Elements and Performance Criteria

Stream: Production Plant
Field: Operations
Equivalencies: N/A
Program may include operations where primary and secondary isolations are required to isolate a work area, operations where switching involves multiple and interconnecting power generating utilities, commissioning/isolating/ parallelling zone sub station plant, transmission systems, bus sections, zone transformers and interconnected power supplies.
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 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, network/system controllers, field operators, line workers, external customers, project leaders and authorising officer
Secondary isolations may include VTs, UPS supply, control systems, plant auxiliaries and DC supplies

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
Researching switching programmes
Drafting switching programmes
Validation procedures
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; Relevant plant and equipment, it's location and operating parameters; Enterprise recording procedures; Electrical theory principles ; Interconnected utilities systems and equipment; Network systems; Protection systems; Isolating, tagging and earthing procedures; Control systems; Communication principles; Computers and software
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; Identify plant status; Communicate effectively; Use data analysis techniques and tools; Apply or determine appropriate corrective actions required; Plan and prioritise work; Interpret and apply reading of appropriate diagrams and symbols; Apply electrical principles/theory to derive HV switching programs; Write switching programmes.