Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare for electrical installations, reticulation and protection
- Access, interpret and apply electrical installations, reticulation and protection system documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
- Obtain, read, interpret, clarify and confirm work requirements
- Identify and address potential risks, hazards and environmental issues and implement control measures
- Select and wear personal protective equipment appropriate for work activities
- Identify design/selection specifications and critical aspects of the systems from a comprehensive analysis of operating requirements
- Identify systems options from an analysis of all relevant technical, operational and financial information
- Select the preferred systems options on the basis of performance against specification requirements
- Provide power supply systems for the mine site
- Install, maintain, review and modify mine power supply systems
- Undertake processes and procedures and ensure reliability and quality of supply taking into account transients, harmonics, over-voltages, voltage regulation, lightning and stray currents
- Plan and install alternative power supply associated with mine site conditions and safety needs
- Undertake processes and procedures to protect high energy sources (sub stations and transformers) through the selection and installation of switchgear and protective devices
- Provide mine illumination systems and equipment
- Plan and install battery and associated charging equipment
- Review, audit, report and maintain all power supply systems
- Provide electrical protection system for mine sites
- Access, interpret and apply the compliance documentation requirements related to mine electrical protection system
- Install and maintain the electrical protection system
- Identify, isolate, rectify faults in electrical installations and verify ability of the system through recognised decision-making processes, including the use of fault level calculations, discrimination and component ratings
- Apply management decision-making processes for the maintenance, examination and testing of electrical protection systems relative to mine site and safety needs
- Review, modify, audit and maintain all electrical protection systems and devices
- Provide cables from power source to point of usage
- Access, interpret, apply and implement the compliance documentation requirements related to provision and use of mine cables
- Identify, select and install mine cables
- Identify, report and rectify mine cable faults and hazards in accordance with mine site and hazard control requirements
- Inspect mine cables for their integrity, usage, consequence of fault/damage and previous repairs
- Carry out management, inspection, application, testing, fault finding and repair
- Provide mobile machinery and electrical apparatus
- Access, interpret, clarify and apply the compliance documentation requirements related to provision and use of mobile machinery and electrical apparatus
- Identify, select and install mobile machinery and electrical apparatus
- Inspect, monitor, report and rectify mobile machinery and electrical apparatus faults and hazards
- Carry out testing
- Provide overall electrical services that apply to production systems
- Access, interpret, clarify and apply the compliance documentation requirements related to overall electrical services that apply to production systems
- Select, install, monitor and maintain mine communication systems
- Select, install, monitor, modify and maintain the electrical components of the gas monitoring and detection systems
- Select, install, monitor, modify and maintain control systems
- Control, monitor and rectify electromagnetic interference that may affect the safe use of electrical systems and other mining equipment
- Select, install, monitor, modify and maintain remote control systems on mining equipment
- Select, install, monitor, modify and maintain welding equipment and energy delivery sources, including pre and post operations
- Identify, control and manage hazards from electrostatic charges
- Provide safe electrical work procedures
- Plan and prepare for electrical installations, reticulation and protection
- Access, interpret and apply electrical installations, reticulation and protection system documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
- Obtain, read, interpret, clarify and confirm work requirements
- Identify and address potential risks, hazards and environmental issues and implement control measures
- Select and wear personal protective equipment appropriate for work activities
- Identify design/selection specifications and critical aspects of the systems from a comprehensive analysis of operating requirements
- Identify systems options from an analysis of all relevant technical, operational and financial information
- Select the preferred systems options on the basis of performance against specification requirements
- Provide power supply systems for the mine site
- Install, maintain, review and modify mine power supply systems
- Undertake processes and procedures and ensure reliability and quality of supply taking into account transients, harmonics, over-voltages, voltage regulation, lightning and stray currents
- Plan and install alternative power supply associated with mine site conditions and safety needs
- Undertake processes and procedures to protect high energy sources (sub stations and transformers) through the selection and installation of switchgear and protective devices
- Provide mine illumination systems and equipment
- Plan and install battery and associated charging equipment
- Review, audit, report and maintain all power supply systems
- Provide electrical protection system for mine sites
- Access, interpret and apply the compliance documentation requirements related to mine electrical protection system
- Install and maintain the electrical protection system
- Identify, isolate, rectify faults in electrical installations and verify ability of the system through recognised decision-making processes, including the use of fault level calculations, discrimination and component ratings
- Apply management decision-making processes for the maintenance, examination and testing of electrical protection systems relative to mine site and safety needs
- Review, modify, audit and maintain all electrical protection systems and devices
- Provide cables from power source to point of usage
- Access, interpret, apply and implement the compliance documentation requirements related to provision and use of mine cables
- Identify, select and install mine cables
- Identify, report and rectify mine cable faults and hazards in accordance with mine site and hazard control requirements
- Inspect mine cables for their integrity, usage, consequence of fault/damage and previous repairs
- Carry out management, inspection, application, testing, fault finding and repair
- Provide mobile machinery and electrical apparatus
- Access, interpret, clarify and apply the compliance documentation requirements related to provision and use of mobile machinery and electrical apparatus
- Identify, select and install mobile machinery and electrical apparatus
- Inspect, monitor, report and rectify mobile machinery and electrical apparatus faults and hazards
- Carry out testing
- Provide overall electrical services that apply to production systems
- Access, interpret, clarify and apply the compliance documentation requirements related to overall electrical services that apply to production systems
- Select, install, monitor and maintain mine communication systems
- Select, install, monitor, modify and maintain the electrical components of the gas monitoring and detection systems
- Select, install, monitor, modify and maintain control systems
- Control, monitor and rectify electromagnetic interference that may affect the safe use of electrical systems and other mining equipment
- Select, install, monitor, modify and maintain remote control systems on mining equipment
- Select, install, monitor, modify and maintain welding equipment and energy delivery sources, including pre and post operations
- Identify, control and manage hazards from electrostatic charges
- Provide safe electrical work procedures