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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for work
   • Identify work requirements
   • Identify and control hazards
   • Coordinate with appropriate personnel
2. Prepare pipelines for inspection/ testing
   • Plan and prepare for inspection of pipeline coating to procedures
   • Identify pipeline location to determine workplace hazards
   • Consult appropriate personnel to ensure the work is coordinated effectively with others involved on the work site
   • Obtain tools and equipment needed to carry out the work to procedures and check for correct operation and safety
3. Inspect and test pipeline coatings
   • Visually inspect pipeline coatings to determine condition and location of irregularities
   • Test pipeline as required to ensure system conforms to required operating parameters
   • Take action, as required
   • Report and record information related to status and any irregularity/deviations to procedures
4. Prepare pipeline surface and repair coating
   • Isolate work area to enable repair to proceed to procedures
   • Prepare the pipeline surface to receive the coating repair material using appropriate methods
   • Recoat the pipeline to procedures and test the repair area
5. Notify completion of work
   • Ensure worksite is clean and waste material is disposed of correctly to procedures and legislative requirements
   • Inform the control centre of the outcome of repairs and any abnormal situations
   • Return pipeline system to normal service to procedures if safe to do so
   • Notify work completion, incidents and irregularities to procedures
6. Compile and analyse reports
   • Collect and compile repair and operational data into accepted reporting format
   • Take action, as required
   • Ensure reports provide an accurate and ongoing record of deviations in the performance of the pipeline system
   • Utilise information or reports for short and long-term control planning

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: coating failure temperature, pressure and flow variations damage from geophysical or other circumstances communication failures 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 pipeline inspection and testing system, including as appropriate to the facility, one or more of the following: low voltage and high voltage holiday detectors coating thickness gauges and meters densitometers condensators coating defect assessment survey equipment (e.g. direct current voltage gradient (DCVG) method equipment and Pearson technique method equipment)
Action	Action taken 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:

undertake inspections and tests

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

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:

variations in coating thickness

instrument failure/wrong reading

protective coating system characteristics

incorrect interpretation of safety data sheets (SDS) information

operational problems

complete forms and documentation

prepare and analyse reports related to the equipment/systems

determine work specifications from procedures and diagrams.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

all items on a schematic of the pipeline system and functions of each

types and applications of surface coating materials and their composition

routine and non-routine repair techniques

various coating inspection and test requirements

regulatory framework

organisation procedures, including those covering:

safety, emergency and hazard control

work permit systems

communications

environmental management

standard operating procedures (SOPs)

hierarchy of control.

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