Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for planning.
- Nature and scope of planning task are identified and confirmed.
- Safety (OHS) requirements associated with installation of domestic treatment plant disposal systems and workplace environmental requirements are adhered to throughout the work.
- Work is organised and sequenced in conjunction with others involved in or affected by the work.
- Tools and equipment required for planning, sizing and documenting layout of domestic treatment plant disposal systems, including personal protective equipment, are selected and checked for serviceability.
- Work area in which the planning process is to be conducted is prepared.
- Identify system requirements.
- Information and specifications for required work are obtained and confirmed, if necessary, by site inspection.
- Regulations and Australian standards relevant to work are consulted and applied to all aspects of the work.
- System requirements, including capacity, method of disposal, types of system, treatment system performance requirements and processes are determined from specifications.
- Information on the assessment of land capability for on-site land application of effluent are obtained and confirmed.
- Information for a suitable location for the land application area and reserve area is obtained and confirmed.
- System is sized in accordance with relevant Australian standards, regulatory authorities and workplace requirements.
- Design system layout.
- Disposal system is planned in accordance with specifications, Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and regulatory authorities' requirements, relevant Australian standards and workplace procedures.
- Plans are developed to accord with relevant Australian standards, regulatory authorities' requirements, maintenance, site topography and landscape application areas.
- Sustainability principles and concepts are applied to work preparation and application.
- Materials required are specified and optimised in accordance with relevant Australian standards from proposed design.
- Plans are recorded in accordance with statutory and regulatory authorities' and workplace requirements.
- Restore work area.