Elements and Performance Criteria

Stream: Production Plant

Field: Operations

Equivalencies: N/A

Civil assets may include dams, canals/flumes, tail race, pumping stations, access roads, fencing, other relevant buildings.
Safety standards may include relevant sections of occupational health and safety legislation, enterprise safety rules, relevant state and federal legislation, local by-laws, environmental requirements, relevant licensing requirements for tools and mobile plant.
Communications may be by means of telephone, fax, two-way radio, dedicated computer equipment, logs, verbal.
Appropriate personnel to consult, give or receive direction may include power plant operator/system controllers or equivalent, technical and engineering officers or equivalent, maintenance staff, other authorities, general public.
Tools and equipment may include lifting equipment, cranes, hoists, mobile plant, four wheel drive vehicles, earth moving equipment, trash rakes, power tools, chainsaws, boats, hand tools, painting requirements, fire suppression equipment.
Extreme and varied weather conditions may be encountered, including snow, freezing rain, high winds, flooding and over varied terrain requiring the use of 4WD vehicles.
Work completion details may include enterprise recording procedures (electronic or hard copy).

Critical aspects of Evidence
The knowledge an application of relevant sections of occupational health and safety legislation, statutory legislation, environmental protection legislation, enterprise/site safety procedures, enterprise/site emergency procedures.
The preparation of planning of work.
The monitoring of civil assets.
The maintenance of civil assets.
Completion of work procedures.

Context of Assessment
Competency standards should be assessed in the workplace or simulated workplace and under the normal range of workplace conditions.
Assessment of this unit will be supported with documentary evidence, by means of endorsement stating type and application of equipment operated.

Interdependent assessment of unit
Nil

Knowledge and Skills
A knowledge of:
Relevant occupational health and safety standards, relevant statutory requirements and codes of practice, relevant site/enterprise procedures and standards, equipment and materials required to perform the work, general layout of work site and associated assets, relevant monitoring and maintenance procedures and techniques, lifting equipment and techniques, surface preparation and treatment techniques, communication equipment and operating procedures.

The ability to:
Apply occupational health and safety standards, carry out work in a logical and safe manner, apply monitoring and maintenance procedures, identify and select equipment and materials for the job, use and portable power tools, use relevant lifting and load shifting equipment, perform equipment user maintenance, store and maintain tools and equipment, communicate effectively.