PPMPRM210
Undertake operator level preventative maintenance


Application

This unit of competency describes the outcomes required to complete routine inspections and carry out preventative maintenance for plant and equipment and to rectify faults as they occur.

The unit applies to production support operators who work in a pulp or paper manufacturing facility. This work typically involves complex integrated equipment and continuous operations.

No licensing, legislative, regulatory, or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.


Elements and Performance Criteria

ELEMENTS

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the range of conditions.

1. Inspect plant and equipment and rectify routine faults

1.1. Complete regular visual or physical walk around inspections to assess plant and equipment performance.

1.2. Inspect equipment to identify faults and preventative maintenance requirements.

1.3. Record and report faulty plant and equipment and maintenance requirements.

1.4. Rectify faults within limits of responsibility and document actions and outcomes.

2. Complete preventative maintenance for plant and equipment

2.1. Select appropriate repair, maintenance and personal protective equipment and check for operational effectiveness.

2.2. Follow organisational safety procedures throughout all maintenance and repair processes

2.3. Locate plant and equipment and plan sequence of maintenance activities.

2.4. Initiate appropriate isolations and shut down equipment as required.

2.5. Interpret process and navigation controls.

2.6. Complete routine preventative maintenance in line with maintenance schedules and in response to immediate need.

2.7. Record maintenance activities in operating log.

Evidence of Performance

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and must be able to provide evidence that they can:

complete inspections on pulp and paper manufacturing equipment, at least twice in line with required enterprise intervals, including:

levels in sight glasses

belt fatigue

gear backlash

stretch and slack in chains

sprocket wear

gear box noise and heat

damaged equipment or components

control panel indicators

electronic control indicators

air and oil pressure gauges

flow levels

pressure checks

complete basic non-specialist repairs and maintenance for pulp and paper manufacturing equipment, at least twice in line with required enterprise intervals, in line with manufacturers’ recommendations including:

cleaning

oil top ups

blade changes

filter changes or cleaning

greasing

lubricating

pressure checks

removing and replacing machinery components

maintaining or replacing consumables

tightening, tensioning and adjusting machinery components

after all inspection, repair and maintenance activities, complete accurate basic records of equipment faults, repair and maintenance actions.


Evidence of Knowledge

A person competent in this unit must be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

purpose, features and operation of a range of pulp and paper manufacturing equipment, at a level of understanding, to determine repair and maintenance requirements

consequences of inadequate preventative maintenance

methods used to test equipment and diagnose faults

use of instrumentation data as an indication of plant and equipment requiring preventative maintenance

basic non-specialist repair and maintenance techniques for pulp and paper manufacturing equipment to complete:

oil top ups

blade changes

filter changes or cleaning

greasing

lubricating

pressure checks

removing and replacing machinery components

maintaining or replacing consumables

safe handling and disposal of lubricants

organisational procedures:

standard operating procedures specific to inspecting, repairing and maintaining equipment

workplace health and safety with particular emphasis on equipment lock out, use of personal protective equipment and handling hazardous substances

communication reporting lines

recording and reporting equipment faults, repair and maintenance actions.


Assessment Conditions

The following resources must be made available:

fully automated, semi-automated, manually operated pulp and paper manufacturing equipment to repair and maintain

repair and maintenance tools and equipment

personal protective equipment suitable for repairing and maintaining equipment

consumable oil, lubricants, blades and filters

maintenance schedules

template documents for recording equipment faults, repair and maintenance actions

organisational workplace health and safety and standard operating procedures for inspecting, repairing and maintaining equipment.

relevant personnel for the purposes of communicating information

Competency is to be assessed in the workplace or in a productive environment that accurately reflects performance in a workplace

Assessor requirements

Assessors must:

hold the appropriate assessor competency standards as outlined in regulations; and

be able to demonstrate vocational competencies at least to the level being assessed; and

be able to demonstrate how they are continuing to develop their VET knowledge and skills as well as maintaining their industry currency and assessor competence.


Foundation Skills

This section describes those core and employment skills that are essential to performance and are not explicit in the performance criteria.

Numeracy skills to:

interpret basic numerical settings on instruments, gauges and data recording equipment

record basic numerical data in repair and maintenance logs.

Reading skills to:

interpret:

workplace health and safety and standard operating procedures

maintenance schedules.

Writing skills to:

complete accurate basic records of equipment faults, repair and maintenance actions.

Planning and organising skills to:

efficiently and logically sequence the stages of maintenance work using schedules to guide activities.

Problem-solving skills to:

use and assess sensory information (sight, sound, touch, smell, vibration, temperature) to respond to equipment faults.


Range Statement

Not Applicable


Sectors

Pulp and Paper Manufacturing