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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Calculate fuel consumption and storage
  2. Complete calculations related to engine performance

Range Statement

Specifies different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Calculations related to fuel consumption and storage must include:

calculations involving:

specific fuel consumption

volume and capacity of regular shaped tanks

pumping capacities for tank filling and emptying

consumption of fuel and lubricating oil

hourly fuel consumption

requirements for replenishing lubricating oil in oil tank

using calibration tables to measure quantities in tanks

using relative density/specific gravity to convert quantity in litres and volume to mass

Calculations related to engine performance must include:

calculations involving:

theoretical steaming times

distances covered

specific power, speed and range

theoretical steaming times

mechanical advantage, load, effort moments

stress, strain and safe working load

remaining steaming times


Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and include:

calculating:

area and circumference of a circle

consumption of fuel and lubricating oil for a particular voyage, using quantity in litres and mass in tonnes and specified regular shaped tanks

distances covered

hourly fuel consumption

mechanical advantage, load, effort moments

pumping capacities for tank filling and emptying

remaining steaming times

requirements for replenishing lubricating oil in oil tank

specific fuel consumption, power, speed and range

stress, strain and safe working load

tank capacities and pumping capacities for tank filling and emptying

theoretical steaming times

velocity ratio and efficiency of simple machines

volume and capacity of regular shaped tanks

converting:

fractions to decimals

units to multiples of base units

performing accurate and reliable calculations

using calibration tables to measure quantities in tanks

using relative density/specific gravity to convert quantity in litres and volume.


Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

area and circumference of a circle

calibration tables

common SI units such as kilogram, tonne, Newton, Newton metre, Pascal, joule, watt and metre

relationship between theoretical vessel speed, propeller pitch and revolutions per minute (RPM)

terminology of:

simple levers

material technology

volumes of regular shaped tanks

work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements and work practices.