Unit of competency details
PPMCSK301 - Operate process control equipment (Release 1)
Summary
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| 1 1 (this release) |
10/Feb/2022 |
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Unit of competency
Assessment requirements
Training packages that include this unit
Qualifications that include this unit
Classifications
Classification history
| ASCED Module/Unit of Competency Field of Education Identifier | 030717 | Plant And Machine Operations | 27/Apr/2022 | |
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Unit of competency
Modification History
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Release
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Comments
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Release 1
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This version released with PPM Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Training Package Version 3.0.
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Application
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to operate process control equipment in a pulp and/or paper manufacturing facility.
The unit applies to production operators and technicians who access, monitor and control process control equipment, including responding to process variations and problems involved in working within an operating environment with complex integrated equipment and continuous operations.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Pre-requisite Unit
Nil
Unit Sector
Computer/Process Control Equipment (CSK)
Elements and Performance Criteria
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Elements
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Performance Criteria
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Elements describe the essential outcomes.
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Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
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1. Access and navigate control system
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1.1 Receive and give shift handover
1.2 Identify, control and report safety risks and hazards
1.3 Identify and check operational status of control system
1.4 Use control screens to access control system
1.5 Navigate control system to meet job and specifications requirements
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2. Monitor and control process
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2.1 Monitor key variables frequently using control screen/s to check process status
2.2 Make equipment adjustments using process control systems according to operating and workplace health and safety procedures
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3. Respond to process variations and problems
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3.1 Identify process variations through faulty signals
3.2 Adjust equipment in response to process variations and alarms and specifications requirements
3.3 Report process variations according to organisational procedures
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Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential for performance in this unit of competency but are not explicit in the performance criteria.
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Skill
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Description
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Reading
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- Interpret information from a range of workplace documentation including standard operating procedures, operation manuals, checklists, drawings and signage
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Writing
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- Record shift data using log books or computer systems
- Record equipment malfunctions and product or part deviations using clear language and industry terminology
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Communication
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- Respond to non-verbal signals, including hand signals and alarms
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Numeracy
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- Interpret numerical readings on instruments and gauges
- Interpret symbols used in process controls
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Unit Mapping Information
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Code and title current version
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Code and title previous version
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Comments
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Equivalence status
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PPMCSK301 Operate process control equipment
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PPMCSK310 Operate process control equipment
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Changes to performance criteria, foundation skills, performance evidence and knowledge evidence
Assessment conditions updated
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Not equivalent
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Links
Companion Volumes, including Implementation Guides, are available at VETNet: - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=12998f8d-d0ac-40bc-a69e-72a600d4fd93
Assessment requirements
Modification History
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Release
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Comments
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Release 1
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This version released with PPM Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Training Package Version 3.0.
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Performance Evidence
An individual demonstrating competency must satisfy all of the elements and performance criteria in this unit.
There must be evidence that the individual has safely operated process control equipment for at least two operational intervals, associated with one of the following integrated systems:
- primary resources processes
- waste paper handling processes
- waste paper operations processes
- pulping processes
- chemical recovery systems
- stock preparation systems
- wet end processes
- dry end processes
- finishing and converting processes
- warehousing and dispatch processes
- water services processes
- steam generation processes
- electrical power generation processes.
In completing the above, there must also be evidence that the individual has, for each interval:
- conducted a risk assessment and applied control measures
- monitored key variables during the operation of process control equipment, including:
- speed
- output rate
- product integrity and general conformance to specification
- accessed and navigated control systems
- made process adjustments to respond to variations and problems.
Knowledge Evidence
An individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge required to perform the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit. This includes knowledge of:
- procedures, regulations and workplace requirements relevant to operating process control equipment, including:
- computer-controlled machine operating procedures
- workplace health and safety requirements, and the use of personal protective equipment in relation to handling materials, equipment operation and clean-up
- hazard identification and control procedures
- standard operating procedures
- isolation procedures
- procedures for identifying and reporting equipment malfunctions, and product or part deviations
- risk management using the hierarchy of controls applied to the operation of computer-controlled machines and processes
- symbols used in process controls
- materials, equipment and process sufficient to recognise material and equipment conditions that may lead to out-of-specification production
- effect of adjustments on part or product specifications.
Assessment Conditions
Assessment of the skills in this unit of competency must take place under the following conditions:
- skills must be demonstrated in a pulp and/or paper manufacturing facility or an environment that accurately represents workplace conditions
- resources, equipment and materials:
- computer systems
- electronic screens and alarms
- process control equipment and systems
- analogue and digital instrumentation
- personal protective equipment for operating process control equipment.
- workplace and operating procedures relevant to operating process control equipment, and workplace health and safety requirements.
Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.
Links
Companion Volumes, including Implementation Guides, are available at VETNet: - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=12998f8d-d0ac-40bc-a69e-72a600d4fd93
