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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify shutdown work scope
   • Analyse relevant information for activities intended for the shutdown
   • Determine all activities intended for shutdown
   • Confirm priorities and identify all essential work
   • Resolve conflicts between proposed activities
2. Plan and schedule resources
   • Identify each individual task in the shutdown process
   • Determine resources required for each task and assign appropriate owner
   • Determine prerequisite tasks prior to shutting down process
   • Ensure hazards are identified and controls are in place
   • Ensure all safety and testing equipment is calibrated and on site prior to shutdown commencing
   • Compile a schedule to track shutdown and equipment preparation sequence
3. Coordinate plant/ equipment shutdown sequence
   • Prepare/review shutdown documentation
   • Coordinate plant shutdown according to procedures
   • Track plant shutdown progress
   • Coordinate execution of critical function test during shutdown phase
   • Coordinate equipment preparation
   • Validate equipment is safe to hand over to appropriate work party
4. Hand over plant/ equipment to relevant work party
   • Hand over plant and equipment to relevant work group according to site protocol
   • Perform safety audits during shutdown work
   • Record/report health, safety and environment (HSE) non-conformance
   • Communicate as and when required
   • Monitor shutdown work against critical path
   • Monitor resource usage and take action
   • Identify barriers to achieving shutdown critical path and negotiate solution
5. Communicate with all relevant stakeholders
   • Communicate shutdown plan/schedule to operations team
   • Attend and contribute to regular shutdown progress meetings
   • Record and report daily shutdown activities
   • Ensure all authorisations required for tasks have been obtained
   • Identify, communicate and mange HSE issues arising during execution of shutdown activities
   • Contribute to post shutdown review
6. Return plant to service
   • Confirm that all scheduled work on equipment is complete before hand back is accepted
   • Ensure equipment hand back documentation complete according to site protocol
   • Coordinate pre-start equipment integrity checks
   • Coordinate and validate plant de-isolation and preparation for service
   • Ensure appropriate plant start-up authority is obtained
   • Coordinate start-up critical function tests as required
   • Coordinate and record plant start-up progress

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:

lead and coordinate shutdown team to ensure safe and efficient plant shutdown and preparation according to procedures without incident

record and report all aspects of shutdown activities to stakeholders according to enterprise protocol

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

determine resource requirements, including:

utility services, such as steam, nitrogen, power, water and chemicals

workforce, such as operators, maintenance, contractors, engineers, laboratory staff, safety observer and standby rescue crew

mobile equipment, such as elevated work platforms, Hiab, vacuum trucks and drip trays

other equipment, such as hoses, plugs and caps, scaffold and extra fire protection equipment.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

interpretation of project planning tools being used

a comprehensive knowledge of plant shutdown events and their impact on upstream and downstream interfaces

plant/equipment/processes impacted by the shutdown

safe working practices related to the type of plant and equipment being shut down and worked on

correct methods of shutting down plant items

organisation procedures.

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