Elements and Performance Criteria

Stream: Production Plant
Field: Operations
Equivalencies: N/A
Equipment includes vacuum circuit breaker, oil circuit breaker, gas circuit breaker, air circuit breaker, phasingsticks, earthing trucks, gloves, testers, earths and discharge equipment (personal safety equipment)
Safety standards may include relevant sections of occupational health and safety legislation, enterprise safety rules, relevant state and federal legislation and national standards for plant
Information and documentation sources may include verbal or written communications; enterprise safety rules documentation; enterprise operating instructions; dedicated computer equipment; enterprise/site standing and operating instructions; enterprise log books; manufacturer's operation and maintenance manuals; and equipment and alarm manuals
Technical and operational indicators may include stimuli (audio, smell, touch, visual), local indicators and recorders, computers and alarms (visible and or audible)
Communications may be by means of telephone, two way radio, pager, computer (electronic mail), operating logs (written or verbal) and intercoms
Appropriate personnel for consultation, to give or receive direction may include supervisor/team leader or equivalent, power plant operations personnel or equivalent, technical and engineering officers or equivalent, maintenance staff, other operating staff or equivalent, system controller/network controller, field operator and restricted H.V. operators
Implications may be safety of personnel and public, damage to equipment, loss of plant, legal implications, system integrity, capital cost, lost enterprise revenue and community costs

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 for switchgear operations
Operation and knowledge of circuit breakers
Implications of circuit breaker operations
Context of assessment
CompetencyStandards 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 work
Interdependent assessment of unit
Nil
Knowledge and Skills
A knowledge of:
Relevant occupational health & safety regulations; Relevant statutory legislation; Relevant enterprise/site safety procedures; Enterprise/site emergency procedures and techniques; Plant status; Circuit breaker operating parameters; Relevant plant and equipment, it's location and operating parameters; Enterprise recording procedures; Consequences of operator actions; H.V. power systems and parameters; H.V. protection schemes; Enterprise procedures; Circuit breaker construction and operation; Isolation and earthing procedures; Communication principles
The ability to:
Apply relevant occupational health & safety regulations; Apply relevant statutory legislation; Apply relevant enterprise/site safety procedures; Apply enterprise/site emergency procedures and techniques; Apply enterprise recording procedures; Locate relevant plant and equipment; Operate circuit breaker within design parameters; Identify plant status; Prepare equipment for operation; Communicate effectively; Recognise abnormal circuit breaker operation; Plan and prioritise work; Use plans, diagrams and symbols; Operate protection equipment; Isolate and earth; Apply enterprise procedures.