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Plan for scheduled work on electricity supply power system equipment
Level
4
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify the detail of work
requirements; prepare switching requirements; and notify the affected
scheduled work parties.
Subfield
Electricity Supply
Domain
Electricity Supply - Power System Management
Status
Registered
Status date
16 April 2010
Date version published
16 April 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Prerequisite: Unit 16281, Maintain and update operating
log for electricity supply operational purposes, or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0120
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
This unit standard can be assessed against in a workplace environment, or in a
training or educational environment if simulated equipment response and examples
are able to be provided, or in a combination of both environments.
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Performance and work practices in relation to the elements and performance criteria
must comply with all current legislation, especially the Electricity Act 1992, and any
regulations and codes of practice recognised under that statute; the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992; and the Resource Management Act 1991.
Electricity supply industry codes of practice and documented industry procedures
include the Safety Manual – Electricity Industry (SM-EI) Wellington: Electricity
Engineers’ Association. A full list of current legislation and industry codes is
available from the Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation, PO Box 1245,
Waikato Mail Centre, Hamilton 3240.
3
The phrase in accordance with industry requirements is implicit in all elements and
performance criteria in this unit standard.
4
Industry requirements include all asset owner requirements; manufacturers’
specifications; and enterprise requirements which cover the documented workplace
policies, procedures, specifications, business, and quality management requirements
relevant to the workplace in which assessment is carried out.
5
Reference to terms, procedures, and specifications in this unit standard may be
taken as including industry documented procedures and specifications relevant to the
workplace in which assessment is carried out.
6
The following terms and abbreviations relate to this unit standard:
Asset owner refers to the owner of an electricity supply network that takes its point of
supply from Transpower NZ and delivers electricity to industrial, commercial, and
residential customers.
Switching refers to actions carried out by a network control centre to divert electrical
current and permit contractors to perform work safely and efficiently on an electricity
supply network without discontinuing supply to customers.
Power system equipment refers to plant and machinery that form part of an electrical
network used to provide and distribute electricity to industrial, commercial, and
residential customers.
Switching plan (sometimes referred to as an operating order) is a document that
outlines the sequence of work steps, switching requirements, and instructions
required to carry out maintenance, replacement, and/or repair of equipment on an
electrical network.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify the detail of work requirements.
Performance criteria
1.1
The scheduled work to be carried out is identified from asset owner’s
maintenance programme.
Range
may include but is not limited to – details on equipment type,
system number, work details.
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1.2
The scheduled work is coordinated within ‘time windows’ outlined in the asset
owner’s maintenance programme.
1.3
The nature of work required to be carried out is identified and recorded.
1.4
The proposals to carry out work are documented and the contractor’s
competence examined.
Range
1.5
may include but is not limited to – Authorisation Holder’s
Certificate (AHC), access permit, test permit, safety hazard
management plan, work competency certificate, employer’s
license, current holder of electrical registration, line mechanic’s
registration.
Work resources and switching operations required to carry out the work on the
power system are identified.
Range
may include but is not limited to – equipment, tools, personnel,
system operator, contractor.
1.6
The permission to carry out the work is approved within the timeframe specified
by the asset owner.
1.7
The request for power system equipment to be released is documented and
approved.
Range
may include but is not limited to – type of authorisation required,
equipment to be worked on, special safeguards required given
work to be carried out.
Element 2
Prepare switching requirements.
Performance criteria
2.1
The nature of the equipment release request is clarified in consultation with
others.
Range
may include but is not limited to – contractor, supervising officer,
release coordinator, asset owner, project manager.
2.2
The operating order is coded and referenced.
2.3
Terminology and abbreviations used are in accordance with asset owner
procedures and industry requirements.
2.4
The steps specified in the operating order are safe and logical as confirmed by
industry procedures.
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Element 3
Notify the affected scheduled work parties.
Performance criteria
3.1
The switching plan is prepared and distributed to contractor and other affected
parties within the timeframe specified by the asset owner.
Range
3.2
may include but is not limited to – system operator, project
manager, contractor, job organiser, recipient of work control
measure.
Customers and service agencies affected by carrying out scheduled work are
informed within scheduled timeframe.
Range
may include but is not limited to – letter, letterbox drop, public
notice, radio, Telecom NZ Ltd, NZ Transport Agency, local
government water and sewerage services.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation info@esito.org.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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