UETDRSO016 — Develop and validate low voltage switching programs
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What an assessment for UETDRSO016 must cover
57 assessable components: 3 elements (16 performance criteria), 18 performance evidence and 23 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 develop and validate LV switching programs
- 1.1Purpose for the LV switching program is established
- 1.2Data is analysed and expected work outcomes are determined
- 1.3Hazards are identified, risks assessed, and control measures identified and applied
- 1.4Work plan is developed, validated and communicated with stakeholders in accordance with workplace requirements
- 1.5Equipment required for work is determined in accordance with work plan and workplace requirements
- 1.6Work permits are determined in accordance with workplace requirements
- 1.7Work is prioritised and sequenced for completion in accordance with work plan and workplace requirements
- 1.8Operational personnel requirements are determined in accordance with workplace requirements
- 1.9Liaison and communication issues with stakeholders are resolved
2 Develop and validate LV switching programs
- 2.1Available resources are used to determine best outcomes, in accordance with workplace requirements
- 2.2LV switching programs are developed and validated in accordance with workplace requirements
- 2.3Work plan is checked for compliance against technical advice, legislation, regulations, standards and codes of practice
- 2.4Health and safety risks are identified and minimised or eliminated by using safety and control measures
- 2.5Ongoing quality checks of work are undertaken in accordance with work plan and workplace requirements
3 Complete work and documentation
- 3.1Completed work is checked for compliance against the work plan and workplace requirements
- 3.2Work records, reports and documentation are completed, and where relevant, appropriate personnel notified in accordance with workplace requirements
Performance evidence
- establishing the purpose of the low voltage (LV) switching program
- analysing data and determining expected work outcome
- identifying hazards, assessing risks, and identifying, applying and monitoring control measures
- confirming, reviewing, and updating workplan, based on technical advice, site inspection, and data analysis
- determining equipment required for the work
- prioritising and sequencing work
- checking completed work for compliance against the work plan and workplace requirements
- completing relevant work records, reports and documentation
- using available resources to determine best outcomes
- using and interpreting single line diagrams (SLD)
- preparing, writing and validating one (1) switching program for LV transformer
- preparing, writing and validating one (1) switching program for LV switchgear
- preparing, writing and validating one (1) switching program for LV lines and feeders
- preparing, writing and validating one (1) switching program, which considers at least two (2) of the following: commissioning of LV plant, planned interruption to LV customer, installation of a mobile generator, consideration of paralleling feeders, impact on customers, LV capacitors, LV regulators
- preparing switching programs to isolate, test and earth LV transformer
- preparing switching programs to isolate, test and earth LV switchgear
- preparing switching programs to isolate, test and earth LV lines and feeders
- preparing, writing and validating a switching program, to include managing all of the following: load, voltage, system reliability, critical customers
Knowledge evidence
- purpose of the LV switching program
- data analysis
- hazard, risk assessment and risk control requirements, including potential hazards
- operational personnel requirements
- application, purpose, and types of permits
- work records, reports and documentation
- writing switching programs
- interconnected LV electrical networks
- principles of LV single wire earth return (SWER) system
- principles of harmonics
- principles of resonant networks
- LV switching principles, including:
- LV switching operator responsibilities
- manuals, system diagrams, plans and drawings
- types, characteristics and capabilities of electrical apparatus
- types, characteristics and capabilities of specialised tools and testing equipment
- sources of possible back-feed
- restrictions on electrical apparatus
- LV isolation procedures
- LV earthing procedures
- fault levels and settings
- load calculation
- operating agreements
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- UETDRSB005 — Diagnose and resolve faults in a substation environment
- UETDRSB006 — Inspect substations
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- UETDRSB009 — Install high voltage plant and equipment
- UETDRSB010 — Maintain capacitor bank equipment
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