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Establish the causes and location of reported faults in a petrochemical
process at a petrochemical plant
Level
4
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is for people employed in the petrochemical industry.
People credited with this unit standard are, at a petrochemical plant, able to:
diagnose reported faults in petrochemical process; locate the position of
reported faults in a petrochemical process; and verify symptoms and
establish causes of reported faults in a petrochemical process.
Subfield
Petrochemical Industry
Domain
Petrochemical Operations Communication and
Responses
Status
Registered
Status date
20 February 2009
Date version published
20 February 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
(MITO)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0114
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Performance of the elements of this unit standard must comply with relevant site
requirements and the following legislation:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Resource Management Act 1991.
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This unit standard is intended for, but is not limited to, workplace assessment. While
all performance criteria must be met it is noted that all range statements within this
unit standard are indicative and dependent on enterprise and site specific equipment,
procedures, and practices. Any queries can be directed to the NZ Motor Industry
Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO).
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Evidence of three types of fault is required from – mechanical, electrical, instrument,
process.
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Definition
Site requirements mean the site specific documented methods for performing work
activities and include health, safety, environmental, and quality management
requirements. They may refer to manuals, codes of practice, or policy statements.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Diagnose reported faults in a petrochemical process at a petrochemical plant.
Performance criteria
1.1
Data are identified, selected, and reviewed to assist in diagnosing faults in
petrochemical process.
Range
maintenance records, analysis results, technical journals,
electronic record, vendor's manuals, process data;
process data – logs, trends, upstream downstream effects.
1.2
Reasons are given for selecting particular facts from the information identified.
1.3
The diagnosis explains differences between normal operating parameters and
fault conditions in relation to equipment specifications.
Element 2
Locate the position of reported faults in a petrochemical process at a petrochemical plant.
Performance criteria
2.1
Checks and tests are completed to establish the location of faults in accordance
with site requirements.
2.2
Checks and tests confirm areas where normal operating conditions are in effect
to eliminate them as possible locations of reported faults.
2.3
Locations of reported faults are established and communicated to appropriate
personnel.
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Element 3
Verify symptoms and establish causes of reported faults in a petrochemical process at a
petrochemical plant.
Performance criteria
3.1
Reported symptoms of faults are verified in accordance with site requirements.
3.2
Preliminary checks and tests are completed to establish the nature of faults.
Range
3.3
Consequences of faults are identified in relation to the safety and efficiency of
the plant.
Range
3.4
breakdown, deviation, continuous, intermittent.
immediate, long term.
Information concerning the symptoms and cause of faults is communicated to
appropriate personnel.
Range
oral, written, electronic.
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 NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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