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Elements and Performance Criteria

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