Assessor Resource
UEPMNT431
Test and commission electronic instrumentation equipment
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to conduct testing and commissioning of electronic wiring systems and complex digital/analogue equipment including, but not limited to, process control instrumentation, power grid energy control, supervisory instrumentation and security equipment including Closed Circuit Television (CCTV).
Commissioning and testing ensures that electronic instrumentation equipment, which is used to measure, monitor, automate and control processes and equipment in a power generation facility, is working efficiently and is meeting operational requirements.
Competency in this unit requires the ability to plan work, test electronic instrumentation equipment wiring systems, test electronic instrumentation equipment piping and tubing systems, test electronic instrumentation equipment, commission electronic instrumentation equipment and to report on all completed work tasks. Individuals will, in general, work under supervision in an electrical, electronic and/or mechanical equipment repair workshop or on site.
Power generation maintenance personnel are typically trained and authorised to receive permits to work.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Note: Workplace practice
The application of the skills and knowledge described in this unit of competency may require a licence or training permit to practice in the workplace, where work is carried out on gas and electrical installations. Additional and/or other conditions may apply under state and territory legislative and regulatory licensing requirements.
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