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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan and prepare work
   • Safety issues related to operating and monitoring hydro turbine plant are identified, in accordance with workplace procedures and Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations and legislative requirements
   • Work tasks and hydro turbine plant requirements are identified from appropriate personnel and documentation, in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Hydro turbine run up and loading schedule are ascertained from relevant documentation, in accordance with workplace procedures and site requirements
   • Inspection, preoperational tests and field preparations for hydro turbine plant service are carried out, in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturers' recommendations
   • Hydro turbine plant operational prerequisites are established, in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturers' recommendations
   • Sequence for recommissioning of hydro turbine plant is determined, in accordance with workplace procedures and site requirements
2. Work tasks and hydro turbine plant requirements are identified from appropriate personnel and documentation, in accordance with workplace procedures
3. Hydro turbine run up and loading schedule are ascertained from relevant documentation, in accordance with workplace procedures and site requirements
4. Inspection, preoperational tests and field preparations for hydro turbine plant service are carried out, in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturers' recommendations
5. Hydro turbine plant operational prerequisites are established, in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturers' recommendations
6. Sequence for recommissioning of hydro turbine plant is determined, in accordance with workplace procedures and site requirements
7. Operate hydro turbineplant
   • Output is adjusted to achieve required hydro turbine operating conditions and demand, in accordance with workplace procedures and operational requirements
8. Hydro turbine plant is operated within limits of its' design, in accordance with workplace procedures
9. Hydro turbine plant is monitored and observed, in accordance with workplace procedures, to detect deviations from required operating conditions
10. Corrective actions are taken to rectify hydro turbine abnormalities, in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturers' recommendations
11. Test hydro turbineplant operation
    • Operational tests are performed, in accordance with workplace procedures
12. Hydro turbine plant is observed for correct operational response, in accordance with workplace procedures
13. Corrective action is taken, in accordance with workplace procedures, when response does not meet with documentation, hydro turbine plant integrity or personnel safety requirements
14. Hydro turbine plant is returned to required safe operational status upon completion of testing, in accordance with workplace procedures
15. Analyse hydro turbineplant faults
    • Cause of abnormal hydro turbine plant operating conditions are identified, in accordance with workplace procedures, and by analysing technical and operational information
16. Actions necessary to rectify faults are correctly determined, in accordance with workplace procedures
17. Hydro turbine plant integrity and personnel safety is maintained, in accordance with workplace procedures, and in consultation with appropriate personnel and technical and operational documentation
18. Monitor and inspect hydro turbineplant
    • Hydro turbine plant to be monitored and inspected is physically identified, in accordance with workplace procedures
19. Hydro turbine plant is monitored and inspected, in accordance with workplace procedures, for normal operation or to detect deviations
20. Corrective action is taken, in accordance with workplace procedures
21. Appropriate personnel are notified, in accordance with workplace procedures, when defects are detected
22. Complete documentation
    • Hydro turbine plant problems, movements, and status are reported, in accordance with workplace procedures
23. 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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