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Title
Install pad mounted electrical equipment
Level
4
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: interpret the
work scope for installing pad mounted electrical equipment;
install pad mounted hardware and electrical equipment; and
report work on pad mounted electrical equipment installations;
in accordance with industry requirements.
Classification
Electricity Supply > Electricity Supply - Distribution Networks
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Unit 18038, Demonstrate knowledge of and apply health and
safety in the electricity supply environment; and Unit 18276,
Operate light lifting and rigging equipment in the electricity
supply environment; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and
skills.
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard is intended for, but not restricted to, workplace assessment.
2
Safety of personnel and plant must be a priority throughout the assessment. If the
safety requirements are not met the assessment must stop and the candidate will be
assessed as not yet competent.
3
Performance and work practices in relation to the outcomes and evidence
requirements must comply with all current legislation, especially the Electricity Act
1992, and any regulations, codes of practice recognised under that statute, Health
and Safety in Employment Act 1992, the Resource Management Act 1991, and their
subsequent amendments, electricity supply industry codes of practice and
documented enterprise procedures. These include Safety Manual – Electricity
Industry (SM-EI) (2004) Wellington: Electricity Engineers’ Association, Parts 1-3. A
full list of current legislation and industry codes is available from:
Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation
PO Box 1245
HAMILTON.
4
Industry requirements include all asset owner requirements; manufacturers’
specifications; and enterprise requirements which cover the documented workplace
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policies, procedures, specifications, business and quality management requirements
relevant to the workplace in which assessment is carried out.
5
Pad mounted electrical equipment includes but is not limited to – transformers, switch
gear.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Interpret the work scope for installing pad mounted electrical equipment in accordance
with industry requirements.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Pad arrangement is established.
Range
1.2
Installation method is established.
Range
1.3
crane, helicopter, manual winch.
Underground services are checked and located.
Range
1.4
levels, equipment support, intermediate, termination.
gas, power, sewer, telecommunication, water.
Hardware and electrical equipment are selected to match scope of work.
Range
includes but is not limited to – braces, conductor attachments,
cross arms, insulators, signs, step bolts.
Outcome 2
Install pad mounted hardware and electrical equipment in accordance with industry
requirements.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Work site hazard management is conducted.
Range
2.2
includes but is not limited to – safe working zone, site risk
assessment.
Hardware and electrical equipment are installed.
Outcome 3
Report work on pad mounted electrical equipment installations in accordance with industry
requirements.
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Evidence requirements
3.1
Reported information is complete, concise, and legible.
3.2
Information is recorded in the required format and filed within the scheduled
time-frame.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 18024 have been
replaced by unit standard 28113.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
19 August 1997
31 December 2016
Review
2
27 April 2001
31 December 2016
Review
3
22 October 2003
31 December 2016
Rollover and
Revision
4
25 October 2007
Review
5
20 March 2014
31 December 2016
31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0120
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR 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.
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