Scope

This qualification provides competencies to assess and manage risk associated with hazardous areas, design and validate/evaluate explosion protection aspects of industrial control systems, audit explosion-protected installations and provide explosion protection technical advice/sales.

Note. This qualification relates to working with equipment and systems operating at extra-low voltage such as instrumentation, control buses, fire warning, security and communication.

Completion requirements

The requirements for awarding this qualification are that the following are successfully achieved:

All of the Core competency standard units;

The required number of Stream Core competency standard units;

The required number of Elective competency standard units as prescribed in the respective Schedule; and

All the required pre-requisite competency standard units have been met as required.

Note: UEENEEI012B - Those holding a 'Certificate III in Instrumentation and Control trade qualification or equivalent' meet the requirements of this unit and its pre-requisite requirements.

Elective Competency Standard Units

In accordance with Schedules 3, 4, 5 and 6 which form an integral part of this qualification, achieve a Unit Strand Total of at least 46 of which at least 14 shall be selected from Schedule 6, and at least 14 from Schedule 5, and not more than 7 from schedule 4 as specified.

Note: 1. Pre-requisite pathways shall be identified and met for all elective units selected.

2. In selecting elective units considerations to career planning advice should be given to units that form part of a pre-requisite pathway for the progression to achieve particular competencies or qualification at a higher level.

3. Registered training organisations shall also provide information related to the relevant pathway(s) that may be taken to achieve paraprofessional status ("associate membership") with a professional engineering membership organisation.

4. It is recommended that consideration be given to selecting from the following Units in meeting the elective requirements for this qualification:

UEENEEM078A Manage compliance of hazardous areas

UEENEEM047A Develop and manage maintenance programs for hazardous areas electrical equipment coal mining

UEENEEM048A Develop and manage maintenance programs for hazardous areas electrical equipment gas atmospheres

UEENEEM049A Develop and manage maintenance programs for hazardous areas electrical equipment dust atmospheres

UEENEEM050A Develop and manage maintenance programs for hazardous areas electrical equipment pressurisation

UEENEEM057A Design explosion-protected electrical systems and installations gas atmospheres

UEENEEM058A Design explosion-protected electrical systems and installations dust atmospheres

UEENEEM059A Design explosion-protected electrical systems and installations pressurisation

UEENEEM064A Conduct audit of hazardous areas installations coal mining

UEENEEM065A Conduct audit of hazardous areas installations gas atmospheres

UEENEEM066A Conduct audit of hazardous areas installations dust atmospheres

UEENEEM067A Assess the fitness-for-purpose of hazardous areas explosion-protected equipment coal mining

UEENEEM068A Assess the fitness-for-purpose of hazardous areas explosion-protected equipment gas atmospheres

UEENEEM069A Assess the fitness-for-purpose of hazardous areas explosion-protected equipment dust atmospheres

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