Elements and Performance Criteria
- Monitor equipment operation
- Monitor equipment operation according to instrument/electrical equipment operating principles and parameters
- Access and interpret relevant technical drawings and schematics to determine system faults
- Issue permit to work to allow work to be undertaken
- Verify equipment operation/performance through test procedures to ensure correct operation and to confirm identified problems from other sources
- Correct operational variations through calibration and adjustment
- Document operational variations.
- Test/repair equipment
- Verify equipment is operating correctly and document test results
- Apply appropriate troubleshooting techniques to determine the cause of operational faults
- Rectify operational faults through the application of relevant maintenance procedures
- Isolate, remove and dispose of faulty equipment, and install new equipment
- Verify the performance of newly installed equipment to ensure it meets required operational parameters and conditions
- Record all repairs/installations to provide historical records of the condition of system equipment.
- Recommission systems and equipment
- Compile and analyse reports
- Collect information concerning deviations/repaired equipment and put into accepted reporting format
- Compile reports ensuring they provide an accurate and ongoing record of deviations in pipeline processes and a current record of pipeline and equipment trends
- Utilise information or reports for short and long term deviation control planning.