UEERA0021Design control systems for refrigeration or heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems

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What an assessment for UEERA0021 must cover

116 assessable components: 3 elements (17 performance criteria), 9 performance evidence and 90 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 design control systems for HVAC/R

  • 1.1WHS/OHS requirements and workplace procedures for a given work area are identified, obtained and applied
  • 1.2Scope of the HVAC/R system is determined from design specifications and/or in consultations with relevant person/s
  • 1.3Safety and systems are identified, obtained and applied in accordance with relevant industry standards
  • 1.4Work supervisor and/or customer/s are consulted to determine functions and parameters of the system required in accordance with design specifications and workplace documentation
  • 1.5Design development work is planned in accordance with workplace procedures for timelines in consultation with others involved

2 Design control systems for HVAC/R

  • 2.1WHS/OHS risk control measures and workplace procedures for carrying out the work are followed
  • 2.2Relevant control system components are applied to developing the system design in accordance with workplace procedures and relevant industry standards
  • 2.3Safety, functionality and budgetary considerations are incorporated into the design
  • 2.4Control equipment required is selected in accordance with design specifications and workplace procedures
  • 2.5Location of components are documented in accordance with workplace procedures and operation of system functions
  • 2.6Control system design draft is checked for compliance in accordance with the design brief and relevant industry standards
  • 2.7Control system design is documented and submitted to relevant person/s for approval
  • 2.8Unplanned events are dealt with in accordance with problem-solving techniques and workplace procedures

3 Obtain approval for control systems for HVAC/R systems design

  • 3.1Control system design is presented and explained to customer and/or relevant person/s
  • 3.2Requests for alterations to the design are negotiated with relevant person/s in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 3.3Final design is documented and approval obtained from relevant person/s
  • 3.4Quality of work is monitored in accordance with workplace procedures and relevant industry standards

Performance evidence

  • understanding required operating functions and parameters from the design specification
  • developing the design within the safety, regulatory and functional requirements and budget limitations
  • documenting and presenting design effectively
  • successfully negotiating design alteration requests
  • obtaining approval for final design
  • dealing with unplanned events
  • applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements, including using risk control measures
  • designing control systems for heating ventilation and air conditioning/refrigeration (HVAC/R) systems
  • preparing to design control systems for HVAC/R.

Knowledge evidence

  •  HVAC/R design control systems, system operating requirements, integration of electrical, electronic, pneumatic and digital controls, safe working practices and relevant standards, codes and regulations, including:
  •  control systems:
  •  control terminology
  •  control system characteristics
  •  control system diagrams and symbols
  •  types of control equipment:
  •  electrical:
  •  classification of circuits
  •  two position control
  •  floating control
  •  sensors
  •  controllers
  •  flow control devices
  •  control systems diagrams
  •  electronic:
  •  operating principles
  •  sensors
  •  controllers
  •  control system diagrams
  •  pneumatic:
  •  control fundamentals:
  •  pneumatic control terminology
  •  definitions
  •  control basics:
  •  air supply
  •  pilot bleed system
  •  signal amplifier
  •  sensing elements
  •  relays and switches
  •  air supply system:
  •  air drying methods
  •  pressure regulating valves
  •  pressure reducing valves
  •  system controllers:
  •  thermostats
  •  sensors
  •  actuators
  •  dampers
  •  system control configuration:
  •  sequence control
  •  limit control
  •  changeover control
  •  compensated control
  •  recycling control
  •  pneumatic – electric control
  •  control systems
  •  digital control systems:
  •  computer-based control fundamentals
  •  definitions
  •  principles
  •  controller configuration:
  •  equipment
  •  zone level controllers
  •  system level controllers
  •  controller software:
  •  operating software
  •  application software
  •  controller programming:
  •  system diagrams
  •  control diagrams
  •  configuration
  •  programming
  •  initialisation
  •  EMS and BMS
  •  supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system
  •  lan and Bacnet
  •  applications:
  •  refrigeration systems
  •  HVAC systems:
  •  air handling system controls
  •  ventilation
  •  heating
  •  building airflow system control
  •  airflow control
  •  single and multi-zones
  •  chiller boiler and distribution system
  •  logic analysis
  •  energy management
  •  asset management
  •  life cycle
  •  supervisory:
  •  introduction building management
  •  remote building control interface and modem
  •  problem-solving techniques
  •  relevant industry standards, codes of practice, regulations and industry practices
  •  relevant job safety assessments or risk mitigation processes
  •  relevant manufacturer specifications
  •  relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements
  •  relevant workplace budget, quality, policies and procedures
  •  relevant workplace documentation.

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