Elements and Performance Criteria

Stream: Production Plant
Field: Operations
Equivalencies: N/A
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
Communications may be by means of telephone, two way radio, pager, computer (electronic mail) and operating logs (written or verbal)
Appropriate personnel to consult, 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 HV operators
Operating environment may be remote from plant and equipment being operated
Displays and functions may include trends, alarms, generation plant, fuel supplies, remote plant and equipment, substations, power distribution network, transmission network, stakeholder systems, multiple screens, multiple windows, linkage between screens, trending facilities, index searches, formats, colours, tags, key commands, dedicated keys and alarms
Faults and abnormal operating conditions may include hardware and software faults and system failures

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
The full range of displays and applications available is explained
Operation of screed based equipment
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 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; Relevant plant and equipment, it's location and operating parameters; Equipment status; Enterprise recording procedures; Communication principles; Control and data acquisition systems; Computers and software; Supervisory, alarm, protection and control equipment
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; Operate screen based equipment; Identify equipment status; Plan and prioritise work; Communicate effectively; Apply data analysis techniques and tools; Identify and respond to abnormal equipment operating conditions; Use diagrams, drawings and symbols.