Pile

Location

Acceptable

Section C

Requirements

Met 95% Compliance Visual

Not accepted for pay until work is acceptable

Acceptable work leads to consideration of work for payment

4E - Slash Pile

Construction

Acceptable

Section C

Requirements

Met 95% Compliance Visual

Not accepted for pay until work is acceptable

Acceptable work leads to consideration of work for payment

4F - Slash Pile

Covering

Accepatable

Section C

Requirements

Met 95% Compliance Visual

Not accepted for pay until work is acceptable

Acceptable work leads to consideration of work for payment

Task

Quality

Performance

Standard

Acceptable Quality

Level

Means of

Measurement Penalties Incentives

5A - Chipping

Quality Acceptable

Section C

Requirements

Met 95% Compliance Visual

Not accepted for pay until work is acceptable

Acceptable work leads to consideration of work for payment

5B - Chipping

Quantity Acceptable

Section C

Requirements

Met 95% Compliance Visual

Not accepted for pay until work is acceptable

Acceptable work leads to consideration of work for payment

* 90% target; reduced payment below 90%

** Thinning Rework required for excessive numbers of leave trees or incomplete release requirements;

slash treatment corrections are required regardless of thinning quality

***Pruning Rework required when additional pruning could improve quality;

slash treatment corrections are required regardless of pruning quality

****90 or 95% overall unit quality including all task elements on a unit by unit basis determined by Section E plot and/or visual inspection procedures