UETDRTO011 — Maintain energised transmission lines using live work barehand techniques
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What an assessment for UETDRTO011 must cover
94 assessable components: 3 elements (29 performance criteria), 27 performance evidence and 38 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
- 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
- 1.4Plant, tools, 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
- 1.6Work is prioritised and sequenced for completion in accordance with work plan and workplace requirements
- 1.7Work permits are received and signed in accordance with workplace requirements
- 1.8Auto-reclose devices and associated circuits are rendered inoperative in accordance with workplace requirements
- 1.9Safety observer role and responsibilities are discussed and confirmed in accordance with workplace requirements
- 1.10Communication method between the workers and safety observer is determined and confirmed in accordance with workplace requirements
- 1.11Minimum approach distances for the work to be performed are determined and confirmed 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
- 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
- 2.4Safety observer is positioned to observe the work in accordance with workplace requirements
- 2.5Communication methods between workers and safety observer are used in accordance with workplace requirements
- 2.6Minimum approach distances are maintained when the work is being performed
- 2.7Energised overhead electrical transmission apparatus is maintained in accordance with the work plan and 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 work plan and workplace requirements
3 Complete work 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
- 3.4Plant, 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 signed off 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)
- 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
- obtaining and signing on and off relevant work permits in accordance with workplace requirements
- determining communication method with safety observer
- confirming safety observer is in position in accordance with workplace requirements
- calculating conductor load
- accessing work zone using at least two (2) of the following methods:
- insulated ladder
- elevated work platform (EWP)
- elevated work box (EWB)
- rope
- confirming the electrical integrity of insulators
- completing at least three (3) of the following tasks using live work barehand techniques:
- replacing strain insulators*
- replacing/connecting bridge/bonding connections*
- replacing suspension insulators
- replacing vibration dampers
- repairing/replacing conductor spacers
- repairing/replacing conductor joints
- repairing conductors
- (*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
- minimum approach distances
- working on energised lines utilising live work barehand techniques
- emergency response and rescue procedures
- hazard, risk assessment and risk control requirements, including potential hazards
- 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
- safety observer:
- role and responsibilities
- communication methods
- roles and responsibilities of team members
- calculation of forces supported by live working equipment
- 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 bare hand 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
- insulated boom EWP
- plant and tools
- PPE
- ropes
- sticks
- live work barehand techniques for maintaining energised transmission lines in accordance with workplace requirements
- electrical integrity of insulators, including:
- visual and audible assessment
- disc voltage difference
- condition of insulator string
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