10) This relates to the competency standard unit as a whole providing the range of contexts and conditions to which the Performance Criteria apply. It allows for different work environments and situations that will affect performance. 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 factors and emergency switching programs Generic terms are used throughout this Training Package for vocational standard shall be regarded as part of the Range Statement in which competency is demonstrated. The definition of these and other terms are given in Section 2.1 Preliminary Information and Glossaries. |