Essential Knowledge and Associated Skills EKAS This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit Evidence shall show that knowledge has been acquired of preparing and appraising financial impact statements All knowledge and skills detailed in this unit should be contextualised to current industry practices and technologies KSTDSA Prepare and appraise power systems financial impact statements KS01-TDS40A Prepare and appraise power systems financial impact statements Evidence shall show an understanding of the preparation and appraisal of power systems financial impact statements to an extent indicated by the following aspects T Principles of safe design to an extent indicated by the following aspects CommonwealthStateTerritory legislation standards codes supply authority regulations and or enterprise requirements associated with safe design principles Particular reference to state and territory regulations regarding working near energised conductors electrical access heights confined space testing procedures and licensing rules Application of safe design principles safe design duty related information safe design process related information and safe design evaluations T Methodology used in writing enterprise specific management reports to an extent indicated by the following aspects Commonwealth StateTerritory and local government legislation supply authority regulations Standards codes and or enterprise requirements applicable to the writing enterprise specific management reports Techniques in researching collating and analysing information for the report recording filing retrieving systems and storing and retrieving data from computer systems Relationship of management reports to enterprise policies and procedures enterprise structure and resources Workplace OHS and risk management enterprise data financial and operational data Environmental enterprise policies and procedures Industrial relations policies and procedures Antidiscrimination policies and procedures Techniques in writing enterprise specific management reports methods used to disseminate information and facilitate enterprise requirements document proformas and compliance and legislative requirements to produce effective reports in the appropriate format T Evidence shall show an understanding of financial impact statements encompassing Techniques in budgeting and tracking project progress Preparation and analysis of budget figures Techniques in the coordination of contingencies and risks that have a budget effect Techniques in dealing with problems that have a budget effect Examples of forms of recording project status and costings Application of relevant computer software packages Methods of prepare proposals encompassing prepare specifications tender and evaluation and letting of tenders Techniques in estimating contract documents drawings specifications general conditions special conditions Resources costs hourly rates labour plant material subcontractors direct and indirect costs contingency costs project margin cost of money budget preliminary tender labour costing equipment costing economic comparisons and contract variations Techniques in prepare and interpret proposals and tender documents Techniques in preparing tender documents Techniques in interpret tender documents Techniques in preparing cost estimates for a project from relevant data Techniques in preparing financial impact statements T Project management encompassing Commonwealth State and local government legislation standards codes supply authority regulations and or enterprise requirements including relevant certification and licensing applicable to the duties and responsibilities for management a project Analyse functions of project management to determine achievement of project objectives Relationship of stakeholders to the project Techniques in development of project plan project integration scope timelines cost quality resources communicationprotocol requirements riskuncertainties and procurement and contacting Relationship between project processes project life and project phases Planning and control procedures resource management and risk management Techniques methodologies and tools available to project managers Types of internal and external environmental factors that may affect the project |