Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for the design and installation of a smart grid network
- Prepare for given work according to occupational health and safety (OHS) and environmental requirements with appropriate personnel from the enterprise
- Identify safety hazards and implement risk control measures in consultation with appropriate personnel
- Determine nature and scope of the smart grid network from customer specifications and appropriate personnel
- Obtain operating instructions, manuals, hardware and software testing methodologies
- Consult appropriate personnel to ensure the task is coordinated effectively with others involved at the worksite
- Design a customer smart grid network
- Produce a smart grid network topology that is interoperable and scalable after considering customer requirements, technical specifications, physical and financial constraints and expansion projections
- Determine network devices and network resources according to enterprise procedures
- Produce the smart grid network design including network security and network element configurations to meet design specifications and enterprise procedures
- Install and configure a designed smart grid network
- Install smart grid network hardware to topology design plan according to enterprise procedures
- Determine network addressing scheme for network connectivity and verify using calculations
- Configure network elements to perform the logical connection of the smart grid network topology with the network security features required
- Conduct connectivity and performance tests to verify that the network installation meets the design specification
- Troubleshoot the smart grid network and internet connectivity according to manufacturer's specifications and enterprise procedures
- Complete and document network design and installation