Carry out maintenance on electrification and plant assets
Overview
This standard is about undertaking preventative and corrective maintenance on electrification and plant assets. The maintenance may be routine and could involve adjusting, replacing and dismantling/reassembling electrification and plant assets.
The types of assets may include:
- contact systems (OLE, Conductor rails)
- power supply equipment
These may also be in one or more of the following areas:
- structural
- mechanical
- electrical
The types of maintenance activities may include:
- locating and diagnosing defects
- fault finding
- adjustments
- replacements
- renewals
- restorations
- removals
The types of maintenance activities will be both planned and unplanned but will generally be multi stage processes and any interference with other systems and assets must be kept to a minimum. Where interference with other systems and assets has to take place, you will ensure the correct approvals are obtained.
At all times you will be working within the limits of your own responsibility and report any instances where the maintenance activities cannot be achieved to the relevant person(s), this may include following reporting, recording and escalating procedures.
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 source and interpret the relevant maintenance schedules, specification and instructions to carry out the required activities
P3 identify and analyse the activities to be undertaken
P4 identify the assets to be maintained
P5 carry out the maintenance activities within the limits of your own authority
P6 carry out the activities in the specified sequence, within the timescales set by your organisation, and ensure minimal interference with other systems and assets
P7 confirm that the maintained equipment is operating within acceptable tolerances as defined by the specification
P8 report any instances where the maintenance activities cannot be met or where there are identified defects and variations outside the planned schedule
P9 complete relevant maintenance records in line with your organisation’s procedures
P10 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 regulations, directives, guidelines, and safe working practices and procedures as defined by your organisation
K2 how to source and interpret maintenance schedules, specifications, and instructions that are approved by your organisation
K3 how to identify discrepancies in maintenance schedules, specifications, and instructions, including, as appropriate version control
K4 how to identify and analyse the activities to be undertaken
K5 how to identify the assets to be maintained
K6 your organisation's methods and techniques for carrying out maintenance activities relevant to your role
K7 the importance of carrying out maintenance activities in the specified sequence, within organisational timescales, and ensuring minimal interference with other systems and assets
K8 how to identify the tolerances associated with the equipment that is being maintained
K9 the implications of of incomplete maintenance activities
K10 the types of defects and variations that could occur
K11 your organisation's procedures for waste disposal
K12 the relevant reporting lines and procedures that are approved by your organisation
K13 the limits of your own authority and responsibility and those of others involved