- PMAOPS505A - Control the process during abnormal situations
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PMAOPS505A
Control the process during abnormal situations
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: June 2024
In a typical scenario, a senior technician takes control of the process and makes decisions in order to manage an abnormal situation. This could be in response to a declared situation or the plant condition leading to an emergency situation. The senior technician would operate from the control center or panel and may have an Emergency Shutdown (ESD) capability available. The senior technician will be part of a team and would be expected to lead the team and direct others to respond to the situation appropriately, with a view to recovery of the situation and restoring the plant/process to a stable condition.
The technician would:
clarify the situation
prioritise the responses and actions
organise and direct the operations team
review the situation and respond to any changes
communicate with all relevant personnel.
Generally the senior technician would work as part of an operations team for this unit, the ability to communicate with all internal and external stakeholders is vital.
This unit covers the responses required by a senior technician to make decisions and control a process during abnormal or declared incident situations to prevent or avoid an emergency.
You may want to include more information here about the target group and the purpose of the assessments (eg formative, summative, recognition)
Employability Skills
This unit contains employability skills.
Evidence Required
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The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria, Required Skills and Knowledge, the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package. | ||
Overview of assessment | Assessment of this unit should include demonstrated competence on actual plant and equipment in a work environment. The unit will be assessed in as holistic a manner as is practical and may be integrated with the assessment of other relevant units of competency. Assessment will occur over a range of situations which will include a range of problems, problem causes and environments. Simulation may be required to allow for assessment of parts of this unit. Simulation should be based on the actual problems and should include the use of case studies/scenarios and role plays. This unit of competency requires a significant body of knowledge which will be assessed through questioning and the use of what-if scenarios. | |
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | Competence must be demonstrated in the ability to define and analyse the problem as well as deal with the stakeholders. The stakeholders should be satisfied with the solution, as well as the solution being technically sound. Consistent performance should be demonstrated. In particular look to see that: different types of abnormal situations can be analysed and resolved different types of stakeholders can be satisfied the range of possible causes can be identified and analysed and the most likely cause determined appropriate action is taken. These aspects may be best assessed using a range of scenarios/case studies/what-ifs. These assessment activities should include a range of abnormal situations, including new, unusual and improbable situations which may have been generated from the past history and similar sources. | |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Assessment will require a suitable method of gathering evidence of problem solving ability over a range of situations. A bank of scenarios/case studies/what-ifs will be required as will a bank of questions which will be used to probe the reasoning behind the observable actions. | |
Method of assessment | In all plants it may be appropriate to assess this unit concurrently with relevant teamwork and communication units. | |
Guidance information for assessment | Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and appropriate to the oracy, language and literacy capacity of the assessee and the work being performed. |
Submission Requirements
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Assessment Tasks
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This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level, required for this unit. |
Required skills |
This unit requires skills of: analysis of rapidly changing and possibly confusing data problem solving communication under stress leadership of the operational team |
Required knowledge |
Competence includes a deep understanding of: plant equipment, its characteristics and limitations impact of variations in plant/process and the distinctive signs of each variation process chemistry, physics and biochemistry as relevant problem isolation techniques problem analysis techniques organisation approval processes |
The Range Statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the Performance Criteria, is detailed below. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs if the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts. | |
Codes of practice/ standards | Where reference is made to industry codes of practice, and/or Australian/international standards, the latest version must be used. |
Context | This unit of competency includes abnormal situations, declared situations or emergency conditions in the plant or process, where recovery of the situation is possible. |
Health, safety and environment (HSE) | All operations to which this unit applies are subject to stringent health, safety and environment requirements, which may be imposed through State or Federal legislation, and these must not be compromised at any time. Where there is an apparent conflict between Performance Criteria and HSE requirements, the HSE requirements take precedence. |
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Observation Checklist
Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice | Yes | No | Comments/feedback |
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Identify the state of the plant/process | |||
Gather available information on the plant/process with particular focus on trends and rates of change | |||
Verify and confirm situation with other technicians in the area and any upstream or downstream units. | |||
Apply immediate actions to respond to the abnormal situation to bring the plant/process to a safer state | |||
Decide whether to continue operations, shutdown or abandon | |||
Keep in contact with other technicians in the area | |||
Review the situation, gather data on the state of the plant/process and the trends and rates of change | |||
Make appropriate changes to the state of the plant/process to keep parameters within limits | |||
Rectify or initiate procedures to rectify any faults or adjustments to secure the safe operation of the plant/process | |||
Review the state of the recovery, making adjustments as required | |||
Keep all other stakeholders informed of progress | |||
When plant is restored to stable conditions, continue to monitor the situation. | |||
Complete all logs and workplace documentation relating to the abnormal situation, ensuring all details, actions and responses are accurately recorded | |||
Record any further ongoing production problems and report to appropriate persons or authority. |
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