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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Identify sustainability issues for electrical installation
  2. Hazards are identified, risks are assessed and control measures implemented
  3. Extent of sustainability issues are determined from performance specifications, situation reports and in consultation with relevant person/s
  4. Work activities are planned to meet scheduled timelines in consultation with relevant person/s
  5. Strategies are determined to ensure solution development and implementation is completed
  6. Develop strategies to address electrical installation sustainability issues
  7. Sustainability principles are applied to develop strategies to address greenhouse gas emissions
  8. Parameters, specifications and performance requirements of sustainability issues are determined in accordance with workplace procedures
  9. Solutions for sustainability issues are analysed and selected
  10. Unplanned situations are responded to in accordance with regulatory requirements and workplace procedures
  11. Quality of work is monitored against workplace procedures
  12. Document strategies for electrical installation sustainability issues
  13. Final solutions are documented, including instructions for implementation, and relevant person/s notified in accordance with workplace procedures
  14. Person/s authorised and qualified to implement solutions to sustainability issues is consulted in accordance with workplace procedures
  15. Solutions used to solve sustainability issues are justified and documented 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 one occasion and include:

understanding the extent of the electrical installation energy problem/s

forming effective strategies for solution development and implementation

obtaining energy system/component parameters, specifications and performance requirements appropriate to each problem

testing solutions to energy problems

documenting instruction for implementation of solutions that incorporate risk control measure to be followed

documenting justification of solutions implemented in accordance with professional standards

dealing with unplanned events

analysing and selecting solutions for sustainability issues

applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements, including implementing risk control measures

applying sustainable energy principles and practices

consulting authorised person/s qualified in implementing solutions for sustainability issues

identifying, developing and documenting strategies to address sustainability issues

meeting scheduled timeframes.


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 installation energy sustainability strategies, including:

energy management, legislation and regulation encompassing:

energy management

climate change

greenhouse effect/greenhouse gases

standards and codes

legislation and regulations

energy audits

electrical motors, pumps and fans encompassing:

motor construction, components and losses

motor efficiency (AS/NZS 1359.5 Rotating electrical machines - General requirements - Three-phase cage induction motors - High efficiency and minimum energy performance standards requirements)

appliances encompassing:

energy star ratings

washing machines

clothes dryers

dishwashers

televisions and computers

standby management strategies

energy efficient lighting encompassing:

lighting efficiency

efficient lighting design

ballasts

lighting controls

water heating encompassing:

water heating systems and losses

electric, gas, oil, heat pump and solar water heater design

control strategies

space heating and cooling encompassing:

space heating systems and losses

space cooling systems and losses

heating - electric, gas, oil, heat pump and solar heater design

cooling – direct expansion, chilled water and ventilation

control strategies

solar energy encompassing:

system design fundamentals

solar photovoltaic (PV) design elements

solar PV system performance

analysis of system capital and operating cost performance

quality assurance

relevant job safety assessments or risk mitigation processes, including risk control measures

relevant manufacturer specifications

relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements

relevant workplace documentation

relevant workplace policies and procedures

solution development and implementation techniques and strategies

sustainable energy principles and practices.