Carry out maintenance on electrification and plant equipment and components
Overview
This standard is about carrying out maintenance on electrification and plant equipment and components and may also include inter-connections which may include preventative and corrective maintenance activities. The activities will be routine and may involve adjusting, replacing and dismantling electrification and plant equipment and components. The types of equipment, components and inter-connections may include:
- conductors (overhead wires and rails)
- support and registration assemblies
- in span equipment such as section insulators and neutral section
- contact and catenary wire
- earthing and bonding cables and connectors
- insulators
- foundations
- support structures such as masts and portals
- droppers
These may also be in one or more of the following areas:
- structural
- mechanical
- electrical
The equipment, components and interconnections will be sub-sets of the following assets:
- contact Systems (OLE, Conductor rails)
- power supply equipment
Examples of maintenance activities may include:
- lubrication
- cleaning and security of equipment such as, insulation, signage, guarding
Examples of replacement techniques may include:
- crimping
- fastening
- rail drilling
- using tensioning rigs
The types of maintenance activities will be both planned and unplanned but will generally be single stage processes. At all times you will be working to within the limits of your own responsibility and report any instances where the maintenance activities cannot be achieved to the relevant person(s).
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
P1 maintain safe working practices and comply with all relevant health and safety regulations, directives, and guidelines
P2 follow the relevant maintenance schedules and instructions to carry out the required activities
P3 carry out the maintenance activities within the limits of your own authority
P4 carry out the maintenance activities in the specified sequence and within the timescales set by your organisation
P5 report any instances where the maintenance activities cannot be fully met or where there are identified defects outside the planned schedule
P6 complete relevant maintenance records in line with your organisation’s procedures
P7 dispose of waste materials in line with your organisation's procedures
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
K1 the relevant health and safety legislation, regulations, and safe working practices and procedures as defined by your organisation
K2 how to follow maintenance schedules and instructions that are approved by your organisation
K3 your organisation's methods and techniques for carrying out maintenance activities relevant to your role
K4 the importance of carrying out maintenance activities in the specified sequence, within organisational timescales agreed
K5 your organisation's procedures for waste disposal
K6 the approved reporting lines and procedures within your organisation
K7 the limits of your own authority and responsibility and those of others involved