UEEEL0038 — Design switchboards rated for high fault levels (greater than 400 A)
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What an assessment for UEEEL0038 must cover
78 assessable components: 3 elements (14 performance criteria), 13 performance evidence and 51 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 Prepare to design switchboards
- 1.1Work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) processes and workplace procedures for a given work area are identified, obtained and applied
- 1.2Scope of the switchboard is identified from design brief
- 1.3Switchboard safety and regulatory requirements are identified, obtained and applied
- 1.4Design development work is planned in consultation with relevant person/s involved with the work to meet scheduled timelines
2 Develop switchboard design
- 2.1Relevant performance standards, compliance methods and electrical equipment are applied to switchboard design in accordance with relevant industry standards
- 2.2Alternative switchboard design/s is developed in accordance with the design brief
- 2.3Safety, functional and budgetary considerations are incorporated in switchboard design
- 2.4Switchboard design draft is checked in accordance with design brief and relevant industry standards
- 2.5Switchboard design is documented for submission to relevant person/s for acceptance and approval
- 2.6Unplanned situations are dealt with in accordance with workplace procedures
3 Obtain approval for installation design
- 3.1Switchboard design is documented and presented to client representative and/or relevant person/s
- 3.2Requests for alterations to the design are negotiated with relevant person/s in accordance with workplace procedures
- 3.3Final design is documented and approval obtained from relevant person/s
- 3.4Quality of work is monitored in accordance with workplace procedures and relevant industry standards
Performance evidence
- developing outlines of alternative designs
- developing the design within the safety and functional requirements and budget limitations
- documenting and presenting design effectively
- successfully negotiating design alteration requests
- obtaining approval for final design
- dealing with unplanned events
- applying performance standards, compliance methods and electrical equipment to switchboard design
- applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements, including using risk control measures
- consulting with relevant person/s in planning design work
- identifying scope of switchboard design brief
- monitoring quality of work
- planning to meet scheduled timelines
- preparing to design switchboards
Knowledge evidence
- switchboard design of low voltage (LV) switchboards rated for high fault currents, including:
- trade calculations encompassing:
- mathematical techniques
- relevant calculations
- linear measurement, areas, volumes and ratios
- engineering mechanics encompassing:
- base physical quantities
- concepts, principles, International System of Units (SI) units, their applications in engineering calculations in relation to physical quantities and associated formulae
- mass, velocity, acceleration, force, weight, density and angles
- energy/work/power
- moments/torque
- centre of gravity
- mechanical advantage
- levers
- pulley blocks
- efficiency
- friction
- vectors
- resolution of forces
- forces in strung conductors
- forces on poles and towers
- determination of sag
- pressure/stress
- elementary fluid mechanics
- engineering materials encompassing:
- classification
- ferrous and non-ferrous metals
- steels and alloys
- properties
- tensile strength
- temperature and expansion in metals
- stress and strain
- ductility
- applications
- corrosion
- galvanic corrosion
- hardwoods and soft woods
- fault current calculations encompassing:
- calculation of fault currents
- calculation/determination of positive, negative and zero sequence impedances
- determination of fault current breaking and let-through energy capacities of protection devices
- the influence of fault/arc impedances
- impedances operative for phase-to-phase and phase-to-earth faults
- calculation of fault currents for phase-to-phase and phase-to-earth faults
- approximation calculations by selecting the components with the major impedance
- problem-solving techniques
- relevant manufacturer specifications and operating instructions
- relevant job safety assessments or risk mitigation processes
- relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements
- relevant workplace documentation
- relevant workplace quality, instructions, policies and procedures.
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What does an assessment tool for UEEEL0038 need to cover?
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Related units
- UEEEL0001 — Apply compliance requirements to all aspects of electrical work
- UEEEL0002 — Apply currency of safe working practices and compliance verification of electrical installations
- UEEEL0003 — Arrange circuits, control and protection for electrical installations
- UEEEL0004 — Carry out basic repairs to electrical components and equipment
- UEEEL0005 — Develop and connect electrical control circuits
- UEEEL0006 — Develop detailed and complex drawings for electrical systems using CAD systems
- UEEEL0007 — Develop detailed electrical drawings
- UEEEL0008 — Evaluate and modify low voltage heating equipment and controls
- UEEEL0009 — Evaluate and modify low voltage lighting circuits, equipment and controls
- UEEEL0010 — Evaluate and modify low voltage socket outlets circuits
- UEEEL0011 — Evaluate performance of low voltage electrical apparatus
- UEEEL0012 — Install low voltage wiring, appliances, switchgear and associated accessories
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