This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate and monitor a gas absorption unit and ancillary equipment to produce product.Gas absorption units may be glycol dehydration, CO2 absorption or similar fluid/fluid absorption units. This unit of competency includes all such items of equipment and unit operations which form part of the gas absorption system. A unit/system comprises two or more components of plant/equipment that are operated together to produce product, including as appropriate to the facility:heat exchangers, coolers and cooling systemsturbines, including low speed operations (LSO), relay oil and governingpumps and filtersvalvesregeneration or top-up systemscolumns, towersvessels.This unit of competency applies to operations technicians who are required to demonstrate a significant understanding of the process and the equipment operation in order to identify and rectify operational problems, perform isolations, start-up and shutdown procedures and operate, monitor and maintain equipment.This unit of competency applies to an individual operating independently in a plant with local control or in liaison with the control room operator in a plant with a centralised control panel, such as distributed control system (DCS) type controls. In the case of large complex plant, the operations technician would be part of a team during start-up and shutdown procedures. This unit of competency applies to an individual working alone or as part of a team or group and working in liaison with other shift team members and the control room operator, as appropriate.This unit of competency does not require the operation of a central control panel.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.