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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for work
   • Identify work requirements
   • Identify and control hazards
   • Coordinate with appropriate personnel
2. Select and use utilities and services
   • Identify utilities and services available in the plant
   • Identify key properties, applications and limitations of each utility and service
   • Select appropriate utility/service for the required duty
   • Use selected utility/service to procedures
3. Respond to problems
   • Monitor use of utility/service frequently and critically throughout shift using measured/indicated data and smell, sight, sound and feel as appropriate.
   • Recognise operational problems
   • Analyse cause of operational problems within scope of skill level
   • Take action to remedy operational problems in accordance with procedures

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 All operations to which this unit applies are subject to stringent health, safety and environment (HSE) requirements, which may be imposed through state/territory or federal 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.
Service utilities	Service utilities include one or more of the following: steam (saturated and superheated) air (process, instrument and breathable) water (cooling, boiler feed, plant and waste) inert atmosphere (nitrogen and carbon dioxide) flushing oil
Routine problems	Routine problems must be resolved by applying known solutions. Routine problems are predictable and include one or more of the following: non-supply of products and elements variation in product and element feed rates variations in temperature, pressure and flow blockages or leakage Known solutions are drawn from one or more of the following: procedures training remembered experience Non-routine problems must be reported according to according to relevant procedures.
Operate	Operate is to monitor, adjust/change the plant item/unit/system to meet specifications, by one or more of the following: manually in the plant using local controller in the plant using the process control system in the control room
Action	Action in accordance with procedures includes the following: determining problems needing action determining possible fault causes rectifying problem using appropriate solution within area of responsibility following through items initiated until final resolution has occurred reporting problems outside area of responsibility to designated person
Procedures	All operations 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 work instructions standard operating procedures (SOPs) safe work method statements (SWMS) formulas/recipes batch sheets temporary instructions any similar instructions provided for the smooth running of the plant
Hazards	Hazards include one or more of the following: smoke, darkness and heat dust or other atmospheric hazards electricity gas gases and liquids under pressure structural hazards structural collapse equipment failures industrial (machinery, equipment and product) equipment or product mass noise, rotational equipment or vibration plant services (steam, condensate and cooling water) limited head spaces or overhangs working at heights, in restricted or confined spaces, or in environments subjected to heat, noise, dusts or vapours or other atmospheric hazards flammability and explosivity hazardous products and materials unauthorised personnel sharp edges, protrusions or obstructions slippery surfaces, spills or leaks extreme weather 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 the requirements of the elements and performance criteria, and include the ability to:

select the required utility/service

recognise early warning signs of equipment/processes needing attention or with potential problems

determine the most likely cause of routine problems

take appropriate action to ensure a timely return to full performance

isolate the causes of problems to an item of equipment within the production system and to distinguish between causes of problems/alarm/fault indications, such as:

instrument failure/malfunction

electrical failure/malfunction

mechanical failure/malfunction

variations in product parameters (temperature, flows, pressure and levels)

identify hazards and apply hazard control procedures.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

all items on a schematic of the utilities system and the function of each

differences between grades/types of services (e.g. grades of steam, air and nitrogen)

differences in use and methods between each service and utility

hazards that may arise in the job/work environment, and:

their possible causes

potential consequences

appropriate risk controls

physics and chemistry relevant to the utility and its use

process parameters and limits, including temperature, pressure, flow and pH

routine problems, faults and their resolution

relevant alarms and actions

types and causes of utility problems within operator's scope of skill level and responsibility.

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