Prepare plant, equipment and infrastructure for hydrogen product storage

URN: COGHS001
Business Sectors (Suites): Processing Industries Operations
Developed by: Cogent
Approved on: 30 Mar 2023

Overview

This standard identifies the competencies you need to prepare plant, equipment and infrastructure for hydrogen product storage.



You will prepare and demonstrate that you can obtain work permits and permissions, plan and import hydrogen products into the storage facility and communicate with relevant stakeholders in line with all required customer, organisational and legal requirements.   

This could include individuals working in the following industries, Chemical, Petro-Chemicals, Storage and Energy production.


Performance criteria

You must be able to:

P1. use all necessary safety equipment in line with organisational and legal requirements
P2. obtain the necessary work permits, clearances, and isolation permissions before entering the work area, in line with organisational and legal requirements  
P3. handle hydrogen storage tanks safely in line with organisational and legal requirements.
P4. plan for import and storage conditions in line with customer's requirements    

P5. carryout pre-storage inspection of the import equipment and storage tanks in line with organisational and legal requirements
P6. report any defects or non-conformity following organisational and legal requirements
P7. take appropriate action to restore import equipment and storage tanks to standard operating conditions in line with organisational and legal requirements    
P8. prepare import equipment and storage tank to receive the hydrogen product to meet organisational and customer requirements
P9. complete relevant documentation for starting and maintaining the import and storage in line with organisational and customer requirements.
P10. communicate information to the appropriate stakeholders within and outside the company in line with organisational, customer and legal requirements..

P11. manage and maintain hydrogen storage area and storage conditions in line with organisational and legal requirements



Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

K1. the safety equipment necessary for safe hydrogen production, including personal protective equipment (PPE), alarms, and monitoring devices
K2. the requirements for work area access, isolation permissions, working with gases, fire protection and extinguishing requirements for a hydrogen production environment to meet organisational and legal requirements
K3. the safe working practices for handling hydrogen storage tanks to meet organisational and legal requirements
K4. how to obtain customer's requirements for hydrogen import and storage
K5. the importance of selecting the correct import and storage conditions to meet customer requirements                      
K6. how to conduct a pre-storage inspection, including corrosion inspections, filter checks, differential pressure, gas leak, meter checks, pressure, temperature, and visual inspection of relief vents
K7. the procedure for reporting defects or non-conformity to meet organisational and legal requirements
K8. how to restore import equipment and hydrogen storage tank to standard operating conditions to meet organisational and legal requirements  
K9. the process and organisational requirements for preparing the storage tank to receive the hydrogen product
K10. the documentation requirements recording the status of the equipment for starting and maintaining operating conditions for import and storage of the hydrogen product
K11. how to communicate effectively with stakeholders within and outside the company to meet organisational, customer and legal requirements
K12. the importance of efficiently managing hydrogen storage conditions to meet organisational and legal requirements.

K13. the importance of effectively managing potential venting or boil-off incidents

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Version Number

1

Indicative Review Date

30 Mar 2028

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

Cogent Skills

Original URN

COGHS001

Relevant Occupations

Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies, Manufacturing Technologies, Process Control Technician, Professional Occupations

SOC Code

8114

Keywords

prepare, plant, equipment, infrastructure