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Evidence Guide: PMAOPS234 - Monitor and operate low pressure compressors

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PMAOPS234 - Monitor and operate low pressure compressors

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

Prepare for work

  1. Receive and give shift handover
  2. Identify work requirements
  3. Identify and control hazards
  4. Coordinate with appropriate personnel
  5. Check for recent work undertaken on compressor and ancillary equipment
  6. Note any outstanding/incomplete work
  7. Check operational status of compressor and ancillary equipment
Receive and give shift handover

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Identify work requirements

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Identify and control hazards

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Coordinate with appropriate personnel

Completed
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Check for recent work undertaken on compressor and ancillary equipment

Completed
Date:

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Note any outstanding/incomplete work

Completed
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Check operational status of compressor and ancillary equipment

Completed
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Operate compressor in accordance with procedures

  1. Identify type of compressor and its duty
  2. Complete routine checks, reads and logs
  3. Make adjustments required
  4. Identify problems and take action
  5. Complete logs and reports
Identify type of compressor and its duty

Completed
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Complete routine checks, reads and logs

Completed
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Make adjustments required

Completed
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Identify problems and take action

Completed
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Complete logs and reports

Completed
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Recognise and take appropriate action on abnormal situations

  1. Monitor compressor frequently and critically throughout shift using measured/indicated data and senses
  2. Identify impacts of any changes upstream and downstream
  3. Recognise situations which may require action
  4. Resolve routine problems
  5. Take actions on other abnormal situations to make safe and have the situation resolved
Monitor compressor frequently and critically throughout shift using measured/indicated data and senses

Completed
Date:

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Identify impacts of any changes upstream and downstream

Completed
Date:

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Recognise situations which may require action

Completed
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Resolve routine problems

Completed
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Take actions on other abnormal situations to make safe and have the situation resolved

Completed
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Isolate and de-isolate compressor

  1. Complete any required pre-start checks
  2. Start up and shut down compressor according to compressor type and duty in liaison with other personnel
  3. Isolate compressor
  4. Make safe as required
  5. Check compressor and ancillary equipment are ready to be returned to service
  6. De-isolate and prepare plant for return to service
Complete any required pre-start checks

Completed
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Start up and shut down compressor according to compressor type and duty in liaison with other personnel

Completed
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Isolate compressor

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Make safe as required

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Check compressor and ancillary equipment are ready to be returned to service

Completed
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De-isolate and prepare plant for return to service

Completed
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Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

Signature: ________________________________________________

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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

Prepare for work

1.1

Receive and give shift handover

1.2

Identify work requirements

1.3

Identify and control hazards

1.4

Coordinate with appropriate personnel

1.5

Check for recent work undertaken on compressor and ancillary equipment

1.6

Note any outstanding/incomplete work

1.7

Check operational status of compressor and ancillary equipment

2

Operate compressor in accordance with procedures

2.1

Identify type of compressor and its duty

2.2

Complete routine checks, reads and logs

2.3

Make adjustments required

2.4

Identify problems and take action

2.5

Complete logs and reports

3

Recognise and take appropriate action on abnormal situations

3.1

Monitor compressor frequently and critically throughout shift using measured/indicated data and senses

3.2

Identify impacts of any changes upstream and downstream

3.3

Recognise situations which may require action

3.4

Resolve routine problems

3.5

Take actions on other abnormal situations to make safe and have the situation resolved

4

Isolate and de-isolate compressor

4.1

Complete any required pre-start checks

4.2

Start up and shut down compressor according to compressor type and duty in liaison with other personnel

4.3

Isolate compressor

4.4

Make safe as required

4.5

Check compressor and ancillary equipment are ready to be returned to service

4.6

De-isolate and prepare plant for return to service

Required Skills and Knowledge

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

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

1

Prepare for work

1.1

Receive and give shift handover

1.2

Identify work requirements

1.3

Identify and control hazards

1.4

Coordinate with appropriate personnel

1.5

Check for recent work undertaken on compressor and ancillary equipment

1.6

Note any outstanding/incomplete work

1.7

Check operational status of compressor and ancillary equipment

2

Operate compressor in accordance with procedures

2.1

Identify type of compressor and its duty

2.2

Complete routine checks, reads and logs

2.3

Make adjustments required

2.4

Identify problems and take action

2.5

Complete logs and reports

3

Recognise and take appropriate action on abnormal situations

3.1

Monitor compressor frequently and critically throughout shift using measured/indicated data and senses

3.2

Identify impacts of any changes upstream and downstream

3.3

Recognise situations which may require action

3.4

Resolve routine problems

3.5

Take actions on other abnormal situations to make safe and have the situation resolved

4

Isolate and de-isolate compressor

4.1

Complete any required pre-start checks

4.2

Start up and shut down compressor according to compressor type and duty in liaison with other personnel

4.3

Isolate compressor

4.4

Make safe as required

4.5

Check compressor and ancillary equipment are ready to be returned to service

4.6

De-isolate and prepare plant for return to service

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

undertake checks, reads and logs according to procedures

recognise early warning signs of equipment/processes needing attention or with potential problems

take action to ensure a timely return to full performance

convey information relevant to the operation clearly and effectively

isolate and de-isolate equipment

identify hazards and apply hazard control procedures.

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

compressor/pumping principles

physics relevant to the processes used, and gas flow principles

typical issues causing problems

process parameters and limits (e.g. temperature, pressure and flow)

relevant alarms and actions

protective systems

control systems

hierarchy of control

hazards that may arise in the job/work environment, and:

their possible causes

potential consequences

appropriate risk controls.

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:

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, dusts or vapours

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

Routine problems

Routine problems must be resolved by applying known solutions.

Routine problems are predictable and include one or more of the following:

leakage

vibration

loss of control of pressure and/or flow

blockages

equipment failure

lack of water removal from gas

high differential pressure on lube oil filters

Known solutions are drawn from one or more of the following:

procedures

training

remembered experience

Non-routine problems must be reported according to according to relevant procedures.

Routine check reads and logs

Routine check reads and logs include, as appropriate to the plant, one or more of the following:

lubricating oil levels

temperatures (inlet and outlet)

pressures (inlet and outlet)

speed

Identified faults

Identified faults include one or more of the following:

instrumentation failure/malfunction

electrical failure/malfunction

mechanical failure/malfunction

control system failure/malfunction

mismatch between flow rates and system requirements

wear, tear and corrosion of plant and equipment

Action on abnormal situations

Action on abnormal situations includes the following:

determining problems needing action

determining 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 to designated person

In this unit problem solving is restricted to routine problems only.

Operate

Operate is to monitor, adjust/change the plant item/unit/system to meet specifications, by one or more of the following:

manually in the plant

using local controller in the plant

using the process control system in the control room

Start up/shut down as required

Start up/shut down as required includes the following:

start up and shut down to/from normal operating conditions

start up and shut down to/from isolated, cold or empty

start up and shut down to/from other conditions/situations experienced on the plant