UETDRIS026Diagnose and resolve faults in electrical apparatus

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What an assessment for UETDRIS026 must cover

87 assessable components: 3 elements (18 performance criteria), 14 performance evidence and 55 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 diagnose and resolve faults in electrical apparatus

  • 1.1Legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and organisational workplace requirements for the work to be done are reviewed and determined
  • 1.2Work plan is obtained, confirmed and communicated with relevant personnel in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 1.3Work is prioritised and sequenced for completion in accordance with work plan and workplace requirements
  • 1.4Hazards are identified, risks assessed, and control measures identified and applied
  • 1.5Work permits are determined in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 1.6Plant, tools, equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE) required for work are determined, obtained and confirmed in working order

2 Diagnose and resolve faults in electrical apparatus

  • 2.1Legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and organisational workplace requirements for the work to be performed are applied and monitored
  • 2.2Lifting, working at heights, working in confined spaces and the use of plant, tools, equipment and PPE are carried out in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 2.3Work permits are received and signed in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 2.4Faults in electrical apparatus are diagnosed and resolved in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 2.5Hazard control measures are monitored in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 2.6Incidents or unplanned events are responded to in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 2.7Quality 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
  • 3.2Incidents or unplanned events are reported in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 3.3Plant, tools and equipment are cleaned, checked and returned to storage, and surplus resources and materials are managed in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 3.4Work permits are signed off in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 3.5Work records, reports and documentation are completed, and appropriate personnel notified in accordance with workplace requirements

Performance evidence

  • applying relevant legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and organisational workplace requirements including:
  • work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements
  • identifying hazards, assessing risks, and identifying, applying and monitoring control measures
  • obtaining, inspecting and using relevant personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • dealing with an unplanned event on at least one (1) occasion
  • obtaining and signing work permits in accordance with workplace requirements
  • completing relevant work records, reports and documentation
  • diagnosing and resolving faults in electrical apparatus, including:
  • applying logical diagnostic methods
  • using fault scenarios to test the cause of system faults
  • identifying faults and competency needed to resolve them
  • resolving faults in system controls
  • verifying that the system operates correctly
  • documenting fault rectification

Knowledge evidence

  • relevant legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and organisational workplace requirements including WHS/OHS requirements
  • hazard, risk assessment and risk control requirements
  • types and application of PPE
  • safe use of plant, tools and equipment
  • application, purpose and types of permits
  • events constituting an unplanned event or incident
  • procedures for responding to an unplanned event or incident
  • workplace records, reports and documentation
  • control of high voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV), including:
  • voltage control devices
  • conditions leading to voltage collapse and system disintegration
  • voltage regulators applied to generators and synchronous phase modifiers
  • electromagnetic voltage regulators
  • series and parallel capacitors
  • on-load tap changer (OLTC) transformers
  • static var compensations (SVCs)
  • range of devices covered by SVCs, including:
  • saturated reactor (SR) compensators
  • thyristor controlled reactor (TCR) compensators
  • combined TCR/thyristor-switched capacitor (TSC)
  • production of wave-form distorting harmonics and control devices
  • importance of the location in the system of voltage control devices
  • the use of graphical methods to calculate the size of var regulating plant
  • control of power, including:
  • base load and spinning reserve
  • regulating machines
  • rapid start plant
  • phase shifting transformers and load shedding
  • principles and practices of automated control of individual machines
  • stations and transmission/tie-line elements
  • synchronising power
  • the relationship between power and frequency, including:
  • limiting values
  • machine stabilising
  • steam by-pass, rapid valving, slip stabilisers and over-speed limiting
  • use of single pole generator circuit breakers (CB)
  • use of automatic voltage regulators (AVR) as angular stabilisers
  • damped and un-damped system oscillations
  • relationship between fault clearance times and system stability
  • calculation of critical clearance angles based on equal area criteria
  • types of communication systems, including:
  • telephone, power line carrier, dedicated cable, microwave links and fibre optics
  • quantities and signals to be communicated
  • advantages and disadvantages of the various systems
  • equipment requirements
  • transient over-voltages in power systems, including:
  • switching and lightning over-voltages and their effect on different plant items
  • transient over-voltage control and reduction using surge diverters, shield wires and CB control
  • insulation systems, insulation coordination, insulation grading in plant items, bushings and capacitor bushings
  • factors leading to the generation of corona, including consequences, reduction, conductor bundling, grading rings and conductor surface treatment
  • power system protection, including:
  • location of current transformer (CT) in major plant items
  • earthing principles and devices
  • fault current control/limitation using neutral earthing compensators (NEC), neutral point earth impedances, high conductivity shield wires and parallel feed interlocking
  • application of different types of protection

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