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Evidence Guide: PMAOMIR305 - Operate panel during an emergency

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PMAOMIR305 - Operate panel during an emergency

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Assess a potential emergency

  1. Identify emergency
  2. Clarify cause of the alarm
  3. Prepare for response to emergency
  4. Escalate to emergency response, as required
  5. Report the critical situation, as required
  6. Return to normal operations, as appropriate
Identify emergency

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Clarify cause of the alarm

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Prepare for response to emergency

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Escalate to emergency response, as required

Completed
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Report the critical situation, as required

Completed
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Return to normal operations, as appropriate

Completed
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Respond to emergency according to procedures

  1. Activate all relevant alarms
  2. Communicate as required to relevant personnel
  3. Check status of all relevant plant and take appropriate action
  4. Maintain a record of critical information, as required
  5. Shut down plant items, as appropriate
Activate all relevant alarms

Completed
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Communicate as required to relevant personnel

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Check status of all relevant plant and take appropriate action

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Maintain a record of critical information, as required

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Shut down plant items, as appropriate

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Monitor emergency

  1. Monitor any escalation of the emergency
  2. Monitor critical variables of relevant plant
  3. Monitor weather and other external conditions
  4. Clarify and act on information received
  5. Make changes as requested by incident commander
  6. Continue to operate any parts of the plant which are still online
  7. Communicate as required to relevant personnel
Monitor any escalation of the emergency

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Monitor critical variables of relevant plant

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Monitor weather and other external conditions

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Clarify and act on information received

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Make changes as requested by incident commander

Completed
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Continue to operate any parts of the plant which are still online

Completed
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Communicate as required to relevant personnel

Completed
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Conclude emergency response

  1. Sound all clear when instructed
  2. Confirm plant systems which are able to be operated
  3. Bring operational plant back to best available operating conditions
  4. Review procedures and training
  5. Review emergency response
Sound all clear when instructed

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Confirm plant systems which are able to be operated

Completed
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Bring operational plant back to best available operating conditions

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Review procedures and training

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Review emergency response

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1

Assess a potential emergency

1.1

Identify emergency

1.2

Clarify cause of the alarm

1.3

Prepare for response to emergency

1.4

Escalate to emergency response, as required

1.5

Report the critical situation, as required

1.6

Return to normal operations, as appropriate

2

Respond to emergency according to procedures

2.1

Activate all relevant alarms

2.2

Communicate as required to relevant personnel

2.3

Check status of all relevant plant and take appropriate action

2.4

Maintain a record of critical information, as required

2.5

Shut down plant items, as appropriate

3

Monitor emergency

3.1

Monitor any escalation of the emergency

3.2

Monitor critical variables of relevant plant

3.3

Monitor weather and other external conditions

3.4

Clarify and act on information received

3.5

Make changes as requested by incident commander

3.6

Continue to operate any parts of the plant which are still online

3.7

Communicate as required to relevant personnel

4

Conclude emergency response

4.1

Sound all clear when instructed

4.2

Confirm plant systems which are able to be operated

4.3

Bring operational plant back to best available operating conditions

4.4

Review procedures and training

4.5

Review emergency response

Required Skills and Knowledge

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1

Assess a potential emergency

1.1

Identify emergency

1.2

Clarify cause of the alarm

1.3

Prepare for response to emergency

1.4

Escalate to emergency response, as required

1.5

Report the critical situation, as required

1.6

Return to normal operations, as appropriate

2

Respond to emergency according to procedures

2.1

Activate all relevant alarms

2.2

Communicate as required to relevant personnel

2.3

Check status of all relevant plant and take appropriate action

2.4

Maintain a record of critical information, as required

2.5

Shut down plant items, as appropriate

3

Monitor emergency

3.1

Monitor any escalation of the emergency

3.2

Monitor critical variables of relevant plant

3.3

Monitor weather and other external conditions

3.4

Clarify and act on information received

3.5

Make changes as requested by incident commander

3.6

Continue to operate any parts of the plant which are still online

3.7

Communicate as required to relevant personnel

4

Conclude emergency response

4.1

Sound all clear when instructed

4.2

Confirm plant systems which are able to be operated

4.3

Bring operational plant back to best available operating conditions

4.4

Review procedures and training

4.5

Review emergency response

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria, and demonstrate the ability to:

