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Install non load bearing accessories on electricity supply conductors
using hot stick techniques
Level
5
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan and prepare for live
line hot stick work on electricity supply transmission lines; install non load
bearing accessories on electricity supply conductors using hot stick live line
techniques; and report work on the installation of non load bearing
accessories.
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: National Certificate in Electricity Supply
(Line Mechanic Transmission) (Level 4) with optional
strands in Optional Work Skills (E1 (O)), and Optional
De-energised Work Skills (E3) [Ref: 1389] 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 for live line hot stick work on electricity supply transmission lines.
Performance criteria
1.1
Work instruction for task at hand is obtained.
1.2
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 responsibilities; attending job location; personal protective
equipment, identification of live line minimum approach distances (LLMAD), and
reclose block.
1.3
Staff planning and briefing meeting is conducted, co-ordinated, and
documented.
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 (hot stick), visual
check of all safety equipment, detail structure loadings and safe
working load (SWL) of tools and equipment, hazard management.
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Element 2
Install non load bearing accessories on electricity supply conductors using hot stick live
line techniques.
Performance criteria
2.1
Tooling is selected to match work instruction.
Range
includes but is not limited to – hand line, snatch blocks for hand
line, universal stick, tool bags, white board, ground covers, full
body harness with bridle, measuring stick, marker pen.
2.2
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.
2.3
Non load bearing accessories are installed using hot stick techniques.
Range
includes but is not limited to – dampers, corona balls, test
measuring devices.
Element 3
Report work on the installation of non load bearing accessories.
Range
includes but is not limited to – damper instalment sheet, live line report sheet,
history and maintenance records.
Performance criteria
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.
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.
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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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