UETDRRT011Maintain traction overhead wiring systems

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What an assessment for UETDRRT011 must cover

51 assessable components: 3 elements (24 performance criteria), 9 performance evidence and 18 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 maintain overhead traction wiring systems

  • 1.1Legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and organisational workplace requirements for the work to be performed are referred to and confirmed
  • 1.2Relevant maintenance documents are identified and obtained
  • 1.3Plant, tools, equipment, materials and personal protective equipment (PPE) required for work are determined, obtained and confirmed in working order
  • 1.4Hazards are identified, risks assessed and control measures identified and applied
  • 1.5Work is prioritised and sequenced for completion in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 1.6Work permits are organised in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 1.7Worksite, road or rail management plan is prepared in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 1.8Environmental constraints applicable to the work are identified and control measures applied

2 Perform maintenance on overhead traction wiring systems

  • 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 and the use of plant, tools, equipment and PPE are carried out in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 2.3Hazard control measures are monitored in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 2.4Work permits are instructed and issued and where appropriate signed in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 2.5Worksite, road or rail management plan is established in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 2.6Overhead traction wiring systems are maintained, including repairing or replacing, and overhead traction conductors are modified and re-adjusted in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 2.7Overhead traction wiring systems are maintained within agreed timeframes, to design standards or maintenance documents in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 2.8Incidents or unplanned events are responded to in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 2.9Quality checks of work are undertaken in accordance with workplace requirements to ensure fit for service

3 Complete work and documentation

  • 3.1Completed work is checked against maintenance documents for compliance and anomalies reported in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 3.2Incidents or unplanned events are reported in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 3.3Worksite is rehabilitated, cleaned and made safe in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 3.4Plant, tools and equipment are cleaned, checked, and returned to storage in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 3.5Surplus materials are returned to storage or disposed of in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 3.6Work permits are completed and overhead traction wiring systems are fit for service in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 3.7Work records, reports and documentation are completed 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)
  • identifying hazards, assessing risks, identifying, applying and monitoring control measures
  • obtaining, inspecting and using relevant personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • maintaining at least four (4) of the following types of system equipment and fittings: support structure, span, section insulator, neutral section, droppers, support equipment, tension regulators, stay/guy wire, tramway support network
  • maintaining at least two (2) of the following types of traction conductors and cables: contact/trolley*, catenary, feeder, midpoint anchor, earth conductor, return conductor, drape/potential jumper (*must do)
  • operating from at least one (1) of the following types of mobile plant and height equipment: elevated work platform (EWP), ladder, mobile platform
  • using at least two (2) of the following equipment and tools required for overhead rail traction wiring systems: tensioning equipment*, specialised tools, electrical testing equipment, geometry profiling equipment (*must do)
  • dealing with an unplanned event on at least one (1) occasion
  • completing relevant work records, reports and documentation

Knowledge evidence

  • relevant legislation, regulations standards, codes of practice and organisational workplace requirements, including: WHS/OHS
  • hazard, risk assessment and risk control requirements, including potential hazards
  • types and application of PPE
  • application, purpose and types of permits
  • safe use of plant, tools and equipment
  • traction overhead wiring systems maintenance documents
  • methods for running wire systems or conductors
  • electrical wiring system components, including: earth wires, feeder wire, catenary wire, contact/trolley wire, return conductor, insulators, surge arresters, cantilevers, droppers, tensioning equipment, current collectors, tram support network, tram fittings, low clearance components
  • types of electrical traction systems, including: auto-tensioning, spring loaded tension, balance weight anchor (BWA), fixed tension
  • relationship of the components, apparatus and conductors to the operation of the traction system
  • effective current collection and wire interface
  • effective registration in the traction power system
  • methods of profiling overhead traction wire, including: factors that impact on current collectors to achieve smooth current collector transitions and interfaces
  • dynamic and static forces, including: types that effect traction systems, techniques to minimise adverse effects
  • maintenance of overhead traction wiring systems, including: types of equipment and components, types and function of tools and equipment, maintenance/repair procedures, inspection and recording procedures
  • diagnosis and correction of simple faults in specific overhead wiring systems, including: types and causes, determination of appropriate corrective actions, repair and replace procedures for overhead wiring systems
  • events constituting an unplanned event or incident
  • procedures for responding to an unplanned event or incident

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What does an assessment tool for UETDRRT011 need to cover?

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