Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
PMAOPS362A Mapping and Delivery Guide
Operate a blast furnace
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | PMAOPS362A - Operate a blast furnace |
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Description | This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge needed to operate a blast furnace. | ||
Employability Skills | This unit contains employability skills. | ||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit applies to a plant technician who has the responsibility for the operation of a blast furnace in an industrial scale metalliferous processing facility. This unit applies to an individual working alone or as part of a team or group and working in liaison with other shift team members and the control room operator, as appropriate.This unit requires a detailed knowledge of the blast furnace and related equipment, operating processes at high temperatures, handling molten metal, procedures and metallurgy to the extent of being able to determine and apply the raw materials feed. Since the blast furnace will operate continuously for long periods of time, the plant technician will be expected to take over the operation from others and take responsibility for the operation whilst there. The plant technician would be expected to contribute to start-ups and shutdowns of the blast furnace, but it is understood that this major event will principally be the responsibility of others. The handling of rock, ore and other solid raw materials and of molten metal and slag as products are included.This unit does NOT require the operation of a central control panel.This unit has been written with iron and lead blast furnaces in mind. However, it should also be applicable to other metals or ores with appropriate contextualisation. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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Prerequisites/co-requisites | Not applicable. | ||
Competency Field |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
Slides PPT |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Prepare for work |
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