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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Prepare to develop detailed electrical drawing
  2. WHS/OHS risk control measures and procedures in preparation for the work are followed
  3. Detailed electrical drawings are determined from the scope of work to be undertaken
  4. Electrical drawing details required for work to be undertaken are obtained from project specifications and in accordance with workplace procedures
  5. Appropriate person/s is consulted to ensure the work is coordinated effectively with others
  6. Software, tools and equipment for work are obtained in accordance with workplace procedures
  7. Develop detailed electrical drawing
  8. Detailed electrical drawings design and layout requirements are determined from project specifications
  9. Technical data of electrical system components are interpreted to determine parameters included in the detailed electrical drawings
  10. Appropriate software tools are used to produce detailed electrical drawings based on workplace procedures
  11. Detailed electrical drawings are checked for accuracy in accordance with workplace procedures and project specifications
  12. Unplanned situations are responded to in accordance with workplace procedures in a manner that minimises risk to personnel and equipment
  13. Complete detailed electrical drawing documentation
  14. Alterations, additions or correction instructions are followed and detailed electrical drawings are re-submitted for final approval
  15. Completed detailed electrical drawings are filed securely in accordance with workplace procedures

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 (OHS) requirements, including using risk control measures

completing detailed electrical drawings documentation and presenting preliminary and final drafts for verification, including:

applying, storing and retrieving data related requirements

digitising and scanning drafting/drawings products

producing related documentation for presentations

preparing and developing detailed electrical drawings, including:

applying electrical equipment design drawing methods, techniques, procedures and protocols and documenting design

applying project specifications

interpreting and using technical data and specifications

producing drafting documentation

producing drawing sets

using advanced computer-aided design (CAD) systems and commands

using relevant drafting peripheral systems, equipment and tools to develop detailed drawings.


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:

project specifications

relevant industry standards

relevant job safety assessments or risk mitigation processes

relevant manufacturer specifications

relevant software tools and equipment

relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements

relevant workplace documentation and file storage, including digitising and scanning

relevant workplace policies, procedures and instructions

producing final drafts for verification, including:

principles, purpose and concept of verification of drafting products encompassing:

production of electrical drawings for verification by authorised persons, production of drawing sets, production of related documentation and presentations of final drafts

processes and procedures related to the verification of final drafts by authorised persons encompassing accuracy

publication of verified electrical drawings

detailed electrical drawing production, including:

distribution branch circuits and boards, services and load calculations encompassing panels (high voltage (HV)/low voltage (LV))/switchboards/motor control centres/final

conductor/cable selection and calculations encompassing:

electrical, data and communications

overcurrent and overvoltage protection

cable support systems encompassing:

cable trays, trunking, conduits, ducts, guards, saddles, carriers, raceways/cavities and poles

box and fitting fill requirements

wiring devices and terminations

distribution equipment encompassing:

power circuit devices

distribution system transformers encompassing:

specialty transformers and power circuit devices

lighting applications encompassing:

lamps, ballasts and components

motors encompassing:

functional controls, advanced motor controls, motor calculations and motor maintenance arrangements

hazardous areas encompassing electrical equipment; classification of emergency standby systems encompassing uninterrupted power supply (UPS)/inverter and battery banks

fire alarm systems

HV terminations/splices

cable size selection for installation cable run

cable sizes, voltage drops, conduit sizes, fault levels, fuse/circuit breaker sizes and working temperatures

short circuit calculations

earth-loop impedance compliance test arrangements on the completed design

touch potentials calculations

cable schedules creation

single line and as built drawings encompassing:

three phase schematic colour diagrams, marked up cable calculations, short circuit results and earth-loop impedance results

quantities parts list and drawings for tender drawings issued by electrical consultants/engineers

coordination and discrimination studies

building management systems (BMS), including:

building information modelling and sustainable design

fuse and circuit breaker trip curves, plots and displays

troubleshooting/fault finding

detailed panel layouts, including:

detailed panel layouts creation

din rail tool

terminal strip editor

detailed panel layout annotation

detailed reports

schematic component commands, including:

schematic symbols editor

schematic editor

components from lists

connectors

terminals: multiple level and jumpers

circuits

multiple phase circuits

schematic editing, including:

advanced utilities

copy catalogue and location

values

swapping and updating blocks

using the auditing tools

update and retag drawings

digitising and scanning, including:

drawings: digitisation - tablet and software configuration, tablet and puck, grids set-up and alignment marks for various size drawings, software parameters setting, and hard copy drawings digitisation to tablet parameters

digitised drawing editor, manipulation and save

digitise and grid set-ups and alignment marks on a hard copy of a large drawing (e.g. A1)

scanning devices and peripherals set-up encompassing associated software usage, save (e.g. file formats for use other software applications) and management

drawing hard copy scan

scanned image conversion to vector format, edit and save in file formats for use in CAD encompassing:

importation of scanned images into CAD drawings in image formats for editing.