Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify abnormal equipment and/or process performance
- Determine whether testing equipment is operating to manufacturer's specifications
- Recognise whether equipment outputs are consistent with normal operation
- Identify signs of equipment degradation and impending failure
- Inspect equipment outputs to determine nature of the problem
- Define nature of substandard performance
- Identify causes of substandard performance
- Select appropriate technical process for investigation
- Identify causes using fact-finding processes, including interviews with appropriate personnel
- Review maintenance records to ensure that system doesn't need simple maintenance
- Review calibration records to ensure system is within calibration
- Verify that the appropriate test procedure, materials and equipment were used
- Conduct performance tests as appropriate to investigation
- Analyse equipment and/or testing variables to develop list of possible causes
- Isolate causes using appropriate elimination techniques
- Recommend corrective action