Description

This qualification provides the skill and knowledge to work on very remote community utility systems as a remote community utilities worker in the electricity supply industry (ESI).
The qualification covers the skills and knowledge to operate, monitor and maintain generation power systems, distribution electrical network circuits and apparatus, and specialisations in power and water systems.
Combined Specialist - Power and Water Systems
This combined specialisation covers the skills and knowledge required to work on very remote community utility power and water systems.
Specialist - Power Systems
This specialisation covers the skills and knowledge required to install, operate, monitor and maintain distribution overhead and underground networks and customer connections. It also includes the skills and knowledge required to monitor and maintain renewable energy systems.
Specialist - Water Systems
This specialisation covers the skills and knowledge required to install, operate, monitor and maintain water systems.
All work on power systems will be undertaken on isolated assets other than for testing purposes.
The use of support plant and equipment to perform these tasks and environmental requirements also play a part in this qualification.
Please note: RTO to insert on the testamur, the specialisation selected from the specialist elective unit group below.
Very Remote Communities: means a community with restricted access and very little accessibility of goods, services and opportunities for social interaction. Supporting information on the classification of a very remote community can be defined using the latest version of Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA) (excluding mine sites).
Isolated: Means disconnected from all possible sources of electricity supply by means that prevent unintentional energisation of the apparatus and that are assessed as a suitable step in the process of making safe for access purposes. That is for high voltage (HV) (short-circuited and earthed) and for low voltage (LV) (short-circuited to the neutral).
The application of the skills and knowledge described within the units in this qualification may require a licence/registration to practice in the workplace.
Other conditions may also apply under state and territory legislative and regulatory licensing requirements which must be confirmed prior to commencing this qualification.