Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify sources and characteristics of wastewater and reasons for wastewater treatment.
- Monitor and report on wastewater quality.
- Follow safety requirements for work in a wastewater treatment plant.
- Identify and record hazards of working in a wastewater treatment plant.
- Identify operational requirements for safe and effective use of equipment.
- Select, fit and use safety equipment, including personal protective equipment.
- Identify and apply safe work practices when handling chemicals and working in a wastewater treatment plant.
- Monitor and report on wastewater treatment.
- Identify operating principles used in wastewater treatment processes.
- Complete records required for effective operation of a wastewater treatment plant.
- Identify, record and report range of data routinely collected.
- Carry out, record and report process calculations.
- Identify data that falls outside normal operating parameters and report for further action.