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Evidence Guide: PMC555030C - Analyse equipment performance

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PMC555030C - Analyse equipment performance

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

Determine theoretical performance

  1. Identify item of plant and plant components to be analysed
  2. Locate and interpret design specification
  3. Identify process materials being processed/to be processed during verification trial
  4. Determine process material properties under process conditions
  5. Calculate theoretical performance of components with that material under those conditions
Identify item of plant and plant components to be analysed

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Locate and interpret design specification

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Identify process materials being processed/to be processed during verification trial

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Determine process material properties under process conditions

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Calculate theoretical performance of components with that material under those conditions

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Conduct trial

  1. Design verification trial to be compatible with theoretical analysis
  2. Check trial design to ensure occupational health and safety (OHS) issues are identified and addressed
  3. Determine measurements needed from trial to yield required data
  4. Select equipment suitable to give required measurements
  5. Consult with relevant stakeholders
  6. Arrange for verification trial with relevant process personnel
  7. Set up required measurement equipment
  8. Supervise trial and ensure trial conditions are appropriate
  9. Collect trial data for analysis
Design verification trial to be compatible with theoretical analysis

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Check trial design to ensure occupational health and safety (OHS) issues are identified and addressed

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Determine measurements needed from trial to yield required data

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Select equipment suitable to give required measurements

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Consult with relevant stakeholders

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Arrange for verification trial with relevant process personnel

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Set up required measurement equipment

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Supervise trial and ensure trial conditions are appropriate

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Collect trial data for analysis

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Verify performance of components

  1. Calculate actual performance from trial data
  2. Compare theoretical with actual performance
  3. Determine significance of variation between theoretical and actual performance
  4. Investigate any suspicious results and take appropriate action
Calculate actual performance from trial data

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Compare theoretical with actual performance

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Determine significance of variation between theoretical and actual performance

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Investigate any suspicious results and take appropriate action

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Recommend required action

  1. Determine appropriate action to bring performance to desired level
  2. Check that recommended action addresses any OHS issues
  3. Consult with relevant stakeholders
  4. Initiate the corrective action in accordance with company procedures
  5. Determine measures to increase equipment productivity
  6. Recheck performance after corrective action is implemented
Determine appropriate action to bring performance to desired level

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Check that recommended action addresses any OHS issues

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Consult with relevant stakeholders

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Initiate the corrective action in accordance with company procedures

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Determine measures to increase equipment productivity

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Recheck performance after corrective action is implemented

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

The unit will be assessed in as holistic a manner as is practical and may be integrated with the assessment of other relevant units of competency.

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Competence must be demonstrated in the ability to recognise and analyse potential situations requiring action and then in implementing appropriate corrective action.

Consistent performance should be demonstrated. In particular look to see that:

a thorough understanding of process materials, their additives and the rheological, heat and other effects of processing to the design of equipment and components are applied to predict practical performance results

material and process interactions should also understood and able to be applied to interpreting data and making judgements about the state of the equipment/component.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment will require access to an operating plant over an extended period of time, or a suitable method of gathering evidence of operating ability over a range of situations.

Assessment will occur over a range of situations which will include disruptions to normal, smooth operation.

Simulation or case studies/scenarios may be required to allow for timely assessment of parts of this unit of competency. Simulation should be based on the actual plant and will include 'walk-throughs' of the relevant competency components. A bank of scenarios/case studies/what ifs and questions will be required to probe the reasoning behind observable actions.

Method of assessment

It may be appropriate to assess this unit concurrently with relevant teamwork and communication units.

It may be appropriate to assess this unit concurrently with other relevant units.

Guidance information for assessment

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and appropriate to the language and literacy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Required skills

Required skills include the ability to:

predicting the interactions of the materials, equipment and process and their impacts on performance

implementing the enterprise's procedures and policies within appropriate time constraints and in a manner relevant to the job

high levels of numeracy and literacy to interpret technical specifications and reports

advanced numeracy allowing the calculation and interpretation of statistics, product formulae and process conditions

identifying hazards associated with the trial and implementing controls by applying the hierarchy of control

Required knowledge

Required knowledge includes:

enterprise requirements

calculation of equipment and component performance from the design specification

determine equipment and design performance from practical trials

determine the 'limiting component' in the performance of an item of equipment or a process

determine possible performance of an item of equipment/process if practical improvements were made to the 'limiting item'

Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Procedures

All operations are performed in accordance with standard procedures and work instructions

Equipment components

This competency unit includes the analysis of equipment components such as:

screws and casters or items of equipment or processes

Typical problems

Typical problems include:

worn components

validation of new components to design specification

component performance analysis in order to upgrade process performance