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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan and prepare.
   • Work instructions, including plans, specifications, environmental and quality requirements, and operational details, are obtained, confirmed with relevant personnel, and applied to planning.
   • Health and safety requirements are identified and applied to planning.
   • Plant, tools and equipment are selected to carry out tasks according to job requirements, checked for serviceability, and any faults are rectified or reported prior to starting work.
2. Apply safe work practices.
   • Relevant authorities are contacted to identify type and location of electrical sources, underground or overhead services, and assets.
   • Plant is positioned according to safe work method statement (SWMS).
   • Plant operation procedures are followed to comply with SWMS.
   • Work is conducted in or around the electrical source, service or asset according to SWMS.
   • On completion of work, personnel, plant and equipment are retracted from powered area following SWMS.
   • Work area is cleared and materials disposed of, reused or recycled according to legislation, regulations, codes of practice and job specifications.
   • Plant, tools and equipment are cleaned, checked, maintained and stored according to manufacturer recommendations and standard work practices.
   • Work completion procedures are followed and relevant personnel are notified that work is finished.

Range Statement

This section specifies work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below.
Health and safety requirements must include:	emergency procedures, including: first aid evacuation location and use of firefighting equipment hazard identification and risk control procedures, including for handling hazardous materials and substances safe operating procedures, including the conduct of operational risk assessment and treatments associated with: earth leakage boxes job specifications lighting manual handling techniques electric lines, including overhead service trays, cables and conduits restricted access barriers safety data sheets (SDS) surrounding structures traffic control trip hazards use of signage and barricades requirements for: work site visitors and the public working at heights working in confined spaces working in proximity to others selection, correct fitting, and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) prescribed under legislation, regulations and workplace policies and practices selection and use of tools and equipment workplace environmental requirements.
Electrical sources, underground or overhead services, and assets must include:	distribution towers generators poles substations temporary services train and tram assets transmission towers underground and overhead lines underground conductors.

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Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. On two different sites the person must also:

locate electrical sources, underground and overhead services, and assets

undertake work according to the safe work method statement (SWMS)

retract from powered area on completion of work.

The above work must involve:

locating, interpreting and applying information, standards and specifications relating to working safely around electrical sources, services and assets

complying with site safety plan and work health and safety (WHS) legislation, regulations and codes of practice applicable to workplace operations

locating on-site electrical sources, underground and overhead services, and assets and identifying associated required safe work practices

installing safety signage and barricades before commencing work

safely positioning plant and equipment on site, giving consideration to location of electrical sources, underground and overhead services, and assets.

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Knowledge Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must demonstrate knowledge of:

environmental requirements relevant to the work site and job task, including:

clean-up protection

noise and dust management

vibration management

waste management

equipment safety requirements, including procedures for accessing and interpreting:

SWMS

safety data sheets (SDS)

procedures for materials storage and environmentally friendly waste management

techniques to read and interpret plans, specifications and drawings

safe work practices required on construction sites, including:

required signage and barricades

required personal protective equipment (PPE)

site-specific emergency procedures, including:

evacuation

first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

location and use of firefighting equipment

techniques for working with electrical sources, services and assets

procedures for working safely at heights

types, characteristics, uses and limitations of plant, tools and equipment used in the work specified in performance evidence.

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