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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 storage/transfer facilities
   • Note any outstanding/incomplete work
   • Check operational status of storage/transfer facilities
2. Prepare storage/transfer facilities
   • Manage products within the tank farm or at the platform in accordance with the site/enterprise's storage types, products and locations
   • Inspect storage and/or docking facilities for leaks or damage
   • Check and test safety systems to verify their operational condition and status, and report on all equipment faults
   • Conduct critical inspections of storage and tank farms (and ascertain seaworthiness of vessels at sea, if required) and transfer facilities ensuring areas are safe, clean and equipment can’t be compromised by debris
   • Identify and report all equipment requiring maintenance, follow-up to satisfactory conclusion
3. Monitor storage facilities
   • Confirm tank mixes, capacities and quality, and determine if these are being maintained within the agreed product requirements prior to transfer
   • Monitor gas detection/environmental/safety systems to ensure the storage area is a safe environment and that the safety of the area or vessel is not compromised
   • Communicate storage conditions to transfer or other personnel to inform them of the operational condition and status of the storage facilities or vessel
4. Monitor load-out/transfer platform or facility in accordance with procedures
   • Monitor load-out/transfer systems on the platform or in the terminal load-out/transfer area
   • Monitor gas detection/environmental/safety systems to ensure the load-out/transfer area is a safe environment
   • Inform appropriate personnel of the load-out/transfer area status, and conditions of the storage facilities
5. Conduct load-out/transfer in accordance with procedures
   • Communicate operational status to required personnel prior to loading
   • Ensure that all start-up permissives have been satisfied and product is ready for transfer
   • Set and adjust pump flow rates to keep within agreed capacities
   • Monitor loading pump performance to keep within stated operational ranges and vibration is in limits
   • Take and record product shipping/transfer samples if required
6. Isolate and de-isolate plant
   • Isolate storage/transfer facility or its component parts
   • Make safe for required work
   • Check storage/transfer facility/plant item is ready to be returned to service
   • De-isolate and prepare plant for return to service
7. Resolve problems
   • Identify possible problems in equipment and process
   • Determine problems needing action
   • Determine possible fault causes
   • Rectify problem using appropriate solution within area of responsibility
   • Follow up items until resolved
   • Report problems outside area of responsibility to designated person

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.
Hazards	Hazards include one or more of the following: darkness, distance over which transfer must occur 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, noise, dusts 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 include one or more of the following: insufficient/inappropriate storage for product/material interruptions to loading through adverse weather conditions product surging control of temperature and pressure variations in feed vibration tank capacities and space
Non-routine problems	Non-routine problems are unexpected problems, or variations of previous problems and 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 Operational knowledge includes one or more of the following: procedures training technical information such as journals, engineering specifications remembered experience relevant knowledge obtained from appropriate people
Start up/shut down	Start up/shut down includes the following: start up and shut down to/from normal operating conditions start up and shut down to/from isolated, cold or empty start up and shut down to/from other conditions/situations experienced on the plant
Permissive	A permissive is any and all permissions which are required and include one or more of the following: authorisation permit/clearance other permit sanctioned by procedures
Procedures	All operations must be performed in accordance with relevant procedures. Procedures are written, verbal, visual, computer-based or in some other form, 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
Operate	Operate is to monitor, adjust/make change to the production unit and/or its component items to meet specifications, by one or both of the following: manually in the plant using local controller in the plant
Monitor	Monitor means to continuously or frequently observe using data and/or senses.
Product	Product includes one or more of the following: hydrocarbons oil gas bulk liquid chemicals/petrochemicals

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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:

use data and own senses to monitor plant and maximise performance

perform pre-start checks, inspections and tests, start-up/shutdown procedures, and isolations and de-isolations

identify hazards and risks and apply risk control procedures

identify early warning signs of equipment/processes needing attention or with potential problems and respond in accordance with procedures.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

all items on a schematic of the storage/transfer system and functions of each

interactions between plant items/processes

process specific science (physics, chemistry and biochemistry) to the level of being able to interpret the science and extract factors controlling the process and product, causes of head loss in piping systems, including comparison of fittings using Le/d concept, fluid and pipe material properties, flow geometry and static electricity principles

systems’ operating parameters, integrity limits, product specifications and tolerances, tank and product mixes, flow rates and measures, tank capacities and percentages, process parameters and limits, including temperature, pressure, flow and pH

function and troubleshooting of major components and their problems, such as impellors, seals or bearings

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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