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Title / Plan, install, test, and commission an electric line on anetworkand carry out a rescue from an electricity structure
Level / 4 / Credits / 10
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able to:plan, install and commission network lines on an electricity structure as a member of a team; identify and service equipment used in the electricity network; carryout rescue from electricity structure; process for obtaining a permit is followed for authorisation for the de-energising of low voltage (LV) and high voltage (HV) electric linesin accordance with industry requirements.
This unit standard partially fulfils the requirements for registration for line mechanics with the Electrical Workers Registration Board.
Classification / Electricity Supply > Electricity Supply - Core Skills
Available grade / Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and safety prerequisites / Unit 10509, Climb and work on electricity network structures;Unit28112,Operate and store machinery, plant, and equipment in an electricity network environment;andUnit 10512, Joint electricity network overhead conductors; Unit 17025 Carry out a rescue from an electrical structure; Unit 26551, Provide first aid for life threatening conditions; Unit 26552, Demonstrate knowledge of common first aid conditions and how to respond to them; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1This unit standard is intended for, but not restricted to, workplace assessment. The range statements within the unit standard can be applied according to enterprise specific equipment, procedures and processes.
2Safety of personnel and plant must be a priority throughout the assessment. If the safety requirements are not met, the assessment must stop and the candidate will be assessed as not yet competent.
3Performance and work practices in relation to the outcomes and evidence requirements must comply with all current legislation, especially the Electricity Act 1992 and any subsequent amendments, and any regulations, codes of practice recognised under that statute, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, the Resource Management Act 1991, and their subsequent amendments, electricity supply industry codes of practice and documented enterprise procedures. These include, Safety Manual – Electricity Industry (SM-EI) (2004) Wellington: Electricity Engineers’ Association.
A full list of current legislation and industry codes is available from:
Infrastructure Industry Training Organisation
PO Box 1245
HAMILTON.
4The phrase in accordance with industry requirements is implicit in all outcomes and evidence requirements in this unit standard.
5Definitions
Industryrequirements include all asset owner requirements; manufacturers’ specifications; and enterprise requirements which cover the documented workplace policies, procedures, specifications, business, and quality management requirements relevant to the workplace in which assessment is carried out.
Asset owner refers to the owner of an electricity supply network that takes its point of supply from Transpower NZ, and delivers electricity to industrial, commercial and residential customers.
Asset owner standards are the approved documented work site methods for carrying out work on an electrical supply network to the standard required by the asset owner.
6This unit standard is intended for use in the assessment of Distribution and Transmission Line Mechanics and all terminology should be related to that sector of the industry.
7This unit standard is intended for final sign off of the practical skill set of a Distribution or Transmission Line Mechanics.
8The activities of this unit standard may be conductedusing a simulated electricity workplace environment where the candidate is part of a team.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Plan, install and commission network lines on an electricity structureas a member of a team.
Evidence requirements
1.1Risk assessment is completed prior to work being undertaken.
1.2Install LV electric service lines under live HV electric service lines.
1.3Use knowledge of ropes, slings and knots to install overhead conductors on electricity structures to install electric service lines.
1.4Test electric service lines.
Rangepre-commissioning visual check, polarity, voltage, phase rotation, neutral.
1.5Commission the LV electric service lines under live HV electric service lines.
Outcome 2
Identify and service equipment used in the electricity network.
Rangepower transformer, HV fuse.
Evidence requirements
2.111 kV de-energised tap change on a power transformer.
2.2Remove, test and replace HV fuse.
Outcome 3
Carryout rescue of a victim from an electricity structure.
Evidence requirements
3.1Structure is inspected to ensure rescuer’s safety.
Rangeincludes but is not limited to determining – structure soundness, voltage and Minimum Approach Distance (MAD), victim clear, victim in contact with supply, supply connection, climbing route plan, personal protective equipment, rescue equipment.
3.2The need for assistance is determined.
3.3Structure is climbed using planned route.
3.4Condition of victim is determined.
Rangeclear of supply, contact with supply, breaking contact between victim and supply, victim position, airway open or closed.
3.5Victim is lowered.
3.6Basic life support and first aid are administered.
Outcome 4
Process for obtaining a permit is followed for authorisation for the de-energising of LV and HV electric lines.
Evidence requirements
4.1Process for obtaining a permit is identified.
4.2Process is carried out.
4.3Authorisation permit is obtained.
4.4Permit conditions are communicated to team members.
Planned review date / 31 December 2018Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 20 March 2014 / N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0120
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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