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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan and prepare work
   • Safety issues related to operating and monitoring generator and/or alternator plant are identified, in accordance with workplace procedures and Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety(OHS) regulations and legislative requirements
   • Work and generator and/or alternator plant are identified from appropriate personnel and documentation, in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Generator and/or alternator running up and loading schedule are ascertained from relevant documentation, in accordance with workplace procedures and site requirements
   • Inspection, preoperational tests and field preparations for generator and/or alternator plant service are carried out, in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturers' recommendations
   • Generator and/or alternator plant operational prerequisites are established, in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturers' recommendations
   • Sequence for recommissioning of generator and/or alternator plant is determined to suit existing circumstances, in accordance with workplace procedures and site requirements
2. Work and generator and/or alternator plant are identified from appropriate personnel and documentation, in accordance with workplace procedures
3. Generator and/or alternator running 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 generator and/or alternator plant service are carried out, in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturers' recommendations
5. Generator and/or alternator plant operational prerequisites are established, in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturers' recommendations
6. Sequence for recommissioning of generator and/or alternator plant is determined to suit existing circumstances, in accordance with workplace procedures and site requirements
7. Operate generator/alternatorplant
   • Output is adjusted to achieve required generator and/or alternator operating requirements and demand, in accordance with workplace procedures
8. Generator and/or alternator plant is operated within limits of its' design and regulators' requirements, in accordance with workplace procedures
9. Generator and/or alternator plant is monitored and observed, in accordance with workplace procedures, to detect deviations from required operating conditions
10. Corrective actions are taken to rectify generator and/or alternator abnormalities, in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturers' recommendations
11. Test generator/alternatorplant operation
    • Operational tests are performed, in accordance with workplace procedures
12. Generator and/or alternator 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, generator and/or alternator plant integrity or personnel safety requirements
14. Generator and/or alternator plant is returned to required operational status upon completion of testing, in accordance with workplace procedures
15. Analyse generator/alternatorplant faults
    • Cause of abnormal generator and/or alternator plant operating conditions are identified, in accordance with workplace procedures, by analysing technical and operational information
16. Corrective actions to rectify generator and/or alternator faults are determined, in accordance with workplace procedures
17. Generator and/or alternator 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 generator/alternatorplant
    • Generator and/or alternator plant to be monitored and inspected is physically identified, in accordance with workplace procedures
19. Generator and/or alternator 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 when defects are detected, in accordance with workplace procedures
22. Complete documentation
    • Generator and/or alternator plant movements, abnormalities 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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