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Remove and install line hardware on suspension towers using live line
hot sticks greater than 110kV
Level
4
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan and prepare for live
line hot stick work greater than 110kV on suspension towers; displace and
reinstate conductors on suspension towers using live line hot sticks greater
than 110kV; replace tower components on suspension towers using live line
hot sticks greater than 110kV; and report work on the removal and
installation of suspension tower hardware on pole structures using live line
hot sticks greater than 110kV.
Subfield
Electricity Supply
Domain
Electricity Supply - Live Work
Status
Registered
Status date
16 April 2010
Date version published
16 April 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Prerequisites: Unit 10538, Inspect, test, and clean live
line tools and equipment; Unit 10542, Demonstrate
knowledge of live line theory and procedures; Unit
24746, Rig electrical network structures; and Unit 24747,
Install and replace insulators and fittings; 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 is intended for, but not restricted to, workplace assessment. The
range statements across the unit standard can be applied according to industry
specific equipment, procedures, and processes.
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2
Safety of personnel and plant must be a priority throughout the assessment. If the
safety requirements are not met the assessment must stop.
3
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.
4
The phrase in accordance with industry requirements is implicit in all elements and
performance criteria in this unit standard.
5
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.
6
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.
7
This unit standard includes but is not limited to – conductors, insulators, cross arms,
fittings and other components on poles, towers, other structures.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Plan and prepare for live line hot stick work greater than 110kV on suspension towers.
Performance criteria
1.1
Work is identified.
Range
inspection requirements, site information, plans, procedures,
approvals.
1.2
Tools and equipment are inspected and cleaned.
1.3
Working platforms are inspected and placed.
1.4
Safe working zone is established.
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Element 2
Displace and reinstate conductors on suspension towers using live line hot sticks greater
than 110kV.
Range
simplex, duplex.
Performance criteria
2.1
Operating procedures are explained in a team briefing.
2.2
Conductors are displaced and reinstated on single circuit suspension towers.
2.3
Conductors are displaced and reinstated on double circuit suspension towers.
Element 3
Replace tower components on suspension towers using live line hot sticks greater than
110kV.
Performance criteria
3.1
Operating procedures are explained in a team briefing.
3.2
Insulators are replaced.
Range
3.3
Cross arms are replaced.
Range
3.4
includes but is not limited to – porcelain, synthetic, post, pin,
strain, suspension.
includes but is not limited to – single, double, steel.
Fittings are replaced.
Range
includes but is not limited to – clamp, weights, shackles, saddles,
armour rods.
3.5
‘Y’ configuration and ‘V’ configuration insulator strings are replaced.
3.6
Counterweights are replaced.
3.7
Work site is reinstated.
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Element 4
Report work on the removal and installation of suspension tower hardware on pole
structures using live line hot sticks greater than 110kV.
Range
includes but is not limited to – condition of removed hardware, test results,
system status.
Performance criteria
4.1
Work is reported.
4.2
Existing records are updated.
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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