Assessor Resource
UETTDRRT02B
Maintain overhead traction wiring systems
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
4)
This Competency Standard Unit is intended to augment formally acquired competencies. It is suitable for employment-based programs under an approved contract of training.
1)
1.1)
This Competency Standard Unit covers the maintenance and repair of overhead traction wiring systems to ensure their serviceability, in particular the correct registration of the contact wire with respect to the current collectors. It includes the undertaking of safe working practises on or about the running line/track, the preparation needed for stringing and profiling including the isolation of systems and circuits for safe working according to work plans, the diagnosis of faults and the modification and re-adjustment to appropriate standards. It may also encompass the correct positioning of road signs, barriers and or warning devices and the procedure of issuing/accepting electrical permits, the re-commissioning tests as required to ensure the integrity of the traction system prior to returning to service and, the updating of system data and/or maintenance records.
You may want to include more information here about the target group and the purpose of the assessments (eg formative, summative, recognition)