Assemble instrumentation and control equipment and systems in engineering construction

This standard is about the assembly of instrumentation and control equipment and systems to meet the required specification in the engineering construction industry.

You will need to be able to assemble instrumentation and control equipment and systems safely and effectively to requirements whilst adhering to health, safety and environmental legislation, regulations and safe working practices.

 

In the context of this standard, your responsibility is to interpret and work within given specifications, selecting methods and techniques to achieve the best possible result.  In some cases, you may still be expected to refer to others for final authorisation, even though you remain responsible for identifying and implementing decisions. 

This standard is for instrumentation and control maintenance technicians.

1. work safely at all times, complying with health, safety, environmental and other relevant legislation, regulations, guidelines and local rules or procedures 2. ensure that the **work environment**, materials, tools and equipment are suitably prepared for the work activities to be undertaken 3. follow all relevant instructions, assembly drawings and specifications 4. ensure that the correct instrumentation and control equipment, systems and components are available and meet the specification 5. use the correct tools and techniques to assemble the instrumentation and control equipment and systems into their correct positions 6. undertake ingress protection and foreign material exclusion procedures, as appropriate 7. assemble the instrumentation and control equipment and systems in accordance with the specification 8. check the securing arrangements of the instrumentation and control equipment and systems  9. check the completed assembly to ensure that all instructions have been completed and that it meets the required specification 10. **reinstate the work area** 11. deal promptly and effectively with problems within your control and report those that have been and those that cannot be solved

1. relevant legislative, regulatory and local requirements or procedures and safe working practices including your responsibilities with regard to reporting lines and procedures 2. preparation and reinstatement requirements in respect of the work area, materials and equipment, and the possible consequences of incorrect actions in these areas 3. relevant instructions, assembly drawings and related specifications  4. what to do if one of the instrumentation and control components or part of the equipment or system is discovered to be faulty 5. assembly methods and procedures for instrumentation and control equipment and systems: * the implications of different assembly techniques  * setting up and alignment * sequential tightening and torqueing * fastenings * electrical terminations 6. the techniques for ingress protection and foreign material exclusion and the importance of this 7. how to check the assembly is complete and meets the required specification 8. the types of defects or damage that may be found when assembling instrumentation and control equipment and systems and what to do if found 9. recording and documentation procedures  10. tool and equipment control:  the correct use of relevant tools and equipment and your individual responsibility for the use, care and security of those you use

This could include:

• engineering construction sites
• controlled operations
• offshore installations
• maintenance sites
• nuclear sites
• repair sites

Work environments may be open or restricted spaces:  

• at height 
• confined spaces
• control rooms
• controlled operational and offshore installations
• designated work areas
• explosive atmospheres
• existing plants and structures
• fabrication workshops 
• in plant rooms
• inside structures, system and plant
• on access structures (scaffold)
• on open structures
• onshore and offshore installations
• shafts
• shipyards
• tunnels

This term could include:

• returning the work area to a safe condition
• removing barriers
• sweeping up
• correctly disposing of waste materials
• storing re-usable materials, consumables and equipment in accordance with appropriate procedures
• completing  all necessary documentation