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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify need for work permit
   • Identify work permit needed from job scope
   • Confirm with appropriate personnel the need for work permit

Range Statement

This field allows for 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.
Regulatory framework	The latest version of all legislation, regulations, industry codes of practice and Australian/international standards, or the version specified by the local regulatory authority, must be used, and include one or more of the following: legislative requirements, including work health and safety (WHS) industry codes of practice and guidelines environmental regulations and guidelines Australian and other standards licence and certification requirements Dangerous Goods regulations Hazardous substances regulations Hazardous Substances Information System Australian Standard AS 2865 2009 Confined spaces Australian Standard AS 1674 Set-2007, Safety in welding and allied processes (covers all hot work) Australian Standard AS 4024.1-2014 Series - Safety of machinery Australian Standard AS/NZ 1715:2009 Selection use and maintenance of respiratory protective equipment National Standard for Plant [NOHSC:1010 (1994)] National exposure standards for atmospheric contaminants in the occupational environment [NOHSC:1003 (1995)]
Procedures	All operations are must be performed in accordance with relevant procedures. Procedures are written, verbal, visual, computer-based or in some other form, and include one or more of the following: emergency procedures workplace procedures work instructions standard operating procedures (SOPs) safe work method statements (SWMS) temporary instructions company policy and permit control systems
Work permits	Work permits include one or more of the following: cold work excavation vehicle entry minor repairs working at heights hot work confined space electrical increased hazard permits covering a single plant or plant area, such as might be an operator’s scope of responsibility other relevant permits
The work permit system	The work permit system includes: types of permits legislative/regulatory/standards framework roles and responsibilities of parties under the permit system specifications for undertaking the work covered by a permit alternative ways of conducting a job
Work specifications	Work specifications include: any requirements for testing of atmospheric conditions and ventilation safety structures and control measures communication incident response equipment which can and cannot be used
Safety structures and control measures	Safety structures and control measures include one or more of the following: isolations lockout/tag out barriers and signage emergency response gas testing/atmosphere monitoring standby person other measures specified in the permit
Confined space	AS 2865 2009 Confined spaces definition given for confined space is used in this Training Package, i.e.: 'An enclosed or partially enclosed space that is not intended or designed primarily for human occupancy, within which there is a risk of one or more of the following: (a) An oxygen concentration outside the safe oxygen range (b) A concentration of airborne contaminant that may cause impairment, loss of consciousness or asphyxiation (c) A concentration of flammable airborne contaminant that may cause injury from fire or explosion (d) Engulfment in a stored free-flowing solid or a rising level of liquid that may cause suffocation or drowning’
Hot work	Hot work includes: any activity which has the potential to be or cause a source of ignition
Hazards	Hazards include one or more of the following: slip/trip hazards PPE unavailable and not functional emergency equipment unavailable smoke, darkness and heat heat, smoke, dust or other atmospheric hazards electricity gas gases and liquids under pressure structural hazards structural collapse equipment in unsafe condition with hazard controls not functional industrial (machinery, equipment and product) equipment or product mass noise, rotational equipment or vibration limited head spaces or overhangs working at heights, in restricted or confined spaces, or in environments subjected to heat, noise, dusts or vapours fire and explosion flammability and explosivity hazardous products and materials unauthorised personnel sharp edges, protrusions or obstructions, swarf and scrap spills or leaks extreme weather unsafe conditions developing through failure to conform with the provisions of a work permit hazards created by the nature or location of the work hazards created by the proximity of the work to other work or normal operations other hazards that might arise

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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 and demonstrate the ability to:

recognise types of work permits required for different situations

undertake and interpret hazard analysis

conduct and interpret tests/inspections for gas or other hazards, including one or more of:

atmospheric, including explosivity

flammability

toxicity

temperature

humidity

combustibles, oxygen, enriched or reduced

electricity

stored pressure/energy

ensure correct preparation of worksite is undertaken, including one or more of:

mechanical, electrical and other energy sources, and process isolations

de-energising all sources of energy/pressure

purging of plant

ventilation of plant

lockout/tag out procedures

blinding/blanking lines

other hazard controls

ensure supervision/monitoring of people working under the permit

speak clearly and unambiguously in the language of the worksite.

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Knowledge Evidence

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