PMAOPS341 — Operate and troubleshoot cryogenic processes

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What an assessment for PMAOPS341 must cover

52 assessable components: 4 elements (27 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 19 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 5 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Operate cryogenic system according to procedures

1.1Receive and give shift handover
1.2Communicate with personnel to identify and coordinate work requirements
1.3Identify, control and report process system hazards
1.4Check for recent work undertaken on cryogenic system and address outstanding and incomplete work
1.5Check operational status of process system
1.6Perform routine checks and complete logs and paperwork, taking action on unexpected readings
1.7Adjust process system according to agreed operational parameters

2 Identify and respond to abnormal situations during operation

2.1Monitor cryogenic system frequently and critically throughout shift using own senses, and measured and indicated data
2.2Monitor field data and instrumentation to ensure that product remains on specification
2.3Identify impacts of changes upstream and downstream
2.4Identify actual and developing situations that may require action
2.5Take action to remedy abnormal situations according to operating procedures
2.6Complete required documents outlining abnormal situation management and corrective action taken

3 Shut down and prepare cryogenic system for maintenance

3.1Prepare process system to be shut down according to operating procedures
3.2Complete pre-shutdown checks according to operating procedures
3.3Shut down process system according to operating procedures
3.4Identify, control and report shutdown hazards
3.5Monitor shutdown and identify abnormal situations that may require action
3.6Take action to remedy abnormal situations according to operating procedures
3.7Shut down and changeover duty and standby equipment according to operating procedures
3.8Isolate process system from energy sources

4 Prepare and start up cryogenic system

4.1De-isolate and prepare process system to be returned to standby or service
4.2Complete pre-start checks according to operating procedures
4.3Start up process system according to operating procedures
4.4Identify, control and report startup hazards
4.5Monitor startup and identify abnormal situations that may require action
4.6Take action to remedy abnormal situations according to operating procedures

Performance evidence

at least 2 times, each in a separate work context, for a complex refrigeration or cryogenic system.

Knowledge evidence

all items on a schematic of the cryogenic system, including:
principles of operation of items of equipment in the system, and the basis of cryogenic operations
type of cryogenic plant, the component plant items and their functions
operating parameters and integrity limits, and product specifications and tolerances including temperature, pressure and flow
procedures for starting, stopping, operating, controlling and isolating the system
process control philosophies and strategies, and methods of controlling refrigeration systems (including pressure regulation)
functions of major components and troubleshooting techniques
physics to the level of being able to provide an overview of the science of the cryogenic process
types of industrial refrigerants and their applications, including self-refrigerants, brittle fracture, stress limits and the effects of thermal shock on materials of construction, vaporisation, condensation and impact on process
cryogenic process abnormal situations and required action, including but not limited to:
operating temperatures not maintained
unstable or suboptimal operation (icing, moisture and fouling)
critical variables and outputs out of range
hierarchy of control
refrigeration and cryogenic system hazards:
possible causes
potential consequences
appropriate risk controls
escalation and reporting procedures.

Foundation skills

Learning: Learning skills to follow instructions, monitor process and select appropriate procedure.
Reading: Reading skills to follow written procedures and documentation.
Writing: Writing skills to complete workplace documentation.
Oral communication: Oral communication skills to liaise and coordinate with team members and the control-room operator.
Numeracy: Numeracy skills to monitor field data, instrumentation and process parameters.

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