Elements and Performance Criteria

Stream: Production Plant
Field: Operations
Equivalencies: This unit of competency incorporates units 18.1a and 18.16b of the
National Metal & Engineering Competency Standards.
Plant and Equipment may include boiler combustion and draft system; pulversied fuel system; unit control equipment; turbine steam and water system; AVR system; chemical cycle and treatment system; dust collection system; turbines; mills, fans, pumps, heat exchangers, motors, transformers, switchgear, and control equipment using electrical, mechanical, electronic and hydraulic and pneumatic media
Test equipment may include data loggers; calculators; volt meter; amp meter; unit PCs; flow meter; thermocouples; multi-meters; vibration analysis and oscilloscope
Information received may be verbal; written; computer; unit computer or logs
Specialist assistance may be operational personnel; metallurgical, chemical and engineering staff
Documentation may include relevant standards and codes of practice; proformas; environmental legislation; operating and maintenance manuals, plans and diagrams
Work site environment may be affected by nearby plant or processes, eg chemical, heat, noise, gas and dust

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; plant processes; plant capability and operating parameters; condition monitoring procedures; data analysis techniques
Context for 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 applications of work.
Knowledge and Skills
A knowledge of:
Occupational health and safety standards; relevant statutory requirements and codes of practice; environmental requirements; plant processes and process dynamics; plant monitoring; plant capability; data collection; test equipment; testing requirements; means of accessing test points; plant and plant systems; plant characteristics; tuning processes and techniques; unit computer; mechanical and electrical processes
The ability to:
Apply occupational health and safety standards; apply relevant statutory requirements and codes of practice; apply environmental requirements; set-up and use testing/tuning equipment; apply condition monitoring procedures; record, analyse and use data; identify abnormal plant and equipment ; apply test equipment procedures; acquire and analyse information relevant to system and plant operations; nominate equipment operational setting changes; prioritise and plan work; write reports; apply data analysis techniques and tools; use drawings and diagrams