Establish information for telecoms engineering maintenance and/or fault finding

This standard identifies the competencies you need to establish information for telecoms engineering maintenance tasks before undertaking maintenance and/or fault-finding activities. The telecoms equipment in this standard can be for overground or underground rail transportation systems.

You will be able to source and interpret the information required to undertake the allocated maintenance and/or fault-finding tasks. You will be required to extract the necessary data from the various specifications and related documentation, to establish and carry out the work requirements and to make valid decisions about the work activities based on the information extracted.

You will be expected to work to instructions, with a minimum of supervision. You will be able to read and interpret the documentation available and will know about the conventions, symbols and abbreviations used, in adequate depth to provide a sound basis for carrying out the activities to the required specification.

Safety is a key theme throughout this standard. You will be able to take all relevant action to ensure the safety of yourself, others and railway operations.

P1 establish and interpret the required details for the maintenance and/or fault finding activities
P2 obtain and interpret relevant information on technical requirements
P3 confirm the information is current, authorised and contains all essential data
P4 identify and deal with information, which is inadequate, contradictory and/or ambiguous
P5 identify and address any problems occurring with the requirements and their interpretation

K1 how to source and interpret sources of technical information for maintenance and/or fault finding activities
K2 your organisation's procedures for documentation care and control and the requirements for the retention of records
K3 how to ensure that documents are current and authorised and reflect the required level of detail
K4 the customer/contractual requirements such as service level agreements
K5 how to interpret the relevant conventions, symbols, terminology and abbreviations used in site and equipment diagrams, engineering diagrams and specifications including an understanding of telecoms terminology
K6 the relevant methods and techniques covering maintenance and/or fault finding of telecoms equipment and how to interpret them
K7 how to identify, evaluate and respond to problems occurring with the information and its interpretation
K8 the relevant reporting lines and procedures that are approved by your organisation
K9 the limits of your own authority and responsibility, and those of others involved

1. Types of telecom equipment for which technical maintenance information may need to be established includes:

   • transmission systems
   • bearer circuits
   • telecoms bearers carrying signalling circuits
   • SCADA
   • operational telephones
   • switches and systems (such as telephone exchanges & concentrators)
   • railway operational information systems
   • PA and CCTV
   • operational CCTV (such as OPO/DOO)
   • GSM-R
   • other industry specific telecom equipment

2. Sources of information, as applicable to the equipment being maintained, includes:

   • drawings
   • defect history
   • fault reports (such as customer, monitoring centre)
   • handbooks
   • maintenance specifications
   • instructions
   • schedules
   • procedures