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Demonstrate knowledge of electricity protection systems affecting
metering installations
Level
5
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of
current transformer application protection and demonstrate knowledge of
protection schemes for electricity meters.
Subfield
Electricity Supply
Domain
Electricity Supply - Metering
Status
Registered
Status date
26 August 2002
Date version published
23 April 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
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. The
range statements across the unit standard can be applied according to enterprise
specific equipment, procedures and processes.
2
Safety of personnel and plant must be a priority throughout the assessment. If the
safety requirements are not met the assessment must stop and the candidate will be
assessed as not yet competent.
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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) (2004) 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.
4
‘Industry requirements’ include all industry and workplace documented policies,
procedures, specifications, business, and quality management requirements relevant
to the workplace in which assessment is carried out.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of current transformer (CT) application protection.
Performance criteria
1.1
Current transformer knee points are defined and described in accordance with
enterprise requirements.
Range
1.2
includes but is not limited to – knee point voltage, saturation of a
CT.
Current transformer excitation characteristics are described in accordance with
enterprise requirements.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of protection schemes.
Performance criteria
2.1
Over current and earth fault relays are described in accordance with enterprise
requirements.
Range
2.2
includes but is not limited to – current measurement and operating
principles.
Differential relays are described in accordance with enterprise requirements.
Range
includes but is not limited to – current measurement and operating
principles.
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2.3
Bus zone and circuit breaker fail protection is described in accordance with
enterprise requirements.
Range
2.4
includes but is not limited to – discrimination, operating principles,
measuring elements.
The differences between protection schemes are described in accordance with
enterprise requirements.
Range
includes but is not limited to – over current relays, differential
relays, bus zone protection.
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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