Elements and Performance Criteria

Stream: Production Plant
Field: Operations
Equivalencies: N/A
Safety standards may include relevant sections of occupational health and safety legislation, relevant state and federal legislation, national standards for plant and enterprise safety rules
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; equipment and alarm manuals and external stake holder agreements
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, power plant operations personnel, police, fire brigade, ambulance, emergency services, interconnected equipment personnel, public relations, management and system/network controllers
Operating environment may be remote from plant and equipment being operated (operation is assisted by remote indicators of plant status and other parameters monitored) during inclement or otherwise harsh weather conditions, in wet/ noisy/dusty areas, during night periods, continuous operation, during periods of stress, fatigue, work pressures, external influence (plant and people) and during high level intense work environment
Types of incidents may include blackout, interconnected/isolated power system potential power system threat, disasters, accident, life threatening situations, generation plant and auxiliary plant faults/failures, system blacks, cyclone, multiple faults, floods, secondary threats, high winds and extreme electrical storms
Key indicators are voltage, current, reactive power flows, load, equipment, loading limits, system node points and appropriate external indicators, e.g. radar
System implications are machine and system stability, transmission line and transformer overloading, correct tap changer position, protection settings, voltage transformer selection, synchronising, required load shedding selected and capacitor/confessor bank selection
System conditions may be: voltage profiles, spare plant, generation/transmission capability limits, variation from normal trends and switching
Documentation may include policy, procedure, standard operating instructions, contingency plans and emergency switching programs
Liaison with key stake holders may be system/network controllers/coordinators, oncoming shift change, field operators, support staff, asset centres, patrolmen, customers, other government bodies, co-generation authorities, generation plant operators, on call staff, police, fire, emergency services, private systems and independent power producers
Post incident debrief may be probable fault/failure cause, strategic/contingency plan, environmental implications, economic factors, policy, procedure, training, safety factorsand emergency switching programs

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 knowledge of emergency procedures
The knowledge of the roles of external authorities/bodies
The ability to establish and control emergency situations
The ability to apply tactical decision making techniques
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; Plant status; Plant operating parameters; Environmental awareness; Relevant plant and equipment, it's location and operating parameters; Enterprise recording procedures; Equipment starting pre requisites; Supervisory, alarm, protection and control equipment; Auxiliary plant and plant operation; Computers and software; External authorities/bodies role; Independent generators; Communication equipment; Communication principles
The ability to:
Apply relevant occupational health & safety regulations; Apply relevantstatutory legislation; Apply relevant enterprise/site safety procedures; Apply enterprise/site emergency procedures and techniques; Apply enterprise recording procedures; Locate relevant plant and equipment; Operate plant within design parameters; Identify plant status; Communicate effectively; Apply diagnostic techniques; Apply data analysis techniques and tools; Recognise abnormal plant operating conditions; Apply or determine appropriate corrective actions required; Plan and prioritise work; Maintain generator unit integrity; Interpret remote indication of plant status and condition; Use plans, diagrams, drawings and symbols; Delegate to and manage staff; Apply stress management techniques.