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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan and prepare work
   • Safety issues are identified, in accordance with Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations, legislative requirements, industry standards and workplace procedures
   • Work, bulk coal handling plant and resource requirements are identified from appropriate personnel and documentation, in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Quality assurance requirements recognised and adhered to, in accordance with workplace procedures and industry standards
   • Basic mineralogy information is applied, in accordance with workplace procedures and site requirements
   • Work schedule is consistent with job requirements, in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Pad is prepared for coal stockpiling, including removal of contaminants and drainage, in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Preoperational checks are carried out on bulk coal handling plant, in accordance with manufacturers' recommendations and workplace procedures
   • Sequence for recommissioning of bulk coal handling plant is determined, in accordance with workplace procedures
2. Work, bulk coal handling plant and resource requirements are identified from appropriate personnel and documentation, in accordance with workplace procedures
3. Quality assurance requirements recognised and adhered to, in accordance with workplace procedures and industry standards
4. Basic mineralogy information is applied, in accordance with workplace procedures and site requirements
5. Work schedule is consistent with job requirements, in accordance with workplace procedures
6. Pad is prepared for coal stockpiling, including removal of contaminants and drainage, in accordance with workplace procedures
7. Preoperational checks are carried out on bulk coal handling plant, in accordance with manufacturers' recommendations and workplace procedures
8. Sequence for recommissioning of bulk coal handling plant is determined, in accordance with workplace procedures
9. Conduct operation of bulk coal handlingplant
   • Start up, park up and shut down procedures are carried out, in accordance with manufacturers' recommendations, workplace procedures and site specific requirements
10. Bulk coal handling plant is operated, in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturers' recommendations
11. Bulk coal handling plant is monitored, in accordance with workplace procedures, to detect deviations from normal operating conditions
12. Corrective actions are taken to rectify bulk coal handling plant abnormalities, in accordance with industry standards and workplace procedures
13. Bulk coal handling plant to be removed from service is identified and isolated, in accordance with workplace procedures
14. Inspection and fault finding are carried out, in accordance with manufacturers' recommendations and workplace procedures
15. Coal is placed or bunkered down in predetermined stockpile location, in accordance with workplace procedures
16. Reclaim specifications are received, despatch area is notified and equipment is made ready, in accordance with workplace procedures
17. Specified coal is blended, loaded, sampled and despatched, in accordance with workplace procedures
18. Test bulk coal handlingplant operation
    • Tests are performed, in accordance with workplace procedures
19. Bulk coal handling plant is observed for correct operational response, in accordance with workplace procedures
20. Corrective action is taken when response does not meet with documentation, workplace procedures, bulk coal handling plant integrity or personnel safety requirements
21. Bulk coal handling plant is returned to required operational status upon completion of testing, in accordance with workplace procedures
22. Analyse bulk coal handling plantfaults
    • Causes of abnormal bulk coal handling plant operating conditions are identified, in accordance with workplace procedures, by analysing technical and operational information
23. Corrective action is taken, in accordance with workplace procedures
24. Supplementary personnel are arranged for investigation of identified operational abnormalities, if required, in accordance with workplace procedures
25. Inspect bulk coal handlingplant
    • Bulk coal handling plant to be inspected is physically identified, in accordance with workplace procedures
26. Bulk coal handling plant is inspected, in accordance with workplace procedures, to detect deviations from normal operating conditions
27. Appropriate personnel are notified, in accordance with workplace procedures, when defects are detected
28. Complete documentation
    • Bulk coal handling plant problems, movements and status are reported, in accordance with workplace procedures
29. Documentation is updated, in accordance with workplace procedures

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

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