Elements and Performance Criteria

Stream: Production Plant
Field: Operations
Equivalencies: N/A
Plant and equipment may include; electrical supply switchboard(s) and transformers; gas turbine and auxiliary plant; fuel and fuel delivery system plant; fuel management system; flame detection equipment; starter systems plant, gas turbine temperature control plant; electric motors (AC and DC, high and low voltage); electricity distribution system (AC and DC transformers); diesel engine driven auxiliary plant; station water distribution systems; hydraulic power oil system; compressed air systems; computers with equipment control functions; supervisory, alarm, protection and control equipment
Safety standards may include relevant sections of occupational health and safety legislation, enterprise safety rules, electricity workers act, national standards for plant
Information and documentation sources may include verbal or written communications; enterprise isolation documentation; site operating instructions; plant limit book; equipment and alarm manuals; crippled plant book; daily log book; dedicated computer equipment; documented enterprise instructions, local and general
Technical and operational indicators may include stimuli (audio, smell, touch, visual), remote or local indicators and recorders, computers, alarms (visible and/or audible)
Communications may be by means of telephones, two way radios, pagers, facsimiles, computers (electronic mail), operating logs (written or verbal)
Tests may include loss of a major auxiliary controls response checks, stand-by plant "cut-in" tests, dampers/valves operating checks, tests
Appropriate personnel to consult, give or receive direction may include, supervisor/team leader or equivalent; other coordinators of energy production or equivalent; technical and engineering officers or equivalent; maintenance staff; other operating staff; contractor staff
Operating environment may be remote from plant and equipment being operated; operation is assisted by remote indicators of plant status and other parameters monitored; wet/noisy/dusty/hot areas, continuous operation
Plant operations (systems requirements) may include normal operating/generating mode
Faults and abnormal operating conditions may include loss of a major auxiliary; loss of electrical supply to switchboard(s), motors; operating limits exceeded; automatic control loop(s) malfunctions; high temperatures, exhaust (back end), motor, fan, pump bearings and lubricating oil, motor windings; fuel preparation and delivery systems fires; fuel system malfunction;; excessively high heating/cooling rates;; high dp's on oil/air filters and strainers; failed field devices; failed/malfunctioning actuators/dampers/valves; gas turbine protection operation, gas turbine surging

Critical aspects of evidence
It is essential that competence is assessed in the critical aspects of:-
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; operation of gas turbine plant/equipment; operationally testing plant; analysing plant faults; monitoring plant operation; Knowledge of the system components and their interaction; knowledge of gas turbine operational processes
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 application of equipment operated.
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; relevant plant and equipment, its location and operating parameters; plant status; environmental legislation; enterprise recording procedures; communication principles; control and data acquisition systems; computers and software; supervisory, alarm , protection and control equipment; emergency procedures; basic motor ; basic pump and compressor ; valves, dampers and actuators types and characteristics; gas turbine operation processes; the system components and their interaction with other plant and equipment external to that covered by this competency; principles of relevant fuel combustion; electricity distribution system, AC and DC; station water distribution systems; fire protection control systems; compressed air systems
The ability to:
Apply relevant occupational health and safety regulations; apply relevant statutory legislation; apply relevant enterprise/site safety procedures; apply enterprise/site emergency procedures and techniques; apply enterprise recording procedures; identify plant status; prepare plant/equipment for operation; organise resources; operate gas turbine plant and equipment; apply diagnostic and testing techniques; identify and respond to abnormal plant operating conditions; plan and prioritise work; use relevant hand tools; communicate effectively; apply data analysis techniques and tools; use diagrams, drawings and symbols; co-ordinate the operation of equipment to maintain plant integrity, personnel safety, continuity of supply and optimum efficiency