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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Plan and prepare work
  2. Operate pump stations
  3. Maintain pump stations
  4. Monitor and adjust pump station performance
  5. Check outsourced maintenance work
  6. Finalise work
  7. Plan and prepare work
  8. Operate pump stations
  9. Maintain pump stations
  10. Monitor and adjust pump station performance
  11. Check outsourced maintenance work
  12. Finalise work

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the candidate must demonstrate evidence of performance of the following on at least one occasion.

operating and maintaining pumps and pumping stations

identifying system faults, operational problems and hazards

implementing remedial action

operating service

responding to operational problems

collecting data

producing reports and logs

using safety and personal protective equipment

using tools and machinery

following plans and instructions

performing work-related calculations

using communication systems

planning and preparing for work, including selecting equipment and chemicals

conducting a security inspection

monitoring and adjusting pump station performance

checking quality of outsourced maintenance work

finalising work, including completing documentation


Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the depth of knowledge demonstrated must be appropriate to the job context of the candidate.

system hydraulics basics, including suction and lift

system layout

principles and purpose of pump operation

WHS requirements

types of pump and their operational function

pump and pump station operation and maintenance procedures and standards

principles affecting selection of pump station monitoring points and timing of monitoring activities

environmental aspects of operation

lock-out procedures for mechanical and electrical installations

relevant utilities and service bodies

communication systems

hazardous materials handling

risk factors and potential hazards of operating wastewater transfer systems

equipment operation, capacity and limitations

effects of weather and conditions on system

control systems

pump station components

high and low voltage requirements

effect of lightning strikes