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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan the installation and maintenance of the relevant bonding systems
2. Works order including drawings, plans and material lists is received/accessed, analysed and confirmed as required by site inspection
3. Work is assessed and prioritised in accordance with works scheduled
4. Site relevant electrical permits are accessed and/or obtained as required
5. Hazards are identified, risks are assessed and control measures are implemented
6. Resources including personnel, plant, equipment and tools are identified and scheduled
7. Liaison and communication issues with other personnel, authorities, clients and landowners are resolved
8. Prepare the worksite
9. Personnel participating in the task, including plant operators and contractors, are fully briefed
10. Site preparation is completed in accordance with works order
11. Specialist testing and earth equipment is inspected as required and replaced if defective
12. Road signs, barriers and warning devices are positioned as required
13. Safeworking practices are observed on or about the running track/line
14. Install and maintain bonding system cables
15. Systems and circuits are isolated as required, proved safe to work on in accordance with work plan and electrical permits are issued/accepted/relinquished as required
16. Cable and surrounds, including rail and other surfaces, are prepared to appropriate specifications
17. Bonds are attached in accordance with specifications
18. Joint and termination procedures are carried out in accordance with authorised work procedures
19. Continuity testing procedures are carried out as required
20. System is commissioned following visual inspection and the completion of other testing
21. Conduct post-operational activities
22. Worksite is rehabilitated in accordance with workplace procedures
23. Work is completed in an agreed time and with minimum waste
24. Notifications, records and documentation for updating system data are completed

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Non-essential conditions can be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least three separate occasions and include:

applying relevant safeworking and workplace procedures communicating effectively with others completing relevant documentation guiding operators of plant and equipment and using appropriate signals when installing and maintaining cables identifying job hazards and taking required action to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards implementing contingency plans interpreting and following operational instructions and prioritising work modifying activities depending on operational contingencies, risk situations and environments monitoring work activities in terms of planned schedule organising activities in accordance with workplace procedures reading and interpreting relevant technical data, drawings, instructions and manuals reporting and/or rectifying identified problems, faults or malfunctions, in accordance with workplace procedures selecting and using relevant equipment and tools working collaboratively with others working systematically with required attention to detail without injury to self or others, or damage to goods or equipment.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

applicable state/territory legislated rail safety requirements, relevant codes of practice and/or guidelines characteristics, capabilities and uses of various types of cables circuits for signalling and communications systems awareness as a non-electrical rail safety worker current capacities, inductance and capacitance, protection systems and devices electrical hazard awareness including voltage and current transformation, voltage drop, cable and traction systems joint test and fault identification/location workplace procedures problems that may occur when installing and maintaining rail bonding systems and action that can be taken to report or resolve these problems rail industry standards for installing and maintaining rail bonding systems switching operation, isolation and access permit procedures testing and commissioning procedures, including testing and earth/rail connecting conductors traction earthing systems and bonding systems work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) and environmental procedures and regulations workplace documentation and records systems workplace procedures for installing and maintaining rail bonding systems for non-electrical rail safety workers.

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