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Elements and Performance Criteria

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

medical alert card

Procedures

Procedures include one or more of the following:

work instructions

standard operating procedures (SOPs)

safe work method statements (SWMS), job safety and environment analysis (JSEA) or job hazard analysis (JHA)

temporary instructions

any similar instructions provided for the smooth running of the job

All operations to which this unit applies are subject to stringent HSE requirements, which may be imposed through federal or state/territory legislation, and these must not be compromised at any time. Where there is an apparent conflict between Performance Criteria and HSE requirements, the HSE requirements take precedence.

Site access requirements

Site access requirements include one or more of:

other site/client requirements

Equipment

Equipment includes one or more of the following:

vacuum pumps, including at least one of the following:

liquid piston ring

separating systems, including at least one of:

antistatic hoses

vacuum breakers/vacuum relief systems

other equipment, plant, tools and hazard control devices required by the job

Equipment variables

Equipment variables include:

pressure/vacuum

additives to be used

other items under the control of the operator

Non-routine problems

Non-routine problems must be resolved by applying operational knowledge to develop new solutions, either individually or in collaboration with relevant experts, to:

determine problems needing action

determine possible fault causes

develop solutions to problems which do not have a known solution

follow through items initiated until final resolution has occurred

report problems outside area of responsibility to designated person

Non-routine problems are unexpected problems, or variations of previous problems and include one or more of the following:

equipment not operating at desired conditions

equipment failure

cross contamination of product

motor vehicle incident

emergency response

job is not as described in the scope

job owner wants a scope variation

other unplanned event or unexpected consequence from a planned event

Operational knowledge includes one or more of the following:

technical information such as journals, engineering specifications

remembered experience

relevant knowledge obtained from appropriate people

Job owner

Job owner includes one or more of the following:

client or their representative

site manager or their representative

production manager or their representative

maintenance manager or their representative

other person with prime responsibility for the plant/plant area which is the subject of the job

Equipment operation

Equipment operation includes one or more of the following:

manually on the worksite

using local controller on the worksite

using the control system which may be remote from the vacuum loading equipment

Monitor

Monitoring vacuum loading operation includes monitoring one or more of the following:

correct revolutions per minute (RPM)

vacuum pressure

blower temperature

quantity of load

operator fatigue/heat stress

Job paperwork

Job paperwork is be electronic, hard copy or other format and includes one or more of the following:

tool storeroom records

equipment loaded records

maintenance/inspection records/checklists

tag out/reports for failed equipment

safety data sheets (SDS)

hazard controls

work control system requirements

Communication

Communication includes one or more of the following:

radio headphones

other means appropriate to the job/site

Hazards

Hazards include one or more of the following:

hazards from vacuum

hazards arising from the materials used in/generated by the vacuum loading job

hose set up and hose run

hazards specific to the site/process

dangerous goods

slip/trip hazards

PPE is unavailable or not functional

emergency equipment is unavailable

static electricity

structural collapse

overhead/underground obstructions

equipment in unsafe condition with hazard controls not functional

industrial (machinery, equipment and product)

noise, rotational equipment or vibration

working in restricted or confined spaces, or in environments subjected to heat, noise, dusts, vapours or darkness

hazardous products and materials (particularly carbonaceous particulates)

unauthorised personnel

sharp edges, protrusions or obstructions, swarf and scrap

sharps (e.g. syringes)

slippery surfaces, spills or leaks

extreme weather

other hazards that might arise

Hazard controls

Hazard controls include one or more of the following:

controls identified in the relevant permits to work

use of emergency equipment

other appropriate controls consistent with the hierarchy of control

Performance Evidence

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

assemble and operate vacuum loading equipment, including:

at least two (2) vacuum loading operations, AND

at least two (2) of:

Knowledge Evidence

Must provide evidence that demonstrates knowledge relevant to their job sufficient to operate independently and to solve routine and non-routine problems, including:

hazards and hazard controls specific to the operation of vacuum loading equipment

techniques and methodology of vacuum loading

principles of operation and science (physics) of vacuum loading equipment and its component items

correct methods of starting up, shutting down, operating and controlling vacuum loading equipment and its component plant items by type and duty

relevant communication systems including hand signals

operational parameters and limits

types and causes of known problems for vacuum loading and its components

corrective action appropriate to the problem cause

the importance of monitoring and controlling job conditions

methods, purpose (and appropriate corrective action) of monitoring job variables

situations requiring:

activating emergency stop

stopping work until a situation is resolved

raising alarm (when, how, who to)

responding to injury.