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Access electricity supply lines for bare-hand live line work
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan and prepare to
access electricity supply lines for bare-hand live line work; identify equipment
for access method to be used, complete final access planning, and prepare
tools; install and use tooling and rigging on structure to access conductor;
and access live line conductors.
Subfield
Electricity Supply
Domain
Electricity Supply - Live Work
Status
Registered
Status date
19 March 2010
Date version published
19 March 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Prerequisite: Unit 10542, Demonstrate knowledge of live
line theory and procedures; Unit 10538, Inspect, test,
and clean live line tools and equipment; Unit 17570,
Carry out short-term inspections of electricity network
structures up to line voltage live line MAD; 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.
2
Safety of personnel and plant must be a priority throughout the assessment. If the
safety requirements are not met the assessment must stop.
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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,
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
Entry into live work is conditional on the trainee meeting the minimum requirements
of NZECP 46:2003: New Zealand Electrical Code of Practice for High Voltage Live
Line Work.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Plan and prepare to access electricity supply lines for bare-hand live line work.
Performance criteria
1.1
Work is identified in terms of inspection requirements, site information, plans,
procedures, and approvals.
1.2
Live work tools and equipment are inspected and cleaned.
1.3
Working platforms are inspected and placed.
1.4
Safe working zone is established.
1.5
Live line access methods are described in terms of rope access, ladder access,
elevated work platform access, helicopter access, and static line access.
1.6
The processes used for each access method are described in terms of direct
and pendulum methods.
1.7
Safety of people on and around live high voltage lines is described in terms of:
the safety of visitors and the public, safe work practices of employees and other
workers, supervisor’s responsibilities; attending job location; personal protective
equipment, identification of live line minimum approach distances (LLMAD), and
reclose block.
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1.8
Work briefing purpose and requirements are described.
Range
includes but is not limited to – appointment of safety observers,
detail individual duties, outline of site and adjacent span and
structure hazards, detail method to be used (bare hand), visual
check of all safety equipment, detail structure loadings and safe
working load (SWL) of tools and equipment, hazard management.
Element 2
Identify equipment for access method to be used, complete final access planning, and
prepare tools.
Performance criteria
2.1
Structures and spans are inspected.
2.2
Specific tooling is selected to match work instruction.
Range
2.3
includes but is not limited to – insulator tester, conductive suits,
tool bags, capstan assembly complete, insulator lifter, capstan
hoist and lead, portable generator and extension leads, snatch
blocks, nylon strops (endless), conductor lifter, chain hoist,
shackles, wire rope hoist, rope tester, block and tackle, safety
strop, live line rope.
Final access planning is completed in terms of identifying the line circuit and
phases to be worked on, obtaining a reclose block agreement, laying out the
tools on the ground sheet, and ensuring that tools are clean, undamaged, and
fit for purpose.
Element 3
Install and use tooling and rigging on structure to access conductor.
Performance criteria
3.1
Tooling and rigging for ladder access, as detailed in work instruction, are
installed and used.
3.2
Tooling and rigging for rope access, as detailed in work instruction, are installed
and used.
Element 4
Access live line conductors.
Performance criteria
4.1
Access equipment is erected and secured.
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4.2
Structures are climbed with minimum approach distances observed.
4.3
Personal safety equipment is secured to structure.
4.4
Alternative working positions are adopted.
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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