Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify and diagnose causes of process variation, plant or equipment faults
- Causes of process variation, plant or equipment faults are identified and diagnosed within Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations, environmental and safe working requirements/practices, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), and housekeeping requirements
- Visual assessments and machine alarms are interpreted to determine fault type and location
- Routine physical inspections of plant and process are made to identify faults
- Causes and sources of process variation, plant or equipment faults are identified and located using appropriate techniques
- Relevant historical data is accessed and analysed to confirm diagnosis
- Rectify process variation, plant or equipment faults
- Process variation and plant or equipment faults are rectified within OHS regulations, environmental and safe working requirements/practices, SOP, and housekeeping requirements
- Emergency stop or shutdown, isolation and lockout procedures are initiated prior to fault rectification
- Faulty equipment or instrumentation is isolated and repaired or replaced
- Corrective operational adjustments and operator level maintenance requirements are implemented
- Restoration to normal operation is achieved and communicated to relevant personnel
- Identify and rectify product quality faults
- Product quality faults are identified and rectified within OHS regulations, environmental and safe working requirements/practices, SOP, and housekeeping requirements
- Product faults or variations are identified by observation, systematic sampling and testing
- Out-of-specification production is managed
- Samples for a range of tests are undertaken
- Required tests are conducted
- Test results are interpreted and operations are adjusted to correct variations
- Record and report troubleshooting activities
- Troubleshooting activities are recorded and reported within OHS regulations, environmental and safe working requirements/practices, SOP, and housekeeping requirements
- Variations from specifications and machine operating faults are documented
- Assessment and evaluation of causes of deviations and corrective actions undertaken are documented
- Relevant information is communicated to the appropriate personnel