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Provide an industrial co-generation solution in a gas distribution
network
Level
6
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to respond to a customer
enquiry for an industrial co-generation solution, and develop an industrial cogeneration solution in a gas distribution network.
Subfield
Gas Industry
Domain
Gas Utilisation Engineering
Status
Registered
Status date
25 September 1997
Date version published
20 November 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2008
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
1
This unit standard is intended for, but is not limited to, workplace assessment. The
range statements relate to enterprise specific equipment, procedures, and
processes.
2
The current version of the following documents must be complied with:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Resource Management Act 1991;
NZS 5258:2003 Gas distribution networks available at http://www.standards.co.nz/;
NZS 5259:2004 Gas measurement available at http://www.standards.co.nz;
NZS 5261:2003 Gas installation available at http://www.standards.co.nz/.
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All work practices must comply with regulations and codes of practice pertaining to
the gas industry. A full list of applicable regulations and codes is available from the
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO).
4
Definition
Company procedures means the documented methods for performing work activities
and include health and safety, environmental, and quality management requirements.
They may refer to manuals, codes of practice, or policy statements.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Respond to a customer enquiry for an industrial co-generation solution.
Performance criteria
1.1
The requirements for an industrial co-generation solution are scoped in
consultation with the customer in accordance with company procedures and
industry accepted technical practices.
Range
1.2
Generation equipment options that meet customer requirements are identified
and comparisons prepared in accordance with company procedures and
industry accepted technical practices.
Range
1.3
steam boiler/turbine, gas turbine, gas engine.
Gas supply is evaluated to identify ability to meet customer’s proposed system
requirements.
Range
1.4
primary energy usage, electrical and thermal generation
requirements, export availability for generated electricity, excess
capacity.
quantity, quality, pressure.
Requirements for auxiliary equipment for generation equipment installation are
identified in accordance with NZS 5261 and electrical codes.
Range
safety systems, control systems, flue gas systems, generators,
alternators, cabling.
1.5
Customer requirements and benefits sought are evaluated and quantified in
accordance with company procedures.
1.6
Implications, costs, and benefits of solution are explained to customer in
accordance with company procedures.
Range
installation costs, operating costs, maintenance requirements,
auxiliary equipment costs, cost benefit analysis.
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1.7
Potential purchasers of excess generated electricity are approached to identify
requirements for linking in to grid in accordance with company procedures.
Element 2
Develop an industrial co-generation solution in a gas distribution network.
Performance criteria
2.1
Catalogues and vendor brochures are researched to determine available
equipment range.
2.2
Equipment suppliers are approached to determine equipment suitability and
availability for the proposed solution.
Range
costs, delivery dates, special requirements.
2.3
Gas supply details, usage patterns, metering requirements, and other network
design parameters needed to meet customer requirements are determined in
accordance with company procedures.
2.4
Customer operating data is collected and analysed to identify current energy
usage patterns and verify cost benefit analysis in accordance with company
procedures.
2.5
Outside contractors are liaised with to determine design and installation
requirements in accordance with company procedures.
2.6
Proposed solution to meet customer requirements is consistent with
organisation profit margins, is accurate and complete, and is agreed by
authorised persons in accordance with company procedures.
Range
proposed solution – technology, costs, labour lead times, risks,
disruptions, connections;
authorised persons – management specialists.
2.7
Organisation of meetings between representatives of customer, company, and
contractors promotes and develops goodwill, and details of arrangement are in
accordance with company procedures.
2.8
Detailed designs, specifications, and costings are prepared, and presented to
customers in accordance with company procedures.
2.9
System specifications and designs meet legislative and regulatory requirements
and are consistent with industry guidelines.
Range
2.10
gas codes, building codes, electrical codes, boiler codes.
Project plans that guide assembly, installation, and commissioning are prepared
to meet customer requirements in accordance with company procedures.
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Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 the Qualifications Authority 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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