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Demonstrate the requirements for holding permits on high voltage
electrical equipment
Level
3
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the requirements
to hold a permit for work on high voltage electrical equipment; describe the
requirements to request a permit for work on high voltage electrical
equipment; describe limited electrical testing of high voltage electrical
equipment permissible under an access permit; describe responsibilities of
recipients returning access permits for high voltage electrical equipment;
describe test permit issue and return requirements for high voltage electrical
equipment; and demonstrate recipient requirements to accept and return an
access permit for high voltage electrical equipment.
Subfield
Electricity Supply
Domain
Electricity Supply - Core Skills
Status
Registered
Status date
19 May 2006
Date version published
19 May 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Prerequisite: Unit 17026, Demonstrate knowledge of
safe entry into restricted areas in an electricity supply
environment, 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.
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Special notes
1
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; 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) (2004) 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, Hamilton.
2
Reference to terms, procedures and specifications in this unit standard may include
documented procedures and specifications relevant to the workplace.
3
Industry requirements include all industry and workplace documented policies,
procedures, specifications, business and quality management requirements relevant
to the workplace in which assessment is carried out.
4
All work practices shall meet documented industry quality management
requirements, including the documentation of activities, events, and decisions.
5
The scope of this unit standard includes but is not limited to restricted high voltage
areas located within the electricity supply industry.
6
The scope of this unit standard excludes high voltage line access permits. Unit
17027, Demonstrate the requirements for holding access permits on high voltage
electrical lines covers high voltage line access permits.
7
This unit standard does not include work on transmission lines outside of the
substation fence boundary.
8
All candidates must be currently trained in basic life support and basic first aid as
appropriate to the electricity supply industry. Candidates must also display
appropriate physical fitness and mental alertness as documented in SM-EI.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the requirements to hold a permit for work on high voltage electrical equipment.
Performance criteria
1.1
Industry-wide permit types are described.
Range
access permit, test permit.
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1.2
The permit recipient’s responsibilities are described in terms of personnel safety
on high voltage electrical equipment.
Range
1.3
The permit recipient’s responsibilities are described in relation to work party
membership.
Range
1.4
responsible for – safe work practices of employees and other
workers, safety of visitors and the public, supervisor
responsibilities, attending job location, taking appropriate course of
action if absent from job location, appropriate personal protective
equipment, permit modifications.
membership – competent or under supervision, fit state for work.
The permit recipient’s responsibilities are described in terms of the work party
members’ compliance with permits.
Range
includes but is not limited to – information on access or test
permits, work party members’ signatures, work party members’
leaving and returning to job.
1.5
Basic access permit requirements are described in terms of issuer applied
safety measures and recipient applied safety measures.
1.6
Access permit recipient’s job management responsibilities are described.
Range
1.7
before starting work, during work, on completion of work.
Access permit issuer’s job management responsibilities are described in terms
of the SM-EI.
Element 2
Describe the requirements to request a permit for work on high voltage electrical
equipment.
Performance criteria
2.1
Requirements for a permit are described in terms of what is necessary before
work can commence.
Range
2.2
equipment removed from service, equipment removed from its
service position, items of spare equipment, equipment being
erected, equipment being dismantled.
Consultation requirements are described in terms of reasonable notice, work
description, and identification of safety measures.
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2.3
The requirements for boundary marking and notices are described.
Range
permit area boundary marking – placement and removal of permit
rope, defined points of entry, control of defined entry points, permit
rope crossing;
notices – display for access permit, display for test permit, barrier
notices near live equipment.
Element 3
Describe limited electrical testing of high voltage electrical equipment permissible under an
access permit.
Performance criteria
3.1
Permissible testing is described in terms of its limits and in accordance with the
SM-EI.
3.2
The recipient and issuer compliance requirements are described in accordance
with the SM-EI.
3.3
Tests with the capacity to cause harm are identified.
Element 4
Describe responsibilities of recipients returning access permits for high voltage electrical
equipment.
Performance criteria
4.1
The description outlines the responsibilities of the recipient if all the work is
complete in accordance with the SM-EI.
4.2
The description outlines the responsibilities of the recipient if all the work is not
complete in accordance with the SM-EI.
4.3
The description outlines the responsibilities of the recipient when the recipient is
not able to personally return the permit in accordance with the SM-EI.
Element 5
Describe test permit issue and return requirements for high voltage electrical equipment.
Performance criteria
5.1
Basic test permit requirements are described in accordance with the SM-EI.
5.2
Responsibilities of the issuer of test permits are described in accordance with
the SM-EI.
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5.3
Responsibilities of recipients of test permits are described in accordance with
the SM-EI.
Range
during work, on completion of work.
5.4
Responsibilities of recipients returning test permits are described in accordance
with the SM-EI.
5.5
Responsibilities of issuers after a test permit has been returned are described in
accordance with the SM-EI.
Element 6
Demonstrate recipient requirements to accept and return an access permit for high voltage
electrical equipment.
Performance criteria
6.1
An access permit is accepted in accordance with industry requirements.
Range
6.2
Demonstrate procedures for the return of an access permit in accordance with
industry requirements.
Range
6.3
acceptance includes – by hand, by telephone, by radio, by fax;
transferring a permit; modifying a permit.
procedures – under normal circumstances, when the recipient is
not able to personally return the permit, for reporting any
modifications made.
Information is recorded in the correct format and filed in the correct location, in
accordance with industry requirements.
Range
includes but is not limited to – original issuer record, recipient site
originated record.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 the Qualifications Authority 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.
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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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