PMAOPS347 — Create and conduct isolations in the workplace

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What an assessment for PMAOPS347 must cover

64 assessable components: 4 elements (17 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 41 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 Plan and prepare for isolations according to procedures

1.1Communicate with relevant stakeholders to confirm the scope of work, and the need for timing of the isolation
1.2Identify hazards in the system that need to be controlled to a state of zero energy
1.3Create appropriate isolation documents using current workplace isolation procedures
1.4Verify isolation design
1.5Submit isolation documentation according to workplace isolation submission chain-of-custody requirements

2 Conduct isolations

2.1Confirm with stakeholders that isolation is ready to proceed
2.2Conduct the isolation according to isolation design and operating procedures
2.3Remove energy input and hazardous inventory in accordance with operating procedures
2.4Ensure isolation integrity is performed according to operating procedures
2.5Participate in appropriate handovers of equipment and isolation documentation according to operating procedures

3 Maintain Isolations

3.1Maintain isolation integrity according to operating procedures
3.2Take corrective action when isolation integrity is no longer effective

4 Conduct de- isolations

4.1Confirm process plant is mechanically complete
4.2Obtain de-isolation documentation according to operating procedures
4.3De-isolate and reinstate plant according to operating procedures
4.4Maintain appropriate communication with relevant stakeholders
4.5Finalise documentation according to operating procedures

Performance evidence

at least 2 times, each in a separate work context.

Knowledge evidence

physical plant and equipment including:
the equipment/process being isolated
energy sources relevant to plant equipment
policies and procedures including:
methods of creating isolations
methods of de-energising and isolating energy sources
the scope/boundaries of own role when creating and conducting the isolations
safety, emergency and hazard control
work permit systems
risk control measures and procedures
hierarchy of control
isolation requirements
methods of purging, venting, bleeding, draining and flushing
isolation chain of custody and handover protocols
communications
environmental management including controlling releases
duty of care requirements
standard operating procedures (SOPs)
work instructions
safe work method statements (SWMS)
document control
operational parameters including:
methods and equipment used for draining and purging to attain zero energy
decontamination methods and requirements for various materials and situations
significance of time allowed for draining, purging and ventilation
fluid dynamics relating specifically to draining piping systems, including:
the ability of a liquid to ‘hang-up’ in pipework
the importance of identifying high-point vents to release gas/vapours and low point drains to release liquids
how to determine the amount of liquid drained from a piping section to ascertain/prove that draining process has been effective
the potential effects of creating a vacuum by not draining correctly (e.g. by pulling a vacuum behind a slug of liquid)
the ALARP (as low as reasonably practicable) principle
importance of appropriate rates of change for pressure and temperature for vessels and other plant equipment
risk management including:
the chemical and physical properties of the energy sources being isolated including one or more of the following:
electricity (mains, solar and by generator)
chemicals and fuels
heat and steam
pressure, such as compressed air and water, hydraulic oil and other fluids under pressure
energy-storing devices such as batteries, springs, flywheels, accumulators and capacitors.
trapped pressure
site requirements in completion of bleed logs.

Foundation skills

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

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