Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine production requirements for chemical recovery
- Production requirements for chemical recovery are determined within Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations, environmental and safe working requirements/practices, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), and housekeeping requirements
- Processing rates for production are determined and communicated to relevant personnel
- Availability of incoming supplies to meet production requirements are determined
- Readiness and availability of facilities to receive process product and/or by-products is confirmed
- Inspect and prepare systems for startup
- Systems are inspected and prepared for startup within OHS regulations, environmental and safe working requirements/practices, SOP, and housekeeping requirements
- Pre-startup checks are completed
- Operational settings are made and confirmed against specification requirements
- Delivery systems are set for operation
- Monitoring devices and systems are checked and confirmed operational
- Identified faults are rectified
- Production ready status is confirmed with relevant personnel
- Startup operations
- Startup operations are completed within OHS regulations, environmental and safe working requirements/practices, SOP, and housekeeping requirements
- Systems are activated and confirmed operational
- Equipment startups are co-ordinated for production
- Process operation is communicated to relevant personnel
- Production startup details are recorded as required
- Establish and stabilise the production and quality processes
- Production and quality processes are established and stabilised within OHS regulations, environmental and safe working requirements/practices, SOP, and housekeeping requirements
- Chemical recovery systems are monitored and adjusted to rectify variations from specifications
- Samples are taken as required and appropriately actioned
- Product tests are verified as within specification where applicable
- System operation, production and quality data is recorded as required