UEPOPS080Operate and monitor ash and dust disposal plant

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What an assessment for UEPOPS080 must cover

47 assessable components: 6 elements (18 performance criteria), 16 performance evidence and 13 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 Plan and prepare disposal plant for operation

  • 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 documentation in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 1.3Inspection and field preparation for service of ash and dust disposal system is carried out in accordance with manufacturers’ recommendations and specifications, and workplace procedures
  • 1.4Ash and dust disposal plant operational prerequisites are established in accordance with manufacturers’ recommendations and specifications, and workplace procedures
  • 1.5Sequence for recommissioning of ash and dust disposal plant is determined in accordance with and workplace procedures

2 Operate disposal plant

  • 2.1Ash and dust disposal plant is operated in accordance with manufacturers’ recommendations and specifications, and workplace procedures
  • 2.2Ash and dust disposal plant is monitored and observed to detect deviations from normal operating conditions in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 2.3Corrective action is taken to rectify abnormalities in accordance with workplace procedures

3 Test disposal plant operation

  • 3.1Operational tests are performed in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 3.2Ash and dust disposal plant is observed for correct operational response in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 3.3Ash and dust disposal plant is returned to operational status upon completion of testing in accordance with workplace procedures

4 Respond to abnormal disposal plant operation

  • 4.1Causes of abnormal plant ash and dust disposal plant operating conditions are identified by analysing technical and operational information in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 4.2Ash and dust disposal plant integrity and personnel safety is maintained in consultation with relevant personnel and technical and operational documentation in accordance with workplace procedures

5 Monitor and inspect disposal plant

  • 5.1Ash and dust disposal plant to be monitored and inspected is physically identified in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 5.2Ash and dust disposal plant is monitored and inspected for normal operation and to detect deviations in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 5.3Relevant personnel are notified when defects are detected in accordance with workplace procedures

6 Complete documentation

  • 6.1Ash and dust disposal plant problems, abnormalities and status are reported in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 6.2Documentation is updated in accordance with workplace procedures

Performance evidence

  • analysing ash and dust disposal plant faults using data analysis techniques and tools
  • applying work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements, including:
  • emergency procedures
  • risk control measures
  • safety practices and procedures
  • communicating with personnel
  • completing documentation using recording procedures
  • complying with regulations, legislative requirements, codes of practice, manufacturers’ recommendations and specifications, and environmental requirements
  • interpreting manuals
  • monitoring and inspecting ash and dust disposal plant operations
  • operating ash and dust disposal plant
  • organising resources
  • preparing and planning work
  • recognising and responding to abnormal ash and dust disposal plant operating conditions
  • testing ash and dust disposal plant operationally using diagnostic and testing techniques
  • working with permit to work system

Knowledge evidence

  • arrangements of power production plant, including ash and dust removal systems
  • ash and dust disposal plant and equipment, location and operating parameters
  • ash and dust disposal plant status
  • manuals
  • permit to work system
  • regulations, legislative requirements, codes of practice, manufacturers’ recommendations and specifications, and environmental requirements
  • types and characteristics of ash formations, bottom ash and fly ash
  • WHS/OHS legislated requirements, including:
  • emergency procedures
  • risk control measures
  • safe working practices
  • workplace documentation
  • workplace policies and procedures, including recording procedures

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Questions about assessing UEPOPS080

What does an assessment tool for UEPOPS080 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for UEPOPS080 needs to address all 47 unit components: 6 elements with 18 performance criteria, 16 performance evidence requirements, 13 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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