UETDRTO010Maintain energised transmission lines using barehand techniques from a helicopter

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What an assessment for UETDRTO010 must cover

89 assessable components: 3 elements (27 performance criteria), 20 performance evidence and 42 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 energised transmission lines from a helicopter

  • 1.1Legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and organisational workplace requirements for the work to be performed are referred to and confirmed
  • 1.2Work plan is obtained and confirmed in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 1.3Materials required for work are determined and obtained in accordance with work plan and workplace requirements
  • 1.4Tools, equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE) required for work are determined, obtained and confirmed in working order
  • 1.5Hazards are identified, risks assessed and control measures identified and applied
  • 1.6Safety observer role and responsibilities are discussed and confirmed in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 1.7Communication method between the workers and safety observer is determined and confirmed in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 1.8Minimum approach distances for the work to be performed are determined and confirmed in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 1.9Work is prioritised and sequenced for completion in accordance with work plan and workplace requirements
  • 1.10Work permits are received and signed in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 1.11Auto-reclose devices and associated circuits are rendered inoperative in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 1.12Worksite is prepared in accordance with the work plan and workplace requirements
  • 1.13Traffic management plan is confirmed as being in place in accordance with workplace requirements

2 Perform maintenance of energised transmission lines from a helicopter

  • 2.1Legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and organisational workplace requirements for the work to be performed are applied and monitored
  • 2.2Working at heights and the use of tools, equipment and PPE are carried out in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 2.3Hazard control measures are monitored in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 2.4Minimum approach distances are maintained when the work is being performed
  • 2.5Energised overhead electrical transmission apparatus is maintained in accordance with the work plan and 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
  • 3.3Worksite is rehabilitated, cleaned and made safe in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 3.4Tools 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 signed off in accordance with workplace requirements
  • 3.7Works 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)
  • minimum approach distances
  • identifying hazards, assessing risks, identifying, applying and monitoring control measures
  • obtaining, inspecting and using relevant personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • inspecting, fitting and testing conductive suit
  • determining communication method with safety observer
  • confirming safety observer is in position in accordance with workplace requirements
  • obtaining and signing on and off relevant work permits in accordance with workplace requirements
  • calculating conductor load
  • installing a working platform
  • applying helicopter safety procedures
  • confirming the electrical integrity of insulators
  • completing at least three (3) of the following tasks using live work barehand techniques from a helicopter:
  • replacing/installing vibration damper
  • replacing/installing conductor spacers
  • replacing/installing conductor joint
  • replacing/installing helical repair splice
  • 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
  • minimum approach distances
  • working on energised lines utilising live work barehand techniques from a helicopter
  • helicopter safety procedures
  • hazard, risk assessment and risk control requirements, including potential hazards
  • types and application of PPE
  • safe use of 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
  • safety observer:
  • role and responsibilities
  • communication methods
  • roles and responsibilities of team members
  • electrical and electrostatic principles, including:
  • relationship of the resistance of a human body to different levels of current and voltage
  • relationship of a human body to an electric field
  • effects of electrostatic induction
  • relationship of phase voltage and respective line voltages
  • effect of distance
  • potential of an object within the field and the effect of distances to the potential
  • Faraday’s cage - effects of a body, advantages, description of the Faraday’s cage used by barehand live line workers
  • lighting and switching surges
  • application and function of extra-high voltage (EHV) auto-reclosing suppression
  • testing, types, selection, maintenance and storage of specialised equipment:
  • conductive suit
  • tools
  • PPE
  • insulating sticks
  • pilot briefing requirements:
  • emergency response and rescue
  • techniques for working barehand on energised transmission lines from a helicopter
  • requirements for aerial linework, including:
  • planning, establishing and implementing relevant aviation authority clearances
  • determining system requirements
  • aircrew familiarisation with network operations and equipment
  • effective communication
  • electrical integrity of insulators including:
  • visual and audible assessment
  • disc voltage difference
  • condition of insulator string

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