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Evidence Guide: PMAOPS240 - Store fluids in bulk

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PMAOPS240 - Store fluids in bulk

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 tank farm items
  6. Note any outstanding/incomplete work
  7. Check operational status of tank farm items
Receive and give shift handover

Completed
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Identify work requirements

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Identify and control hazards

Completed
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Coordinate with appropriate personnel

Completed
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Check for recent work undertaken on tank farm items

Completed
Date:

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Note any outstanding/incomplete work

Completed
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Check operational status of tank farm items

Completed
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Prepare storage/loading facilities

  1. Ensure that products are being stored in the tank area to procedures
  2. Inspect storage and transfer facilities for leaks or damage and take any action specified in procedures
  3. Check and test safety equipment and systems to verify their operational condition and status, and report all equipment faults in accordance with procedures
  4. Confirm quantities and specifications of stored fluids in each tank
Ensure that products are being stored in the tank area to procedures

Completed
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Inspect storage and transfer facilities for leaks or damage and take any action specified in procedures

Completed
Date:

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Check and test safety equipment and systems to verify their operational condition and status, and report all equipment faults in accordance with procedures

Completed
Date:

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Confirm quantities and specifications of stored fluids in each tank

Completed
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Transfer fluids to and from tanks

  1. Confirm tank capacities and identification and quality of current contents, and determine if these are being maintained within the agreed product requirements prior to transfer
  2. Check all valves are correctly lined up
  3. Ensure all areas involved in the transfer are safe to allow transfer of fluids to occur
  4. Inspect all transfer equipment before transfer, including lines, hoses, pumps, fittings, instruments and controls
  5. Confirm that transfer destination has sufficient capacity for the transfer and take any action specified in procedures
  6. Transfer liquids safely in accordance with procedures
  7. Conduct cleaning, purging or draining after transfer is complete in accordance with procedures
  8. Record transfer in accordance with procedures
Confirm tank capacities and identification and quality of current contents, and determine if these are being maintained within the agreed product requirements prior to transfer

Completed
Date:

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Check all valves are correctly lined up

Completed
Date:

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Ensure all areas involved in the transfer are safe to allow transfer of fluids to occur

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inspect all transfer equipment before transfer, including lines, hoses, pumps, fittings, instruments and controls

Completed
Date:

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Confirm that transfer destination has sufficient capacity for the transfer and take any action specified in procedures

Completed
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Transfer liquids safely in accordance with procedures

Completed
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Conduct cleaning, purging or draining after transfer is complete in accordance with procedures

Completed
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Record transfer in accordance with procedures

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Isolate and de-isolate plant

  1. Isolate tank farm plant items
  2. Make safe for required work
  3. Check plant is ready to be returned to service
  4. De-isolate and prepare plant item for return to service
Isolate tank farm plant items

Completed
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Make safe for required work

Completed
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Check plant is ready to be returned to service

Completed
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De-isolate and prepare plant item 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 tank farm items

1.6

Note any outstanding/incomplete work

1.7

Check operational status of tank farm items

2

Prepare storage/loading facilities

2.1

Ensure that products are being stored in the tank area to procedures

2.2

Inspect storage and transfer facilities for leaks or damage and take any action specified in procedures

2.3

Check and test safety equipment and systems to verify their operational condition and status, and report all equipment faults in accordance with procedures

2.4

Confirm quantities and specifications of stored fluids in each tank

3

Transfer fluids to and from tanks

3.1

Confirm tank capacities and identification and quality of current contents, and determine if these are being maintained within the agreed product requirements prior to transfer

3.2

Check all valves are correctly lined up

3.3

Ensure all areas involved in the transfer are safe to allow transfer of fluids to occur

3.4

Inspect all transfer equipment before transfer, including lines, hoses, pumps, fittings, instruments and controls

3.5

Confirm that transfer destination has sufficient capacity for the transfer and take any action specified in procedures

3.6

Transfer liquids safely in accordance with procedures

3.7

Conduct cleaning, purging or draining after transfer is complete in accordance with procedures

3.8

Record transfer in accordance with procedures

4

Isolate and de-isolate plant

4.1

Isolate tank farm plant items

4.2

Make safe for required work

4.3

Check plant is ready to be returned to service

4.4

De-isolate and prepare plant item 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 tank farm items

1.6

Note any outstanding/incomplete work

1.7

Check operational status of tank farm items

2

Prepare storage/loading facilities

2.1

Ensure that products are being stored in the tank area to procedures

2.2

Inspect storage and transfer facilities for leaks or damage and take any action specified in procedures

2.3

Check and test safety equipment and systems to verify their operational condition and status, and report all equipment faults in accordance with procedures

2.4

Confirm quantities and specifications of stored fluids in each tank

3

Transfer fluids to and from tanks

3.1

Confirm tank capacities and identification and quality of current contents, and determine if these are being maintained within the agreed product requirements prior to transfer

3.2

Check all valves are correctly lined up

3.3

Ensure all areas involved in the transfer are safe to allow transfer of fluids to occur

3.4

Inspect all transfer equipment before transfer, including lines, hoses, pumps, fittings, instruments and controls

3.5

Confirm that transfer destination has sufficient capacity for the transfer and take any action specified in procedures

3.6

Transfer liquids safely in accordance with procedures

3.7

Conduct cleaning, purging or draining after transfer is complete in accordance with procedures

3.8

Record transfer in accordance with procedures

4

Isolate and de-isolate plant

4.1

Isolate tank farm plant items

4.2

Make safe for required work

4.3

Check plant is ready to be returned to service

4.4

De-isolate and prepare plant item 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:

determine and apply any special handling or storage requirements, including dangerous or hazardous goods requirements

undertake checks, inspections and tests to confirm processes and equipment conform to safety requirements and job specifications

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

take appropriate action to ensure a timely return to full performance

isolate and de-isolate equipment

identify hazards and apply hazard control procedures

complete workplace forms.

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

all items on a schematic of the tank farm and the functions of each

storage and transfer techniques required for the materials being handled

tank capacities, percentages and product mixes

flow rates and measures

static electricity principles

principles of operation of plant/equipment

science (e.g. physics, chemistry, biochemistry) relevant to the plant items and materials being handled

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

relevant alarms and actions

function and troubleshooting of major components and their problems

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)

working at heights, in restricted or confined spaces, or in environments subjected to heat, dust 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:

interruptions to loading through adverse weather conditions

selection of appropriate storage facility

control of temperature and pressure

variations in feed

vibration

tank capacities and space

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.

Equipment

This unit of competency includes all such items of equipment and unit operations, which form part of the storage and loading system, including as appropriate to the facility, one or more of the following:

tanks

vessels

pumps

compressors

road or rail tanker loading facilities

gauges

fire protection and deluge systems

inert gas blanketing or purging systems (e.g. nitrogen)

gas detection systems and equipment

tank dipping and measurement equipment

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, empty

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