UETDRRT014 — Test and verify rail traction installations
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What an assessment for UETDRRT014 must cover
46 assessable components: 3 elements (24 performance criteria), 12 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 inspect, test and verify rail traction installations
- 1.1Legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and organisational workplace requirements for the work to be performed are referred to and confirmed
- 1.2Required design standards and construction plans are obtained
- 1.3Plant, tools, equipment 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
- 1.7Specialist test and measurement equipment for testing and verification of rail traction installations are obtained and confirmed in working order in accordance with workplace requirements
- 1.8Worksite, road or rail management plan is prepared in accordance with workplace requirements
2 Carry out inspection, test and verification of rail traction installations
- 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
- 2.6Rail traction installations, conductors, hardware and components are inspected, secured and connected in accordance with design standards and workplace requirements
- 2.7Rail traction installations are tested to verify fit for service
- 2.8Rail traction bonding for the installation is inspected and compliance verified in accordance with design standards and workplace requirements
- 2.9Incidents or unplanned events are responded to in accordance with workplace requirements
3 Report inspection and test results
- 3.1Incidents or unplanned events are reported in accordance with workplace requirements
- 3.2Worksite is rehabilitated, cleaned and made safe in accordance with workplace requirements
- 3.3Non-compliance defects are identified, corrected and/or reported in accordance with workplace requirements
- 3.4Recommendations for rectifying defects are made in accordance with workplace requirements
- 3.5Plant, tools and equipment are cleaned, checked and returned to storage in accordance with workplace requirements
- 3.7Work permits are completed and rail traction installation is fit for service in accordance with workplace requirements
- 3.8Work 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)
- inspecting rail traction installations for compliance to design standards using at least one (1) of the following types of inspection equipment: infra-red camera, camera, binoculars, drone, laser measuring equipment, portable pantograph, laser gauge
- testing and verifying against design standards to rectify non-compliances on at least three (3) of the following components and hardware: insulators, clamps, conductor spacers/knuckles, structural components, auto tensioning devices, switches
- testing and verifying against design standards to rectify non-compliances on at least one (1) of the following types of rail traction conductors: copper, aluminium, steel, aluminium/steel reinforced, rigid rail
- testing and verifying the rail traction bonding against design standards
- working safely aloft using at least one (1) of the following types of mobile plant and height equipment: elevated work platform (EWP), portable platform, ladder
- using the following types of testing and earth/bond equipment: volt metre alternating current (a.c.) or direct current (d.c.), earthing conductors/short circuiting conductor, insulation resistance tester
- recording test results in accordance with workplace requirements
- 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
- requirements for testing rail traction installation for maintenance and construction for safe operational use, including: test results that show a rail traction installation is safe for connection to the supply, periodic inspection results and tests that show construction site wiring and equipment is safe to use, periodic inspection results and tests that show the rail traction installations electrical equipment are safe to use
- testing techniques, including: rail traction system phasing, phase rotation, polarity and network standards, electrical rail traction network voltage levels as per network supply standards, potential rail traction network for neutral conductors, insulation resistance, earthing system/rail traction cables and components
- testing and verifying procedures for rail traction installations, including: testing and recording defects, verifying against design standards, electrical compliance, documentation of testing of quality assurance, energised tests and commissioning, as required, to verify rail traction installations
- events constituting an unplanned event or incident
- procedures for responding to an unplanned event or incident
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What does an assessment tool for UETDRRT014 need to cover?
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