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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare to plan project
   • Work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) processes and workplace procedures for a given work area are identified, obtained and applied
2. Project planning techniques are reviewed and adopted in accordance with workplace procedures
3. Scope of the project is identified from design brief specification and/or relevant documentation and from discussions with relevant person/s
4. Develop project plan proposal
   • Estimated plant, material, labour and related costs are sought from relevant person/s in accordance with workplace procedures
5. Project budget is established from estimated plant, material, labour and related costs in accordance with workplace procedures
6. Critical path analysis is applied to develop workflow strategies
7. Sources and availability of materials and resources needed for the project are identified in accordance with workplace procedures
8. Risk management strategies are sought and obtained for incorporating in the project plan
9. Project plan is reviewed against all inputs and adjusted to rectify any anomalies
10. Project plan proposal is documented in accordance with workplace procedures
11. Obtain approval for project plan
    • Project plan is presented and discussed with relevant person/s
12. Alterations to the project plan resulting from the presentation/discussion are negotiated with relevant person/s in accordance with workplace procedures
13. Final project plan is documented and approval obtained from relevant person/s

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 one occasion and include:

determining the project requirements accurately establishing a project budget developing effective workflow strategies documenting project plan proposal negotiating alterations to the proposed project plan successfully obtaining approval of the final plan dealing with unplanned events applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements, including using risk control measures identifying project scope and requirements, including plant, material, labour and related costs.

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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:

electrical project planning and analysing progress, including: project planning encompassing: purpose of project planning defining project parameters encompassing: project scope project stakeholders and clients project phases and the relationship between phases time requirements and limitations resource requirements and limitations quality requirements and limitations time-management concepts and standard practices financial management encompassing: financial management concepts standard practices for managing project finances project budgets costs variations and estimations invoicing against project phases/deliverables acquittals quality management concepts and practices human resource management concepts and practices within a project communication management concepts and practices within a project risk management and contingencies encompassing: risk management concepts internal risks external risks contingencies standard practices for managing risk within a project risk minimisation risk removal procurement management concepts and practices physical resource management concepts and practices relating to equipment, technology, information and facilities contracts encompassing: contract format contract content interpreting contract clauses legal obligations of contract parties working to contract specifications documentation accompanying contracts, such as schedules performance assessment and continuous improvement engineering ethics principles customer/client relations encompassing: importance of customer/client relations interpersonal skills that enhance customer/client relationships dispute resolution customer/client relations strategies electrical industry sector customs and practices encompassing: equipment procurement, cost-benefit analysis and performance testing typical approaches to planning and management successful planning techniques best practice management methods and styles documents needed to plan a project factors influencing sequence and restraints of project activities critical path analysis covering graphical representation methods and methods of representing time/rates critical path and project analysis encompassing: purpose of critical path analysis essential data relational sequence of work activities graphical representation methods methods of representing time/rates monitoring methods relevant manufacturer specifications and operating instructions relevant plant, material, labour and related costs to project relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements relevant workplace documentation relevant workplace instructions, policies and procedures.

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