PMAOPS334 — Operate and troubleshoot gas absorption system
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What an assessment for PMAOPS334 must cover
37 assessable components: 4 elements (27 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 4 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 5 foundation skills. 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 Operate gas absorption system according to procedures
- 1.1Receive and give shift handover
- 1.2Communicate with personnel to identify and coordinate work requirements
- 1.3Identify, control and report process system hazards
- 1.4Check for recent work undertaken on gas absorption system and address outstanding and incomplete work
- 1.5Check operational status of process system
- 1.6Perform routine checks and complete logs and paperwork, taking action on unexpected readings
- 1.7Adjust process system, including regeneration, according to agreed operational parameters
2 Identify and respond to abnormal situations during operation
- 2.1Monitor gas absorber system frequently and critically throughout shift using own senses, and measured and indicated data
- 2.2Monitor field data and instrumentation to ensure that product remains on specification
- 2.3Identify impacts of changes upstream and downstream
- 2.4Identify actual and developing situations that may require action
- 2.5Take action to remedy abnormal situations according to operating procedures
- 2.6Complete required documents outlining abnormal situation management and corrective action taken
3 Shut down and prepare gas absorption system for maintenance
- 3.1Prepare process system to be shut down according to operating procedures
- 3.2Complete pre-shutdown checks according to operating procedures
- 3.3Shut down process system according to operating procedures
- 3.4Identify, control and report shutdown hazards
- 3.5Monitor shutdown and identify abnormal situations that may require action
- 3.6Take action to remedy abnormal situations according to operating procedures
- 3.7Shut down and changeover duty and standby equipment according to operating procedures
- 3.8Isolate process system from energy sources
4 Prepare and start up gas absorption system
- 4.1De-isolate and prepare process system to be returned to standby or service
- 4.2Complete pre-start checks according to operating procedures
- 4.3Start up process system according to operating procedures
- 4.4Identify, control and report startup hazards
- 4.5Monitor startup and identify abnormal situations that may require action
- 4.6Take action to remedy abnormal situations according to operating procedures
Performance evidence
- at least 2 times, each in a separate work context and included regeneration of the absorbent.
Knowledge evidence
- all items on a schematic of the gas absorption system, including: gas absorber system items, functions and troubleshooting techniques; principles of operation, gas treatment and extraction; operating parameters and integrity limits, product specifications and tolerances including temperature, pressure, flow and pH; procedures for starting, stopping, operating, controlling and isolating system; emergency shutdown procedures; process control philosophies and strategies; interactions with processes; physics and chemistry to the level of being able to provide an overview of the science of the gas absorption process
- gas absorption system abnormal situations and required action, including but not limited to: variation or loss of feed; unstable control of pressure, temperature level and flows; control equipment failure; process plant trips; change in atmospheric conditions ( rain, temperature, wind and lightning); medium contamination ( acidic – pH, solids, water content and hydrocarbon content); poor regeneration (flow/heat/cooling); poor quality from test results; analyser inaccuracy or malfunction
- hierarchy of control
- gas absorption and regeneration hazards: possible causes; potential consequences; appropriate risk controls; reporting and escalation procedures.
Foundation skills
- Learning: Learning skills to follow instructions, monitor process and select appropriate procedure.
- Reading: Reading skills to follow written procedures and documentation.
- Writing: Writing skills to complete workplace documentation.
- Oral communication: Oral communication skills to liaise and coordinate with team members and the control-room operator.
- Numeracy: Numeracy skills to monitor field data, instrumentation and process parameters.
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What does an assessment tool for PMAOPS334 need to cover?
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