8) 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 establishing and managing geographical information system data. All knowledge and skills detailed in this unit should be contextualised to current industry practices and technologies. KS01-TDS49A Power system geographical information systems data Evidence shall show an understanding of establishing and managing power system geographical information systems data to an extent indicated by the following aspects: T1 Drawings, diagrams and schedules used in electrotechnology work encompassing: Drawing types and applications: drawing layouts and conventions - mechanical drawings, electrical/electronic schematics, wiring diagrams, PC boards, location diagrams (architectural drawings), cable routes and switching arrangements and building details. Drawing symbols - symbols representing electrotechnology circuit components, equipment location and cable routes and control arrangements. Cable/wiring/connection and equipment/component/schedules. T2 Working safely on or around electrical equipment through the application of risk management principles and control measures for dealing with non-electrical hazards and extra-low voltage, low-voltage and high-voltage hazards and high-current hazards encompassing: Risk management and assessment of risk - principle and purpose of risk management and processes for conducting a risk assessment Hazards associated with low-voltage, extra-low voltage and high-currents - arrangement of power distribution and circuits in an electrical installations, parts of an electrical system and equipment that operate at low-voltage and extra-low voltage and parts of an electrical system and equipment where high-currents are likely. Risks and control measures associated with high-voltage - parts of an electrical system and equipment that operate at high-voltage, the terms ‘touch voltage’, ‘step voltage’, ‘induced voltage’ and ‘creepage’ as they relate to the hazards of high-voltage and control measures used for dealing with the hazards of high-voltage Optical fibre safety - coherent optical sources and joining procedures and laser safety class 3a devices or their replacement Risks and control measures associated with low voltage - risks associated with modifying electrical installations, fault finding, maintenance and repair, control measures before, while and after working on electrical installations, circuits or equipment, isolation and tagging-off procedures, risks and restrictions in working live and control measures for working live Risks and control measures associated with harmful dusts and airborne contaminants: - thermal insulation, fibrous cement materials and asbestos and other fibre reinforced switchboard materials. Safety, selection, use, maintenance and care of test equipment - safety characteristics of electrical testing devices, safe use of electrical testing device and checks and storage methods for maintaining the safety of testing devices T3 OHS enterprise responsibilities encompassing: Provisions of relevant health and safety legislation Principles and practice of effective occupational health and safety management Management arrangements relating to regulatory compliance Enterprise hazards and risks, control measures and relevant expertise required Characteristics and composition of workforce and their impact on occupational health and safety management Relevance of enterprise management systems to occupational health and safety management Analysis of working environment and design of appropriate occupational health and safety management systems Analysis of relevant data and evaluation of occupational health and safety system effectiveness Assess resources to establish and maintain occupational health and safety management systems. T4 Installation of overhead distribution conductors encompassing: Standards, codes, legislation, supply authority regulations and or enterprise requirements applicable to installing conductors and associated equipment Requirements for the use of overhead line construction manuals, system diagrams/plans and drawings - material lists, conductor size, type and route length. Constructions types and structures for distribution and sub transmission lines Types, sizes and characteristics of overhead conductors Resources for the stringing and maintenance of conductors - types of low and high voltage overhead electrical conductor connections, causes and effects of poor electrical connections, reasons for and methods used to maintain standard phase sequencing, removing, repairing and replacing of damage conductors, minimum clearances between overhead conductors and low and high voltage structures. Techniques for conductor installation - types and application of tools, equipment and hardware, methods of stringing, tensioning and termination of low and high voltage conductors. T5 Electrical equipment fundamentals used in the powerline industry encompassing: Legislation, Standards, codes, legislation, supply authority regulations and specific enterprise regulations pertaining to the use and care of electrical equipment. Note examples of electrical equipment will vary according to the enterprise but encompass both HV and LV equipment Characteristics, capabilities and application of powerline electrical equipment Safety precautions with regards to using electrical equipment Techniques in pre-use inspection on the serviceability of electrical equipment Techniques in the general maintenance, and care and storage of electrical equipment Identifying hazards, assessing and controlling risks associated with their the use of electrical equipment T6 Principles of safe design encompassing: Commonwealth/State/Territory 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 T7 Enterprise specific switching diagrams and drawing encompassing: Types and application of enterprise specific switching drawings and documents - wiring and schematic diagrams and switching symbols, mechanical drawings dealing with switching operations, project charts, switching schedules, graphs, technical manuals and catalogues, instruction/work sheets. Interpretation of different system switching diagrams - LV system switching diagrams, DC traction supply sectioning diagrams, HV transmission and distribution system symbols and feeder plans, processes of updating switching diagrams T8 Enterprise Specific Data Management Processes encompassing: Standards, codes, legislation, supply authority regulations and or enterprise requirements applicable to Data Management Requirements for the use of manuals, substation diagrams/plans and drawings Types of enterprise specific computer software Techniques in storing and retrieving data and reports from the computer Techniques in using the Data Management systems in following necessary commands and protocols in accordance with the Enterprise Specific Procedures Calculation of results and data measurements using the computer Techniques in the preparation of preliminary works creation and closure T9 Procedures for the location and rectification of faults in electrical equipment up to 1000 volts AC and or 1500 volts DC, encompassing: Relationship of Occupational Health and Safety to the location and rectification of faults in electrical equipment - Act and regulations, identification of personal safety, workplace hazards, working with electrically operated tools and equipment, emergency First Aid/resuscitation, rescue from a live electrical situation and enterprise policies and procedures Types of drawings - differentiation between symptoms, faults and causes in malfunctioning equipment and fault-finding techniques and procedures Fundamental electrical concepts - effects of current, practical resistors, sources of EMF, series, parallel and series-parallel circuits, electrical measurement, capacitors, inductors and magnetism Fundamentals of general appliances - basic principles of appliances (non mathematical), appliance identification, appliance ratings, basic principles of operation of control equipment and protection devices, fault conditions and symptoms, safe isolation procedures, test equipment, safe testing procedures including continuity, fault types in appliances and fault-finding procedures (prescriptive) Fundamentals of single phase induction motors - basic principles of operation (non mathematical), motor identification, motor ratings, basic principles of operation of control equipment and protection devices, fault conditions and symptoms, safe isolation procedures, test equipment, safe testing procedure including continuity, fault types in “phase splitting” and universal type motors and fault-finding procedures (prescriptive) Fundamentals of three phase induction motors - basic principles of operation (non mathematical), motor identification, motor ratings, motor starter principles, basic principles of operation of control equipment and protection devices, fault conditions and symptoms, safe isolation procedures, safe testing procedure and fault-finding procedures (prescriptive) Fundamentals of single and three phase electrical heaters - basic principles of operation, types of electrical heaters, electrical heater identification, electrical heater ratings, basic principles of operation of control and protection devices, fault conditions and symptoms, safe testing procedure and fault-finding procedures (prescriptive) T10 Geographic Information Systems principles encompassing: Standards, codes, supply authority regulations and or enterprise requirements associated with the use of geographic information systems Requirements for the use of system manuals, system diagrams/plans and drawings Techniques in system use - system structure, preparation of data, methods of data entry, methods of accessing data, linking to other databases and output options |