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Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and Prepare for the Work
- Occupational Health and Safety standards, statutory requirements, relevant Australian standards, codes of practice, manufacturer specifications, environmental requirements and enterprise procedures are identified, applied and monitored throughout the work procedure.
- Work requirements are identified from request/works orders or equivalent and clarified/confirmed with appropriate parties or by site inspection.
- Resources required to satisfy the work are identified, obtained and inspected for compliance in accordance with enterprise procedures.
- Potential hazards are identified and prevention and/or control measures are selected in accordance with the work plan and site procedures.
- Work is planned in detail including sequencing and prioritising and considerations made, where appropriate, for maintenance of plant security and capacity in accordance with system/site requirements.
- Co-ordination requirements, including requests for isolations where appropriate, are resolved with others involved, affected or required by the work.
- Undertake dam safety surveillance
- Sample and record water quality
- Complete the work
Required Skills
Evidence Required
Range Statement
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10) This relates to the unit of competency as a whole providing the range of contexts and conditions to which the Performance Criteria apply. It allows for different work environments and situations that will affect performance.Work in this unit is typically carried out under general guidance.Surveillance sites may include earthen walls, concrete walls, spillways, reservoir perimeter, weirs, tunnels and galleries.Samples may be taken form dams, rivers, weirs and water conveyance assets and equipment, and testing may be pollution, pH, turbidity.Recordings may be in the form of log sheets or through electronic media.Dam safety surveillance will mostly be of a visual nature but not necessarily limited to such.Appropriate personnel may include hydro station operating staff, local councils, irrigation concerns, control centres, maintenance staff, emergency services personnel, downstream landowners.Abnormal events may include floods, landslides and earthquakes.Communication may be by means of telephone/fax, two way radio, logs, verbal.Extreme weather conditions may be encountered over varied terrain requiring the use of 4WD vehicles.Generic terms are used throughout this Training Package for vocational standard shall be regarded as part of the Range Statement in which competency is demonstrated. The definition of these and other terms are given in Section 2.1 Preliminary Information and Glossaries. |