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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for work
   • Identify work requirements
   • Identify and control hazards
   • Coordinate with appropriate personnel
2. Interpret civil drawings and data
   • Determine required civil works through the interpretation of reports and investigations
   • Access and interpret pipeline alignment drawings to determine area of excavation/civil activity
   • Liaise with appropriate authorities, third parties and/or company personnel
3. Inspect machinery
   • Inspect equipment required to undertake civil works to ensure that it conforms to requirements
   • Determine most appropriate method of deploying equipment to site
   • Monitor equipment deployment to site and take action
4. Prepare easement/ site for civil activities
   • Inspect site for the civil works prior to any work commencing
   • Ensure site is prepared
   • Apply knowledge of pipeline crossing design prior to excavation/ activity commencing
   • Ensure permits have been issued for the work
5. Monitor easement/ site for civil activities
   • Monitor civil works and take action
   • Restore the work affected area on completion of civil works
   • Ensure issued permits have been closed

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
Hazards	Hazards include one or more of the following: gases and liquids under pressure equipment failures flammability and explosivity hazardous products and materials unauthorised personnel sharp edges, protrusions or obstructions slippery surfaces, spills or leaks extreme weather remoteness/isolation 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: isolation and risk of exposure gas or fluid leaks accidental or geophysical rupturing of pipelines. 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 monitoring system, including as appropriate to the facility one or more of the following: pipe locating equipment gas detection equipment transport and excavation equipment hand tools safety signage/barricades and materials
Action	Action in response to problems includes one or more of 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

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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:

prepare the site to ensure:

site layout is appropriate

lay down areas appropriate

site access is suitable

deploy equipment to meet requirements

check correct permits have been issued

monitor civil works, including:

pipeline integrity

adherence to permit to work and procedure requirements

adherence to required health, safety and environment (HSE) and legislative requirements for site/works

undertake hazard and risk control

determine the most likely cause of routine problems and take action to ensure a timely return to full performance

distinguish between causes of problems/alarm/fault indications, such as:

inappropriate work practices

visual evidence of a pipeline rupture

erosion and subsidence

equipment breakdowns

smell or sound of escaping pipeline contents

determine work specifications from procedures and diagrams

liaise and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including:

landowners

contractors

company personnel

regulators and other officials.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

legal obligations and standing of parties as it relates to access rights where civil works are conducted on easements that require access to private property

pipeline system and access routes

pipe locating equipment

the operation of gas detection equipment

use of safety signage/barricades and materials

the use of pipeline alignment drawings

regulatory framework

organisation procedures, including those covering:

safety, emergency and hazard control

work permit systems

communications

environmental management.

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