Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare and organise operational and maintenance activities
- Review previous reports and check for outstanding work orders or notices
- Assemble necessary equipment and plan maintenance activities
- Take readings at regular intervals from CP system monitoring/test equipment and interpret collected data
- Identify CP faults and notify appropriate personnel
- Compile reports based on the collected data and analyse to determine system maintenance and operational adjustments to optimise system integrity.
- Monitor and adjust electrical equipment
- Monitor equipment operating parameters to ensure operation within relevant Australian Standard specifications and make adjustments as required
- Operate cathodic protection equipment in accordance with the principles of cathodic protection impressed current/corrosion systems
- Maintain CP system at maximum efficiency within design parameters
- Monitor equipment operating parameters to determine if the correct operating conditions of the equipment are being maintained
- Collect and interpret data and determine maintenance requirements
- Conduct regular inspections to ensure equipment integrity is maintained and results are recorded and any system abnormalities identified
- Carry out adjustments and maintenance to the equipment where abnormalities in the system have been identified.
- Conduct CP system surveys
- Interpret survey specifications to determine survey path and equipment requirement
- Conduct preparation activities on CP system to enable survey to be carried out
- Conduct CP surveys of the system and log and record results of the survey
- Fault find and diagnose operating CP systems
- Download collected survey data to allow a report to be compiled concerning survey findings.
- Recommission the system
- Analyse and utilise CP data
- Control hazards
- Respond to problems
- Identify possible problems in equipment or process
- Determine problems needing action
- Determine possible fault causes
- Rectify problem using appropriate solution within area of responsibility
- Follow through items initiated until final resolution has occurred
- Report problems outside area of responsibility to designated person.