operate a distributed control system (DCS)

react appropriately under stress

monitor an emergency situation and take action to minimise risks to personnel, plant and environment

apply relevant technical and plant data and problem-solving techniques to determine possible fault causes and solutions

complete paper or electronic-based logs and records

communicate verbal/radio reports effectively under stress

follow instructions from incident commander

report problems outside area of responsibility or ability to resolve to designated person.

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

organisational procedures, including those covering:

safety, hazards and hazard control

incident, fire and accident

emergency response plans

communication systems

reporting

hazards that may arise in an incident and appropriate risk controls

accessing and interpreting weather conditions

alarms, causes of alarms and false alarms

indicators of developing and existing critical situations

critical variables of relevant plant

types of emergencies that can arise and panel operations appropriate to control emergency situations.

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Regulatory framework

The latest version of all legislation, regulations, industry codes of practice and Australian/international standards, or the version specified by the local regulatory authority, must be used, and include one or more of the following:

legislative requirements, including work health and safety (WHS)

industry codes of practice and guidelines

environmental regulations and guidelines

Australian and other standards

licence and certification requirements

All operations to which this unit applies are subject to stringent health, safety and environment (HSE) requirements, which may be imposed through state/territory or federal legislation, and these must not be compromised at any time. Where there is an apparent conflict between performance criteria and HSE requirements, the HSE requirements take precedence.

Procedures

All operations must be performed in accordance with relevant procedures.

Procedures are written, verbal, visual, computer-based or in some other form, and include one or more of the following:

emergency procedures

work instructions

standard operating procedures (SOPs)

safe work method statements (SWMS)

formulas/recipes

batch sheets

temporary instructions

any similar instructions provided for the smooth running of the plant

Hazards

Hazards include one or more of the following:

smoke, darkness and heat

heat, smoke, dust or other atmospheric hazards

electricity

gas

gases and liquids under pressure

structural hazards

structural collapse

equipment failures

industrial (machinery, equipment and product)

equipment or product mass

noise, rotational equipment or vibration

plant services (steam, condensate and cooling water)

limited head spaces or overhangs

working at heights, in restricted or confined spaces, or in environments subjected to heat, noise, dusts or vapours

fire and explosion

flammability and explosivity

hazardous products and materials

unauthorised personnel

sharp edges, protrusions or obstructions

slippery surfaces, spills or leaks

extreme weather

other hazards that might arise

Incident commander

The control room operator will act under the direction of a designated incident commander in a declared emergency incident.

While this role may be delegated to another, responsibility for the correct operation of the control room and its operators remains with the commander.

Reports

Reports are as required by the organisation and will include one or more of the following:

paper or electronic-based logs and reports

verbal/radio reports

Non-routine problems

Non-routine problems must be resolved by applying operational knowledge to develop new solutions, either individually or in collaboration with relevant experts, to:

determine problems needing action

determine possible fault causes

develop solutions to problems which do not have a known solution

follow through items initiated until final resolution has occurred

report problems outside area of responsibility to designated person

Non-routine problems are unexpected problems, or variations of previous problems and include one or more of the following:

loss of control of a process

unstable process, feed or utilities

loss of containment

fire/explosion

terrorist or similar threat or action

Operational knowledge includes one or more of the following:

procedures

training

technical information such as journals, engineering specifications

remembered experience

relevant knowledge obtained from appropriate people

Appropriate action

Appropriate action includes, but is not limited to one or more of the following:

determining priority of actions in response to problems

accessing and applying relevant technical and plant data

applying appropriate problem-solving techniques to determine possible fault causes

rectifying problem using appropriate solution within area of responsibility

following through items initiated until final resolution has occurred

reporting problems outside area of responsibility/ability to resolve to designated person