UEGNSG309 — Coordinate transmission pipeline construction operations
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What an assessment for UEGNSG309 must cover
43 assessable components: 3 elements (24 performance criteria), 6 performance evidence and 13 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 for gas transmission pipeline construction activities
- 1.1Work instructions are obtained and confirmed with relevant personnel
- 1.2Work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS), environmental and sustainable energy workplace policies and procedures are followed for gas transmission pipeline work to be performed
- 1.3Hazards are identified, WHS/OHS risks assessed and control measures are prioritised, implemented and monitored, including emergency exits kept clear in accordance with workplace procedures
- 1.4Alignment sheets are used to determine construction operations, and work schedule is checked for quality outcome and to minimise risk and damage to property, commerce and stakeholders in accordance with workplace procedures
- 1.5Work site is inspected and assessed using appropriate resources to determine requirements in accordance with workplace procedures and relevant requirements
- 1.6Job safety analysis (JSA)/safe work method statement (SWMS) briefing is undertaken to determine the tasks, and associated hazards, risks and controls with all relevant persons to confirm work schedule
- 1.7Scope of responsibility in accordance with relevant work permit is determined and confirmed in accordance with workplace procedures and relevant person/s
- 1.8Resources, relevant procedures, traffic management plan, competent personnel, plant, equipment, tools and personal protective equipment (PPE) required for the job are obtained and in working order in accordance with workplace procedures
- 1.9Responsibilities for first aid and other emergency incidents at the work site are checked and confirmed in accordance with job requirements and workplace emergency response procedures
- 1.10Client issues are referred to relevant person/s in accordance with relevant industry and community standard/s
2 Coordinate gas pipeline operations
- 2.1WHS/OHS workplace policies, procedures and SWMS are followed to eliminate or minimise workplace incidents and hazards
- 2.2Lifting, climbing, working aloft, and use of tools and equipment, techniques and practices are safely followed in accordance with workplace procedures and JSA/SWMS
- 2.3Work area is made safe and gas pipeline construction activities are coordinated in accordance with instructions and workplace procedures
- 2.4Gas pipeline construction activities are carried out to agreed timeframe, relevant industry quality standards and with a minimum of waste in accordance with job requirements and workplace procedures
- 2.5Operational hazards and safety risks are reported to the relevant person/s for directions in accordance with workplace procedures
- 2.6Unplanned events are referred to relevant person/s for directions in accordance with workplace procedures
- 2.7Corrective action associated with unplanned pipeline construction operations is dealt with in accordance with work instructions and workplace procedures in a manner that minimises risk to personnel and equipment
- 2.8Ongoing checks and data collection relating to the quality of the work are undertaken in accordance with instructions and workplace procedures
3 Complete gas transmission pipeline construction operations
- 3.1Gas pipeline construction operations are monitored to ensure integrity of the pipe and the coating is maintained
- 3.2Compliance with work schedule is maintained and anomalies are reported to relevant person/s in accordance with workplace procedures
- 3.3Accidents and incidents are actioned and reported to relevant person/s in accordance with workplace procedures
- 3.4Tools, equipment and any surplus resources and waste materials are coordinated for removal, cleaning, checking and returning to storage in accordance with workplace procedures
- 3.5Relevant person/s are notified of work completion in accordance with workplace procedures
- 3.6Work completion records, report forms and data sheets are completed accurately in accordance with instructions and workplace procedures
Performance evidence
- applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements, including: - ensuring emergency response procedures are in place - hazard identification and reporting - implementing risk control measures - working safely with hazardous materials and equipment
- completing gas transmission pipeline construction operations
- complying with regulations, industry standards, legislative requirements, codes of practice, manufacturers’ recommendations and specifications, and environmental requirements
- coordinating gas transmission pipeline construction operations, including: - backfill: - ensuring that bedding material meets specified requirements - ensuring the soil compaction meets specified requirements - correct placement of marker tape - clear and grade: - managing survey marker placement procedures - ensuring environmental and cultural compliance - ditching: - ensuring compliance with regulations and industry standards related to excavation - selecting and ensuring correct operation of required plant, tools and equipment for various ground conditions - hydro testing: - ensuring the suitability and/or availability of water source for testing and practicable disposal - ensuring effective safety controls are in place, particularly at public access points - industry standards requirements - ensuring relevant WHS/OHS procedures are applied, particularly in relation to working out of normal hours - joint coating: - ensuring applicators follow manufacturer guidelines - ensuring effective joint coating testing techniques are applied - lower and lay: - ensuring crew correctly places pipe string - ensuring pipe coating integrity is maintained - communicating effectively to coordinate multi-point lift of the pipe string - effectively coordinating with as built survey - mechanical (minor maintenance): - ensuring that pipeline construction plant, equipment and tools are effectively maintained to meet construction schedule - welding: - ensuring welding joints are performed in accordance with welding procedures - ensuring welding plant, equipment and tools are suitable to produce welded joints that meet specified requirements - ensuring relevant WHS/OHS procedures are applied, particularly in relation to working with potentially dangerous tools and equipment in a high temperature environment
- dealing with unplanned events
- planning for gas transmission pipeline construction activities
Knowledge evidence
- communicate effectively in the gas industry
- gas transmission pipeline construction operations including backfill, clear and grade, ditching, hydro testing, joint coating, lower and lay, mechanical minor maintenance and welding
- methods of protecting the pipeline from third party interaction, including use of marker tape, bedding materials and marker post signage
- on-site pipeline construction communication strategies, including: - hand signals - satellite phones - radios - operation of portable high-pressure equipment
- pipeline protective systems, including bedding and padding materials
- problem solving, decision making and conflict resolution techniques
- regulations, industry standards, legislative requirements, codes of practice, manufacturers’ recommendations and specifications, and environmental requirements
- relevant industry standards including gas pipeline operations standards
- relevant safe work method statements (SWMS)/job safety assessments or risk mitigation processes, including: - basic first aid - confined spaces awareness - emergency response - high risk plant and equipment licenses and tickets - how to apply control measures - manual handling - risk assessment forms, such as work permits and job hazard analysis (JHA), job safety analysis (JSA), job safety and environment analysis (JSEA), SWMS - hazard identification - safety data sheets (SDS) - signage - working at heights
- relevant WHS/OHS and environmental legislated requirements
- relevant workplace documentation
- relevant workplace policies and procedures, including: - exclusion zone awareness - high pressure equipment hoses and whip checks - safe operation - specific signage requirements for using high pressure equipment - right of way set out and ditch line
- string and bend: - capabilities of stringing plant, equipment and tools - limitations of the vacuum lift and consequences of incidents - appropriate motor vehicle license and skills training for row driving - accurate calculations for determining sequence of delivery of pipes - bending procedures - capabilities of bending plant, equipment and tools - consequence of shifting centres of gravity - trigonometric calculations for bending procedures - translation of survey techniques into the right of way environment, including survey markers and off-set markers, their meaning and relevant work applications
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Questions about assessing UEGNSG309
What does an assessment tool for UEGNSG309 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for UEGNSG309 needs to address all 43 unit components: 3 elements with 24 performance criteria, 6 performance evidence requirements, 13 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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