Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify and analyse causes of faults
- Identify faults in chemical recovery processes in accordance with productivity requirements, relevant workplace health and safety (WHS) procedures, risks and hazards identification and environmental workplace procedures.
- Interpret warning devices to determine fault type and location.
- Identify by observation, systematic sampling and testing, quality faults and variations.
- Take samples for tests to detect quality faults and variations
- Interpret sampling and testing results to identify variations from specifications or schedule.
- Identify, locate and analyse causes and sources of process problems or equipment faults.
- Access and interpret relevant sources of information to assist analysis.
- Rectify process problems and equipment faults
- Conduct operator level on-line adjustments.
- Implement isolation procedures and plant shut down prior to fault rectification.
- Identify hazardous conditions, take appropriate action and communicate the conditions to relevant personnel.
- Isolate, by-pass, repair or replace faulty equipment as required.
- Return plant and equipment to normal operation as required.
- Communicate rectification to relevant personnel.
- Rectify product quality faults
- Record and report system performance and product quality data