Assessor Resource
UEPOPS403
Coordinate permit to work system
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to coordinate the permit to work system in a power generation facility inclusive of its implementation and application on a day to day basis, during major power outages and in other projects.
Permits to workare a formal system used to control high risk activities in power generation facilities. They specify control measures to be used. Permits to work ensure that all hazards and precautions have been considered beforeany hazardous workbegins.
Competency in this unit requires the ability to plan implementation of permit to work procedures, coordination of power outage permit to work requirements and coordination of the permit to work system. Individuals will, in general, work as a coordinator, in a power generation facility.
Power generation plant operators are typically trained and authorised to isolate, prepare plant and issue 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 may require a licence or training permit to practice in the workplace where work is carried out on gas and electrical installations. Additional conditions may apply under state and territory legislative and regulatory licensing requirements.
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