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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Locate fault
  2. Rectify fault(s)
  3. Determine job requirements
  4. Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
  5. Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
  6. Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
  7. Examine and interpret built-in fault indicators and error codes and record results to procedures, where appropriate
  8. Isolate equipment in accordance with procedures from power supply
  9. Check and test equipment/component using appropriate tools, test equipment, procedures and techniques
  10. Interpret and verify check and test results, where required
  11. Identify, localise and record equipment/component fault in accordance with SOPs
  12. Record rectifications report in accordance with SOPs

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Equipmentincludes one (1) or more of the following:

single and multi-phase motor drive and heating appliances

relays

coils

transformers

thermostats

gauges

illuminating devices

switches

circuit fuses and breakers

Componentsinclude one (1) or more of the following:

brushes

armatures

windings

contactors

relays

programmable controllers

other electronic switching devices

switches

fuses

circuit breakers

relays

transformers

semi-conductor devices

regulators

motors

Appropriate fault-finding techniquesinclude:

testing for voltage, current, frequency, polarity, phase, circuit continuity, insulation resistance and earth continuity

Test equipmentincludes one (1) or more of the following:

continuity testers

ammeters

voltmeters

multimeters

tong testers

wattmeters

cathode ray oscilloscopes