PMAOPS358 — Process design fundamentals

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What an assessment for PMAOPS358 must cover

53 assessable components: 4 elements (22 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 25 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 Identify scope of process

1.1Identify process feedstock, by-products and products
1.2Identify main process flows
1.3Identify tasks required to perform own role in process
1.4Identify support stakeholders available to assist in process operation
1.5Identify process design hazards and controls

2 Identify key components of plant process design

2.1Identify function of major equipment components used in process
2.2Identify function of major process control components used in process
2.3Identify function of major safety components used in process
2.4Identify human factor design components of process

3 Identify design and operating envelope

3.1Identify safe operating envelope of major equipment operating variables
3.2Identify alarms and trip parameters of major equipment operating variables
3.3Identify process variables used to troubleshoot production issues
3.4Identify what can initiate an emergency shutdown (ESD) event
3.5Identify and conduct asset integrity routine duties
3.6Identify work health and safety (WHS) and regulatory requirements of their role within plant
3.7Identify impacts of changes upstream and downstream

4 Identify custody of information requirements

4.1Identify document control process
4.2Record observations on workplace documentation according to operational procedures
4.3Escalate appropriate anomalies and deviations to relevant stakeholders
4.4File workplace documentation according to procedures
4.5Identify management of change process
4.6Identify workplace deviation process

Performance evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has completed the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit: at least 2 times, each in a separate work context.

Knowledge evidence

all items relating to process design including:
principles of process design, including human factors
process design items, type, functions and troubleshooting techniques
operating parameters and integrity limits, and product specifications and tolerances, including temperature, pressure and flow
emergency shutdown procedures
control philosophies and strategies
interactions between plant items and process design fundamentals
process-specific physics and chemistry to the level of being able to provide an overview of the science of the process design fundamentals
management of change process
document control process
deviation management process
process design fundamentals that control abnormal situations and the required action, including but not limited to:
variation or loss of supply
unstable control of pressure, temperature, level and flows
control equipment failure
process plant trips
change in atmospheric conditions (including rain, temperature, wind, lightning and calm weather)
poor quality from test results
analyser inaccuracy or malfunction
hierarchy of control
process design fundamental hazards:
possible causes
potential consequences
appropriate risk controls
reporting and escalation procedures.

Foundation skills

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

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What does an assessment tool for PMAOPS358 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for PMAOPS358 needs to address all 53 unit components: 4 elements with 22 performance criteria, 1 performance evidence requirements, 25 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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