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Displace jumpers and suspension strings on electricity supply
transmission lines using hot stick techniques
Level
5
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare to push out
jumpers and suspension strings using live line hot stick techniques on
electricity supply transmission lines; displace conductors on suspension
strings; and report displacement work.
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
Prepare to push out jumpers and suspension strings using live line hot stick techniques on
electricity supply transmission lines.
Performance criteria
1.1
Safe working loads (SWL) of the selected hot sticks are identified.
1.2
The process for creating an increased working clearance is described.
1.3
Work instruction for task at hand is obtained.
1.4
The line configuration to be worked on is identified in terms of conductor size,
span lengths, conductor configuration, and weight span.
1.5
The load at the point of displacement is calculated.
Range
1.6
includes but is not limited to – conductor size, span lengths,
conductor configuration, weight span.
Tools and equipment are selected, inspected, and cleaned.
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Element 2
Displace conductors on suspension strings.
Range
jumpers, suspension strings.
Performance criteria
2.1
The conductors are displaced as planned.
2.2
The conductors are reinstated.
Element 3
Report displacement work.
Range
includes but is not limited to – displacement 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.
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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