UEPOPS018 — Conduct water conveyance and control
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What an assessment for UEPOPS018 must cover
46 assessable components: 4 elements (17 performance criteria), 14 performance evidence and 14 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 1 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 Plan and prepare
- 1.1Work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) regulations, legislative requirements, codes of practice, manufacturers’ recommendations and specifications, environmental requirements and workplace procedures are identified, applied and monitored
- 1.2Work requirements are identified from relevant personnel and site inspection in accordance with workplace procedures
- 1.3Resources are identified and obtained in accordance with workplace procedures
- 1.4Potential hazards are identified, and risk control measures are selected in accordance with workplace procedures
- 1.5Storage, conveyance and control hydro system work is sequenced and prioritised in accordance with workplace procedures
2 Supply water for power generation
- 2.1Inspections of hydro storage and conveyance systems are scheduled, and problems are reported and monitored, in accordance with workplace procedures
- 2.2Water quality is monitored and recorded in accordance with workplace procedures
- 2.3Water flow regulating systems are monitored and adjusted to meet power generation needs and other user requirements in accordance with workplace procedures
- 2.4Water flow diversions are determined to facilitate maintenance and emergency activities in accordance with workplace procedures
- 2.5Dam surveillance procedures are performed in accordance with workplace procedures
- 2.6Dam levels are maintained and monitored to power generation system requirements in accordance with workplace procedures
- 2.7Functional tests of equipment are undertaken in accordance with manufacturers’ recommendations and specifications, and workplace procedures
3 Implement flood control procedures
- 3.1Potential flood conditions are determined using data collected and reports communicated in accordance with workplace procedures
- 3.2Flood control procedures are implemented in accordance with workplace procedures
- 3.3Flood control outcomes are monitored, recorded and reported to relevant personnel and are reviewed in accordance with workplace procedures
4 Complete documentation
- 4.1Equipment problems, movements and status are reported in accordance with workplace procedures
- 4.2Documentation is updated in accordance with workplace procedures
Performance evidence
- applying work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements, including:
- emergency procedures
- risk control measures
- safe working practices
- communicating with personnel
- completing documentation using documenting, reporting and recording procedures
- implementing regulations, legislative requirements, codes of practice, manufacturers’ recommendations and specifications, and environmental requirements
- interpreting manuals
- managing water supplies for hydro power generation
- planning and preparing for work
- responding to abnormal storage, conveyance and control hydro system operating conditions
- using flood control
- utilising testing and diagnostic techniques
- working with water control systems
Knowledge evidence
- arrangements of hydro power production plant
- hydro equipment operation, including capacity and limitations
- hydro power generating plant and equipment, location and operating parameters
- hydroelectric generation, including hydro turbine, hydro turbine governor and hydro generator types and characteristics
- implementation of flood control
- manuals
- regulations, legislative requirements, codes of practice, manufacturers’ recommendations and specifications, and environmental requirements
- water control systems
- WHS/OHS requirements, including:
- emergency procedures
- risk control measures
- safe working practices
- workplace documentation
- workplace policies and procedures
Foundation skills
- Foundation skills: Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
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Questions about assessing UEPOPS018
What does an assessment tool for UEPOPS018 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for UEPOPS018 needs to address all 46 unit components: 4 elements with 17 performance criteria, 14 performance evidence requirements, 14 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for UEPOPS018?
Auditori pulls the current release of UEPOPS018 from training.gov.au and generates a complete package: candidate assessment, assessor guide with model answers and observation criteria, and a coverage matrix mapping every component. A suitably qualified person then reviews and approves the draft in a built-in workflow — consistent with ASQA's guidance on AI use in VET — before export as branded PDF and editable Word.
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Yes — upload your existing assessment or learner guide and Auditori maps it against every element, performance criterion, PE and KE of UEPOPS018, showing exactly what's covered and what's missing. Mapping costs a quarter of a credit.
Related units
- UEPOPS001 — Analyse single protection device operation
- UEPOPS002 — Apply environmental and sustainable energy procedures
- UEPOPS003 — Apply quality systems to work
- UEPOPS004 — Carry out operational checks on in-service electrical plant
- UEPOPS005 — Clean plant and equipment
- UEPOPS006 — Collect and analyse hydrological and meteorological data
- UEPOPS007 — Conduct chemical batching operations
- UEPOPS008 — Operate and monitor control room site in a multi-function environment
- UEPOPS009 — Conduct minor electrical maintenance
- UEPOPS010 — Conduct minor mechanical maintenance
- UEPOPS011 — Conduct multiple energy source isolation procedures for permit to work
- UEPOPS012 — Conduct non-routine operational testing
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