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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare to work on electronic and digital equipment
   • Work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements and workplace procedures for a given work area are identified, obtained and applied
2. WHS/OHS risk control work preparation measures and workplace procedures are followed
3. Scope of problem is obtained from documentation and/or work supervisor to determine the work to be undertaken
4. Advice is sought from work supervisor to ensure the work is coordinated effectively with others
5. Sources of materials required for work are identified and accessed in accordance with workplace procedures
6. Tools, equipment and testing devices required to carry out work are obtained and checked for correct operation and safety
7. Solve electronic and digital equipment problems
   • WHS/OHS risk control work measures and workplace procedures are followed
8. Need to test and measure live work is determined in accordance with WHS/OHS requirements and workplace procedures
9. Circuits are checked and isolated in accordance with WHS/OHS requirements and workplace procedures
10. Methods are used to solve electronic and digital equipment problems from observation or equipment behaviour and measured values
11. Unplanned situations are dealt with safely and with the approval of relevant person/s
12. Problems are solved without damage to apparatus, circuits, the surrounding environment or services using sustainable energy practices
13. Complete work and document problem-solving activities
    • WHS/OHS work completion risk control measures and workplace procedures are followed
14. Worksite is cleaned and made safe in accordance with workplace procedures
15. Justification for solutions used to solve circuit problems is documented
16. Work completion is documented and relevant person/s notified in accordance with workplace procedures

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the UEE Electrotechnology Training Package 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 two separate occasions and include:

applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (WHS/OHS) requirements, including using risk control measures checking and isolating circuits in accordance with WHS/OHS requirements and workplace procedures completing work and documenting problem-solving activities dealing with unplanned situations deducing equipment behaviour correctly and accurately identifying and accessing sources of materials required for work observing equipment behaviour and measured values obtaining and checking tools, equipment and testing devices obtaining problem scope preparing to work on electronic and digital equipment providing written justification for the solutions to problems solving electronic and digital equipment problems without damage using sustainable energy practices taking and recording measurements correctly and accurately using relevant measuring equipment testing and measuring live work in accordance with WHS/OHS requirements and workplace procedures using problem-solving methods.

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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:

alternating currents (a.c.) and waveforms analogue to digital conversion analogue versus digital basic electronic components basic logic batteries capacitance and inductance codes data manipulation digital to analogue conversion electromagnetic interference electromagnetic waves and signals fundamental concepts isolation procedures number systems problem-solving techniques relevant industry standards relevant manufacturer specifications and operating procedures relevant job safety assessments or risk mitigation processes relevant tools, equipment and testing devices relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements relevant workplace documentation relevant workplace policies and procedures relevant electronic and digital equipment problems sustainable energy principles techniques in the use of multimeters testing and measuring live work.

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