Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare and set up for cable test
- Obtain relevant legislation, codes, regulations and standards
- Scope work by obtaining project plan from appropriate personnel and arrange for site access to comply with security arrangements
- Notify appropriate personnel of identified safety hazards at worksite
- Determine type of cable bearer and cable route from project plan and identify test requirements using work instructions
- Obtain tools and safety equipment and material to perform tasks safely and efficiently
- Select and use required protective equipment and make site safe and secure for testing work
- Determine need for outage, extent, location and timing, if required, and negotiate with appropriate personnel
- Select and set up suitable test equipment according to manufacturer’s specifications for cable tests to be performed to ensure relevance of test data
- Ensure equipment calibration certification is current to reduce possibility of unreliable test data and ensure traceability
- Perform cable tests
- Follow work health and safety (WHS) and environmental requirements for given work, and identify and avoid other services
- Determine and record cable parameters for consideration in assessment of performance
- Conduct performance tests as required by both equipment and enterprise specification for specific cable type and purpose
- Interpret test results and determine action
- Record test results for evaluation and compare against manufacturer’s and site specifications
- Analyse test results and evaluate cable performance with consideration of recorded cable parameters
- Diagnose problems to determine cable faults and make arrangements for repairs or modifications
- Retest faulty cable after faults have been rectified
- Document test results and clean up site
- Produce evaluated test results according to enterprise guidelines and without delay to ensure test results remain current
- Update site and installation files to ensure traceability of information on system performance is maintained
- Archive test record details for life of cable according to enterprise guidelines
- Remove waste and debris from worksite and dispose of according to environmental requirements
- Notify appropriate personnel of job completion and obtain sign off