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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify maintenance/ project and plant requirements
   • Analyse relevant company records to determine activities which have been scheduled for the shutdown
   • Obtain information on maintenance activities intended for the shutdown.
   • Obtain information on production activities intended for the shutdown
   • Obtain information on projects or construction activities intended for the shutdown
   • Compile a list of all activities intended for the shutdown, including sufficient detail to allow for shutdown planning
   • Negotiate conflicts between proposed activities
2. Identify tasks, timelines and resources
   • Break down each agreed shutdown activity into required tasks
   • Determine time, people, material, other resources required and 'owner' for each task
   • Determine prerequisite tasks for each task
   • Identify conflicts between tasks arising from resources or other causes
   • Negotiate conflicts between tasks
   • Compile database of all tasks and their requirements
3. Develop schedule
   • Develop draft shutdown schedule, including planning activities
   • Determine critical path or similar for shutdown tasks
   • Analyse tasks on critical path to determine methods of reducing critical path
   • Develop revised schedule
   • Consult with all relevant stakeholders and analyse revised schedule for conflicts and possible savings
   • Negotiate conflicts
   • Develop final schedule and critical path or similar
4. Communicate with all relevant stakeholders
   • Contribute to shutdown planning meetings with stakeholders
   • Meet with stakeholders individually
   • Prepare reports and documents as required
   • Ensure all permissions required for tasks have been obtained
   • Liaise with suppliers and contractors to obtain parts, materials and services
5. Monitor shutdown
   • Establish systems to allow monitoring of shutdown to schedule
   • Monitor progress to schedule
   • Identify causes of not meeting schedule
   • Negotiate a solution to cause
   • Adjust schedule to meet changed circumstances but still meet overall timeline (if at all possible)

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, 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
Scheduling	Scheduling may be electronic or paper-based and include at least one more of the following: electronic databases, such as Access, DB and Oracle project management software (e.g. Project, Gantt charts, critical path method (CPM) and programmed evaluation and review technique (PERT)) other electronic forms, such as spreadsheets card files other paper-based systems other specialised planning software paper techniques

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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:

identify all necessary activities, tasks and logical sequences to ensure safe and efficient shutdown

communicate and negotiate effectively with technical (process) experts, maintenance experts, contractor representatives, production management and other stakeholders to obtain the best outcome for the shutdown from competing priorities

use planning tools to develop, modify and optimise complex plans/schedules

breakdown work tasks into steps/stages/trades/contractors/ parts/designs/spares/tools

monitor shutdown against plan and re-schedule/ adjust/update plans as required.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

methods of task breakdown

critical path (or similar) technique

project scheduling techniques

correct methods of shutting down plant items.

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