This Competency Standard Unit shall/may be demonstrated in relation to the management of critical event operations such as simultaneous multiple network faults and storm events of various magnitudes and shall/may be demonstrated using the following: Equipment includes; sectionalisers, security, sensitive earth fault protection, communication bearers, local trip circuits, inter-trip circuits, remote control supervisory circuits, frequency injection units, under frequency circuits, voice frequency protection signalling, micro-controllers, RDC and MUX units, pilot cables, telephone lines, microwave bearers, cossonay earthwire carriers and optical fibre cables. Equipment also includes; LV fuses, links and bridges, HV links, fuses, reclosers, ring main units, circuit breakers, isolators, earth switches, sectionalisers, air break switches, capacitor banks, transformer taps, metering and protection equipment, data communication systems. Primary and secondary voltage and current injection equipment; time delay measuring equipment; current transformers; voltage transformers; power transformers; tapchangers; circuit breakers; capacitor banks; ring main units; audio frequency load control; circuit breaker auxiliary systems; substation and metal structure earthing systems; SCADA interfaces and transducer inputs; local opto-isolated alarms: PLC programs; auto reclosers (ACRs); protection relays; metering; control circuits; Statistical metering systems; frame leakage relays; distance relays; pilot wire relays; transformer differential relays; busbar differential relays; impedance bus zone relays; overcurrent and earth fault relays; transformer neutral check relays; circuit breaker fail relays; multi-trip relays; auto recloser relays; voltage transformer failure relays; surge protection relays; buchholz relays; winding temperature relays; sensitive earth fault relays; phase failure relays; frequency relays; load shedding relays; general protection LV devices; oil temperature protection devices; oil surge protection devices; power supplies. differential relays; power systems; multi-facetted schemes; interactive overload schemes, distance protection (incorporating relay selection, switched/non-switched schemes; mutual coupling and teed feeder systems); protection signalling (incorporating series, direct, permissive, distance acceleration, block interruption); telecommunication circuits and equipment; alternators; generator differential protection; over/under speed protection; over/under flux protection; synchroscopes; excitation circuits; governors. Communication equipment may include: Fixed radio; mobile radio; satellite; SACS controllers; computer hardware and software; programmable controllers; modems; digital line drivers (low and high speed); fibre optic line drivers (low and high speed); radio links including voice link and digital bearer; wave trap. The following constants and variables included in the Element/Performance Criteria in this unit are fully described in the Definitions Section 1 of this volume and form an integral part of the Range Statement of this unit: |
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