Application
This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to manage gas system environmental compliance. It includes identifying, reviewing and documenting environmental and work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) management plan issues for a proposed gas system. It also includes facilitating negotiations for compliance with regulations, relevant industry standards and codes of practice. This unit applies to any safe work site where gas industry operations occur. It could also apply, where applicable, to other workplaces in the electricity supply industry (transmission and distribution and generation), the electrotechnology industry and the water industry, subject to WHS/ OHS and duty of care requirements being met for the workplace. No licensing, legislative 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. | ||
1 | Identify and document environmental issues for proposed gas system | 1.1 | WHS/OHS principles and practices and environmental and sustainable energy workplace procedures which may influence the system are reviewed and determined |
1.2 | Legislative requirements are identified and impact assessments are organised, as required, in accordance with workplace procedures | ||
1.3 | Organisational procedures on policies and specifications for the environmental work are obtained or determined with appropriate personnel | ||
1.4 | Testing parameters are determined from organisational workplace procedures on policies and specifications | ||
1.5 | Testing procedures are discussed with appropriate personnel to determine environmental project brief | ||
1.6 | Equipment, tools and personal protective equipment (PPE) are selected and coordinated based on specified workplace requirements and procedures | ||
1.7 | Work roles and tasks are allocated in accordance with workplace requirements and person/s competency | ||
1.8 | Work is prioritised and sequenced for effective outcome, completed within an acceptable timeframe to industry quality standard and in accordance with workplace procedures | ||
1.9 | Liaison and communication with authorised personnel, authorities, clients and land owners are undertaken to resolve environmental issues and coordinate work activities | ||
1.10 | Risk control measures are identified, prioritised and evaluated against the work schedule | ||
1.11 | Relevant work permits are secured to coordinate the performance of work in accordance with workplace requirements and procedures | ||
2 | Facilitate negotiations for environmental compliance with regulations, industry standards and codes of practice | 2.1 | Internal and external stakeholders are identified and relevant qualified persons are consulted on compliance needs |
2.2 | Practicable negotiated decisions are made on the basis of safety and environmental compliance and effective outcomes in accordance with workplace requirements and procedures | ||
2.3 | Technical advice is obtained regarding hazards, assessed risks and reasonably practicable risk control measures so that monitoring can be undertaken and appropriate authorities consulted, as required, in accordance with workplace requirements and procedures | ||
2.4 | Specific data is analysed and compared with compliance specifications to ensure completion of the project within an agreed timeframe in accordance with workplace requirements | ||
2.5 | Work teams are arranged to ensure planned goals are met in accordance with workplace procedures | ||
2.6 | Solutions to unplanned events are responded to in accordance with workplace procedures, in a manner that minimises risk to personnel and equipment | ||
2.7 | Quality of work is monitored against performance agreement and workplace, organisational and industry standards | ||
2.8 | Environmental strategic plan is developed incorporating organisation initiatives in accordance with workplace procedures | ||
3 | Review environmental and WHS/OHS management plan for a gas system | 3.1 | Environmental and WHS/OHS risks and their likely impacts for a gas system on the installation assets and to communities are identified and analysed to determine reasonably practicable control options |
3.2 | Options for addressing potential environmental impacts are identified, determined and costed | ||
3.3 | Requisite environmental and WHS/OHS management strategies are determined and recommendations made in accordance with workplace policies, procedures and processes | ||
3.5 | Inspections of the gas system work are undertaken to ensure compliance with requirements, specifications and documentations needed to complete the environmental project | ||
3.6 | Persons are notified of management plan for a gas system completion and reports and completion documents are finalised | ||
3.7 | Management plan reports and completion documents are submitted to relevant personnel and organisations for approval and as required, statutory or regulatory approval | ||
3.8 | Approved copies of documents are issued and records are updated in accordance with workplace procedures | ||
Foundation Skills
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency. |
Range Statement
Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the UEG Gas Industry Training Package Companion Volume Implementation Guide. | |
constants and variables must include the following: | gas systems legislative compliance environmental issues safety issues relevant personnel |
gas system must include one (1) of the following: | natural gas transmission, distribution and storage liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker and ship transport storage and processing terminals and distribution systems |
legislative compliance must include the following: | WHS/OHS legislation relevant government acts, regulations and codes of practice relevant industry standards and codes of practice environmental legislative requirements |
environmental issues must include the following: | political legal community and aesthetic impact of installations |
safety issues must include the following: | WHS/OHS operatives ongoing maintenance of facilities emergency response plans safety cases and environmental impact assessments for major hazardous facilities (MHFs) |
relevant personnel must include at least six (6) of the following: | managers other supervisors inter-company departments other utilities council representatives producers, transporters/shippers consultants government bodies/agencies refinery personnel customers land owners/traditional land owners |
relevant authorities must include the following: | government authorities land owners both current and traditional local councils land management groups other utilities in-house quality control groups and management |
Sectors
Gas Industry |
Competency Field
Cross Discipline Units |