Safety standards may include relevant sections of Occupational Health and Safety legislation, enterprise safety rules, relevant state and federal legislation and national standards for plant Information and documentation sources may include verbal or written communications; enterprise safety rules documentation; enterprise operating instructions; dedicated computer equipment; enterprise/site standing and operating instructions; enterprise log books; manufacturer's operation and maintenance manuals; and equipment and alarm manuals Systems may be interconnected, remote or isolated Technical and operational indicators may include local indicators and recorders, computers and alarms (visible and or audible) Key indicators may include voltage, current, reactive power flows, load, equipment loading limits, system node points, frequency and plant status Communications may be by means of telephone, two way radio, pager, computer (electronic mail) and operating logs (written or verbal) Appropriate personnel, team members/other authorities may include supervisor/team leader or equivalent, power plant operations personnel or equivalent, technical and engineering officers or equivalent, maintenance staff, other operating staff or equivalent, system controller, field operators, restricted operators, emergency personnel, network controllers/coordinators, generation controllers, plant operators, field operators, support staff, fire service, police, ambulance, emergency services, enterprise and site representatives, consumers and independent power producers Equipment may include machines, circuit breakers, tap changers, protection settings, capacitor/condenser banks, generators and SCADA systems Voltage control may be synchronous compensator, generation VAR output, capacitor/condenser, switchgear, tap changers and network configuration System integrity may be affected by machine and system stability, transmission line and transformer overloading, correct tap changer position, protection settings, voltage transformer selection, synchronising, required load shedding selected, capacitor/condenser bank selection, loss of network and generation components System limitations may include location, weather conditions, natural disasters, accidents, temperature and power swings Contingencies may include responsive spinning reserve, spare/stand-by plant and load shedding Types of incidents may include localised blackout, interconnected/isolated power system potential power system threat, accidents, life threatening situations, generation plant and auxiliary plant faults/failure, loss of network and generation components Team members/other authorities may include network controllers/coordinators, generation controllers, plant operators, field operators, support staff, fire service, police, ambulance, emergency services, enterprise and site representatives, consumers and independent power producers System condition may be voltage profiles, spare plant, generation/transmission capability limits, deviation from generation schedule, variation from normal trends, plant testing, switching programs and responsive spinning reserve Unit operations may include spurious faults in automatic systems, automatic systems operating out of range, failure of automatic system components and routine plant movement. Generic terms are used throughout this Training Package for vocational standard shall be regarded as part of the Range Statement in which competency is demonstrated. The definition of these and other terms are given in Volume 2, Part 1. |