Elements and Performance Criteria

Stream: Production Plant
Field: Operations
Equivalencies: N/A
Generation plant and/or equipment may include turbines and generators; mills; fans; pumps; heat exchangers; fired and unfired pressure vessels; motors; transformers; switchgear; pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical/electronic control systems; cooling systems; and chemical treatment and water quality systems
Relevant standards may include sections of occupational health and safety legislation, enterprise safety rules and procedures, relevant state and federal legislation, national standards or codes of practices for plant
Information and documentation sources may include verbal or written communications; enterprise safety rules documentation; equipment and alarm manuals; dedicated computer equipment; drawings, logic diagrams; plant records; enterprise/site log books; and manufacturer's operation and maintenance manuals
Testing may include commissioning of newly installed plant or equipment/ post maintenance tests, QA/QC tests and fault finding procedures
Test results may be conveyed to supervisor/team leader or equivalent; technical and engineering officers or equivalent; power system control personnel or equivalent; maintenance staff; power plant operations staff personnel; contractor and external specialist personnel
Testing environment may be remote from plant; aided by indicators and monitors; during inclement or otherwise harsh weather conditions; wet/noisy/dusty areas; during night periods; and in confined spaces
Test equipment may include calculators, thermocouples, multimeters, flow meters, stopwatch, check sheets, data logger, power or hand tools

Critical aspects of evidence
The knowledge and application of relevant sections of: Occupational, health and safety legislation; Statutory legislation; Enterprise/site safety procedures; Enterprise/site emergency procedures
Preparation and planning of work
Testing techniques and procedures
Operational requirements of the plant and/or associated equipment
Context of assessment
Competency Standards should be assessed on site or in a simulated work environment under the normal range of workplace conditions
Assessment of this unit will be supported with documentary evidence, by means of endorsement stating type and work
Interdependent assessment of unit
Nil
Knowledge and Skills
A knowledge of:
Relevant occupational health and safety regulations; Relevant statutory legislation; Relevant enterprise/site safety procedures; Enterprise/site emergency procedures and techniques; Plant status; Location of relevant plant and equipment and its operating parameters; Testing procedures and techniques; Enterprise recording procedures; Isolation procedures; Communication principles
The ability to:
Apply relevant occupational health and safety regulations; Apply relevant statutory legislation; Apply relevant enterprise/site safety procedures; Locate relevant plant and equipment; Identify plant status; Recognise abnormal plant operating conditions; Restore normal operating conditions; Apply testing techniques and procedures; Use testing equipment; Communicate effectively; Apply data analysis techniques and tools.