TLIS2004Install and maintain rail bonding systems

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What an assessment for TLIS2004 must cover

49 assessable components: 4 elements (20 performance criteria), 15 performance evidence and 14 knowledge evidence requirements. 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 the installation and maintenance of the relevant bonding systems

  • 1.1Work order, including drawings, plans and material lists, is received/accessed, analysed and confirmed as required by site inspection
  • 1.2Work is assessed and prioritised in accordance with works scheduled
  • 1.3Site relevant electrical permits are accessed and/or obtained as required
  • 1.4Hazards are identified, risks are assessed and control measures are implemented
  • 1.5Resources, including personnel, plant, equipment and tools are identified and scheduled
  • 1.6Liaison and communication issues with other personnel, authorities, clients and landowners are resolved

2 Prepare the worksite

  • 2.1Personnel participating in the task, including plant operators and contractors, are fully briefed
  • 2.2Site preparation is completed in accordance with works order
  • 2.3Specialist testing and earth equipment is inspected as required and replaced if defective
  • 2.4Road signs, barriers and warning devices are positioned as required
  • 2.5Safeworking practices are observed on or about the running track/line

3 Install and maintain bonding system cables

  • 3.1Systems and circuits are isolated as required, proved safe to work on in accordance with work plan and electrical permits are issued/accepted/relinquished as required
  • 3.2Cable and surrounds, including rail and other surfaces, are prepared to appropriate specifications
  • 3.3Bonds are attached in accordance with specifications
  • 3.4Joint and termination procedures are carried out in accordance with authorised work procedures
  • 3.5Continuity testing procedures are carried out as required
  • 3.6System is commissioned following visual inspection and the completion of other testing

4 Conduct post-operational activities

  • 4.1Worksite is rehabilitated in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 4.2Work is completed in accordance with work plan
  • 4.3Notifications, records and documentation for updating system data are completed

Performance evidence

  • applying relevant safeworking and workplace procedures
  • communicating effectively with others
  • completing relevant documentation
  • guiding operators of plant and equipment and using appropriate signals when installing and maintaining cables
  • identifying job hazards and taking required action to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards
  • implementing contingency plans
  • interpreting and following operational instructions and prioritising work
  • modifying activities depending on operational contingencies, risk situations and environments
  • monitoring work activities in terms of planned schedule
  • organising activities in accordance with workplace procedures and work plan
  • reading and interpreting relevant technical data, drawings, work plans, instructions and manuals
  • reporting and/or rectifying identified problems, faults or malfunctions, in accordance with workplace procedures
  • selecting and using relevant equipment and tools
  • working collaboratively with others
  • working systematically with required attention to detail without injury to self or others, or damage to goods or equipment

Knowledge evidence

  • applicable state/territory legislated rail safety requirements, relevant codes of practice and/or guidelines
  • characteristics, capabilities and uses of various types of cables
  • circuits for signalling and communications systems awareness as a non-electrical rail safety worker
  • current capacities, inductance and capacitance, protection systems and devices
  • electrical hazard awareness including voltage and current transformation, voltage drop, cable and traction systems
  • joint test and fault identification/location workplace procedures
  • problems that may occur when installing and maintaining rail bonding systems and action that can be taken to report or resolve these problems
  • rail industry standards for installing and maintaining rail bonding systems
  • switching operation, isolation and access permit procedures
  • testing and commissioning procedures, including testing and earth/rail connecting conductors
  • traction earthing systems and bonding systems
  • work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) and environmental procedures and regulations
  • workplace documentation and records systems
  • workplace procedures for installing and maintaining rail bonding systems for non-electrical rail safety workers

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Questions about assessing TLIS2004

What does an assessment tool for TLIS2004 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for TLIS2004 needs to address all 49 unit components: 4 elements with 20 performance criteria, 15 performance evidence requirements, 14 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for TLIS2004?

Auditori pulls the current release of TLIS2004 from training.gov.au and generates a complete package: candidate assessment, assessor guide with model answers and observation criteria, and a coverage matrix mapping every component. A suitably qualified person then reviews and approves the draft in a built-in workflow — consistent with ASQA's guidance on AI use in VET — before export as branded PDF and editable Word.

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Yes — upload your existing assessment or learner guide and Auditori maps it against every element, performance criterion, PE and KE of TLIS2004, showing exactly what's covered and what's missing. Mapping costs a quarter of a credit.

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