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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Monitor system/plant
   • Generator and excitation system and combined cycle plant to be monitored is physically identified, in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Generator and excitation system and combined cycle plant is monitored for normal operation to detect deviations, in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Corrective action is taken, in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Appropriate personnel are notified, in accordance with workplace procedures, when defects and abnormal operating conditions are detected
2. Plan for plant operation
   • Safety issues, including Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations, are identified, in accordance with workplace procedures and site requirements
3. Work, combined cycle plant and resource requirements are identified from relevant information and documentation, in accordance with workplace procedures
4. Preoperational checks are carried out on combined cycle plant, in accordance with workplace procedures and site requirements
5. Operate heat recovery steam generator
   • Gas turbine exhaust, gas flow and power output are adjusted to achieve required steam flow and conditions, in accordance with workplace procedures and operating requirements
6. Supplementary firing system is placed into and out of service, as required, in accordance with workplace procedures, to maintain steam flow and steam conditions
7. Combined cycle plant is operated within limits of its design, in accordance with workplace procedures and site requirements
8. Combined cycle plant is operated, monitored and observed, in accordance with workplace procedures, to detect deviations from required operating conditions
9. Corrective action is taken to rectify abnormalities in combined cycle plant, in accordance with manufacturers' specifications and workplace procedures
10. Operate generator and excitation system
    • Generator and excitation system is operated, in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturer’s operating recommendations
11. Synchronising requirements are assessed, evaluated and implemented, in accordance with workplace procedures, to ensure generator and excitation system stability
12. Generator and excitation system is monitored and observed, in accordance with workplace procedures, to detect deviations from normal operating conditions
13. Corrective actions are taken to rectify generator and excitation system abnormalities, in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturers' recommendations
14. Control generation of electrical energy
    • Generator output is adjusted to meet demand, in accordance with workplace procedures, whilst observing operating requirements
15. Reactive power generation and voltage regulation requirements are assessed, in accordance with workplace procedures, to ensure the generator and excitation system is controlled to achieve desired output
16. Generator stabilities and operating limits are assessed and the generator and excitation system is controlled to maintain those limits, in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturers' recommendations
17. Generator cooling systems and limits are monitored and assessed, and excitation system is controlled to maintain those limits, in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturers' recommendation
18. Coordinate generator and excitation systemoperations
    • Generator and excitation systems are operated, in accordance with workplace procedures, to meet workplace requirements whilst observing power generating plant limitations
19. Generator and excitation systems are monitored and observed, in accordance with workplace procedures, to detect deviations from normal operating conditions
20. Causes of abnormal generator and excitation system operating conditions are identified by analysing technical and operational data and information, in accordance with workplace procedures
21. Corrective action is taken to rectify generator and excitation system abnormalities, in accordance with workplace procedures and site requirements
22. Generator and excitation system integrity, personnel safety and continuity of supply are maintained, in accordance with workplace procedures
23. Consultation with appropriate personnel is undertaken, in accordance with workplace procedures and site requirements
24. Generator and excitation system is operated at optimum efficiency, in accordance with workplace procedures
    • Generator and excitation system and combined cycle plant to be monitored is physically identified, in accordance with workplace procedures
25. Generator and excitation system and combined cycle plant is monitored for normal operation to detect deviations, in accordance with workplace procedures
26. Corrective action is taken, in accordance with workplace procedures
27. Appropriate personnel are notified, in accordance with workplace procedures, when defects and abnormal operating conditions are detected
28. Test system/plant operation
    • Operational tests are performed, in accordance with workplace procedures
29. Generator and excitation system and combined cycle plant is observed for correct operational response, in accordance with workplace procedures
30. Corrective action is taken, in accordance with workplace procedures, when response does not meet documentation, combined cycle plant and generator and excitation system integrity or personnel safety requirements
31. Generator and excitation system and combined cycle plant is returned to required operational status, in accordance with workplace procedures, upon completion of testing
32. Analyse system/plant faults
    • Causes of abnormal generator and excitation system operating conditions are identified, in accordance with workplace procedures, by analysing technical and operational information
33. Corrective actions to rectify faults are determined, in accordance with workplace procedures
34. Generator and excitation system and combined cycle plant integrity and personnel safety are maintained, in accordance with workplace procedures, and in consultation with appropriate personnel and technical and operational documentation
35. Appropriate personnel are organised, in accordance with workplace procedures for investigation of identified operational abnormalities
36. Complete documentation
    • Combined cycle plant problems, movements, and status are reported, in accordance with workplace procedures
37. 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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