UETDRRT008 — Maintain overhead rail traction configurations
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What an assessment for UETDRRT008 must cover
43 assessable components: 3 elements (25 performance criteria), 8 performance evidence and 10 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 maintain overhead traction configurations
- 1.1Legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and organisational workplace requirements for the work to be performed are referred to and confirmed
- 1.2Relevant maintenance documents are identified and obtained
- 1.3Plant, tools, equipment, conductors and personal protective equipment (PPE) required for work are determined, obtained and confirmed in working order
- 1.4Hazards are identified, risks assessed and control measures identified and applied
- 1.5Work is prioritised and sequenced for completion in accordance with workplace requirements
- 1.6Work permits are organised in accordance with workplace requirements
- 1.7Worksite, road or rail management plan is prepared in accordance with workplace requirements
- 1.8Environmental constraints applicable to the work are identified and control measures applied
2 Perform maintenance of overhead traction configurations
- 2.1Legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and organisational workplace requirements for the work to be performed are applied and monitored
- 2.2Lifting, working at heights and the use of plant, tools, equipment and PPE are carried out in accordance with workplace requirements
- 2.3Hazard control measures are monitored in accordance with workplace requirements
- 2.4Work permits are instructed and issued and where appropriate signed in accordance with workplace requirements
- 2.5Worksite, road or rail management plan is established in accordance with workplace requirements
- 2.6Configurations are maintained, including adjustment, modification, repair or replacement in accordance with job and workplace requirements
- 2.7Configurations are maintained and completed in agreed timeframes, to design standards or maintenance documents in accordance with workplace requirements
- 2.8Profiling is checked in accordance with workplace requirements
- 2.9Incidents or unplanned events are responded to in accordance with workplace requirements
- 2.10Quality checks of work are undertaken in accordance with workplace requirements to ensure fit for service
3 Complete work and documentation
- 3.1Completed work is checked against maintenance documents for compliance and anomalies reported in accordance with workplace requirements
- 3.2Incidents or unplanned events are reported in accordance with workplace requirements
- 3.3Worksite is rehabilitated, cleaned and made safe in accordance with workplace requirements
- 3.4Plant, tools and equipment are cleaned, checked, and returned to storage in accordance with workplace requirements
- 3.5Surplus materials are returned to storage or disposed of in accordance with workplace requirements
- 3.6Work permits are completed, and rail traction configurations are fit for service in accordance with workplace requirements
- 3.7Work records, reports and documentation are completed in accordance with workplace requirements
Performance evidence
- applying relevant legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and organisational workplace requirements, including: - work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS)
- identifying hazards, assessing risks, identifying, applying and monitoring control measures
- obtaining, inspecting and using relevant personal protective equipment (PPE)
- maintaining at least three (3) of the following types of system configurations: - overlap - cross-over - turnout crossings - train/tram crossing
- using at least one (1) of the following types of mobile plant and height equipment: - elevated work platform (EWP) - mobile platforms - ladder
- using equipment and tools required for maintaining overhead rail traction configurations, including: - cant gauge - height and stagger gauge
- dealing with an unplanned event on at least one (1) occasion
- completing relevant work records, reports and documentation
Knowledge evidence
- relevant legislation, regulations standards, codes of practice and organisational workplace requirements, including: - WHS/OHS
- hazard, risk assessment and risk control requirements, including potential hazards
- types and application of PPE
- safe use of plant, tools and equipment
- application, purpose and types of permits
- traction configuration maintenance documents
- maintenance of traction configurations, including: - types of components - maintenance/repair procedures - inspection and recording procedures
- diagnosis and correction of simple faults in specific traction configurations, including: - types and causes - determination of appropriate corrective actions - repair and replace procedures for components of specific configurations
- events constituting an unplanned event or incident
- procedures for responding to an unplanned event or incident
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