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Monitor and maintain wind farm civil assets

Monitor and maintain wind farm civil assets

Unit of competency
National Code
UEPOPS063
State Code
ODX86
TGA Status
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
20/04/2022
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
14/04/2023
Field of Education
031399 - Electrical And Electronic Engineering And Technology, N.e.c.
Original Release Date
14/04/2023
Nominal Hours
36
Description
This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to monitor and conduct preventative and remedial maintenance to ensure the integrity of civil assets associated with a wind farm.Wind farm civil assets include infrastructuresuch as water treatment facilities, sewer pipelines, roads, utility grids, bridges, tunnels and railways. Civil asset maintenance in a wind power generation system involves the use of strategies to preserve and extend the service life of infrastructure.Competency in this unit requires the ability to plan work, monitor wind farm civil assets, maintain wind farm civil assets and complete all work. Individuals will, in general, work as an operator, in a power generation facility.Power generation plant operators are trained and authorised to isolate, prepare plant and issue permits to work.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1 Plan and prepare for work
  • 1.1 Work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) regulations, legislative requirements, codes of practice, manufacturers’ recommendations and specifications, environmental requirements and workplace procedures are identified, applied and monitored
  • 1.2 Work requirements are identified from relevant personnel and site inspection in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 1.3 Resources are identified, obtained and inspected for compliance in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 1.4 Potential hazards are identified, and risk control measures are selected and implemented in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 1.5 Work is sequenced and prioritised in accordance with workplace procedures
2 Monitor wind farm civil assets
  • 2.1 Inspections of wind farm civil assets are completed in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 2.2 Inspections of wind farm civil assets are reported in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 2.3 Defects in wind farm civil assets are reported in accordance with workplace procedures
3 Maintain wind farmcivil assets
  • 3.1 Maintenance of wind farm civil assets is undertaken in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 3.2 Appropriate tools, equipment or plant required to maintain wind farm civil assets are utilised in accordance with manufacturers' recommendations and specifications, and workplace procedures
  • 3.3 Defects are repaired in accordance with workplace procedures
4 Complete work
  • 4.1 Maintenance work is completed and relevant personnel notified in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 4.2 Work area is cleared of waste, cleaned, restored and secured in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 4.3 Wind farm civil asset maintenance tools and equipment are maintained and stored in accordance with manufacturers' recommendations and specifications, and workplace procedures
  • 4.4 Work completion details are finalised in accordance with workplace procedures
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State Code National Code Title Type
OAG74 UEPOPS358 Monitor and maintain wind farm civil assets Unit of competency