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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for work
   • Receive and give shift handover
   • Identify work requirements
   • Identify and control hazards
   • Coordinate with appropriate personnel
   • Check for recent work undertaken on tank farm items
   • Note any outstanding/incomplete work
   • Check operational status of tank farm items
2. Prepare storage/loading facilities
   • Ensure that products are being stored in the tank area to procedures
   • Inspect storage and transfer facilities for leaks or damage and take any action specified in procedures
   • Check and test safety equipment and systems to verify their operational condition and status, and report all equipment faults in accordance with procedures
   • Confirm quantities and specifications of stored fluids in each tank
3. Transfer fluids to and from tanks
   • Confirm tank capacities and identification and quality of current contents, and determine if these are being maintained within the agreed product requirements prior to transfer
   • Check all valves are correctly lined up
   • Ensure all areas involved in the transfer are safe to allow transfer of fluids to occur
   • Inspect all transfer equipment before transfer, including lines, hoses, pumps, fittings, instruments and controls
   • Confirm that transfer destination has sufficient capacity for the transfer and take any action specified in procedures
   • Transfer liquids safely in accordance with procedures
   • Conduct cleaning, purging or draining after transfer is complete in accordance with procedures
   • Record transfer in accordance with procedures
4. Isolate and de-isolate plant
   • Isolate tank farm plant items
   • Make safe for required work
   • Check plant is ready to be returned to service
   • De-isolate and prepare plant item for return to service

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.
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: 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) working at heights, in restricted or confined spaces, or in environments subjected to heat, dust or vapours 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
Routine problems	Routine problems must be resolved by applying known solutions. Routine problems are predictable and include one or more of the following: interruptions to loading through adverse weather conditions selection of appropriate storage facility control of temperature and pressure variations in feed vibration tank capacities and space 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.
Equipment	This unit of competency includes all such items of equipment and unit operations, which form part of the storage and loading system, including as appropriate to the facility, one or more of the following: tanks vessels pumps compressors road or rail tanker loading facilities gauges fire protection and deluge systems inert gas blanketing or purging systems (e.g. nitrogen) gas detection systems and equipment tank dipping and measurement equipment
Start up/shut down as required	Start up/shut down as required includes the following: start up and shut down to/from normal operating conditions start up and shut down to/from isolated, cold, empty start up and shut down to/from other conditions/situations experienced on the plant

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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:

determine and apply any special handling or storage requirements, including dangerous or hazardous goods requirements

undertake checks, inspections and tests to confirm processes and equipment conform to safety requirements and job specifications

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

take appropriate action to ensure a timely return to full performance

isolate and de-isolate equipment

identify hazards and apply hazard control procedures

complete workplace forms.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

all items on a schematic of the tank farm and the functions of each

storage and transfer techniques required for the materials being handled

tank capacities, percentages and product mixes

flow rates and measures

static electricity principles

principles of operation of plant/equipment

science (e.g. physics, chemistry, biochemistry) relevant to the plant items and materials being handled

process parameters and limits (e.g. temperature, pressure, flow and pH)

relevant alarms and actions

function and troubleshooting of major components and their problems

hierarchy of control

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

their possible causes

potential consequences

appropriate risk controls.

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