Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for work.
- Start up dehydration system.
- Undertake dehydration of product.
- Apply knowledge of hydride formation, absorption and/or adsorption process theories to facilitate safe operation of the process
- Adjust operating parameters and process conditions during dehydration in order to keep product moisture within specification
- Ensure that heating and cooling times during the dehydration and regeneration process are such that the product remains on specification
- Maintain liaison with required personnel throughout the process
- Re-sequence process equipment as required to achieve and maintain required operating criteria
- Monitor operation and take appropriate action.
- Record process variations and communicate problems.
- Record any product variations, noting the type of variation and action taken to rectify the variation
- Record actions as a reference and for any further investigation
- Arrange maintenance of operational equipment as required and communicate to appropriate personnel
- Isolate identified operational equipment requiring maintenance from the process and purge in accordance with procedures to rectify the problem.
- Isolate and de-isolate plant.