Page 1 of 5 Title Demonstrate the requirements for holding access permits for work on high voltage electrical lines, cables, and equipment Level 3 Credits 4 Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of the requirements to hold an access permit for work on high voltage lines, cables and equipment; describe the requirements to request and return an access permit for work on high voltage lines, cables and equipment; and demonstrate recipient requirements to accept and return a permit for work on high voltage lines, cables and equipment in accordance with industry requirements. Classification Electricity Supply > Electricity Supply - Core Skills Available grade Achieved Entry information Critical health and safety prerequisites Unit 17026, Demonstrate knowledge of safe entry into restricted areas in an electricity supply environment, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills. Explanatory notes 1 This unit standard is intended for, but not restricted to off job assessment. The range statements within the unit standard can be applied according to enterprise specific equipment, procedures and processes. 2 Safety of personnel and plant must be a priority throughout the assessment. If the safety requirements are not met the assessment must stop. 3 Performance and work practices in relation to the outcomes and evidence requirements must comply with all current legislation, especially the Electricity Act 1992 and any subsequent amendments, and any regulations, codes of practice recognised under that statute, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, the Resource Management Act 1991, and their subsequent amendments, electricity supply industry codes of practice and documented enterprise procedures. These include, Safety Manual Electricity Industry (SM-EI) (2004) Wellington: Electricity Engineers Association. A full list of current legislation and industry codes is available from: PO Box 1245
Page 2 of 5 HAMILTON. 4 The phrase in accordance with industry requirements is implicit in all outcomes and evidence requirements in this unit standard. 5 Definitions Industry requirements include all asset owner requirements; manufacturers specifications; and enterprise requirements which cover the documented workplace policies, procedures, specifications, business, and quality management requirements relevant to the workplace in which assessment is carried out. Asset owner refers to the owner of an electricity supply network that takes its point of supply from Transpower NZ, and delivers electricity to industrial, commercial and residential customers. Asset owner standards are the approved documented work site methods for carrying out work on an electrical supply network to the standard required by the asset owner. 6 This unit standard is intended for use in the assessment of Distribution and Transmission Line Mechanics, Cable Jointers and Substation maintainers and all terminology should be related to that sector of the industry. 7 The scope of this unit standard includes but is not limited to: restricted high voltage areas (exceeding 1000 volts) located within the electrical industry. 8 Assessments for this unit standard may be conducted in a simulated electricity supply workplace environment. Outcomes and evidence requirements Outcome 1 Demonstrate knowledge of the requirements to hold an access permit for work on high voltage lines. 1.1 Industry wide access permit types are described in terms of access and test permits. 1.2 The permit recipient s responsibilities are described in terms of personnel safety on high voltage lines. responsible for safe work practices of employees, other workers, visitors and the public; supervisor responsibilities; attending job location; taking appropriate course of action if absent from job location; appropriate personal protective equipment; permit modifications. 1.3 The permit recipient s responsibilities are described in relation to work party membership. membership competent or under supervision, fit state for work.
Page 3 of 5 1.4 The permit recipient s responsibilities are described in terms of the work party member s compliance with permits. includes but is not limited to information on access permits, work party members signatures, work party members leaving and returning to job. 1.5 Basic access permit requirements are described in terms of issuer applied safety measures, recipient applied safety measures. 1.6 Access permits recipient s job management responsibilities are described. before starting work, during work, on completion of work. 1.7 Access permits issuer s job management responsibilities are described in terms of SM-EI. Outcome 2 Demonstrate knowledge of the requirements to request an access permit for work on high voltage lines. 2.1 The requirements for a permit are described in terms of what is necessary before work can commence. may include but is not limited to equipment removed from service, equipment being erected, and equipment being dismantled; evidence of two is required. 2.2 Consultation requirements are described in terms of reasonable notice, work description, identification of safety measures. 2.3 The requirements for boundary marking and notices are described. may include but is not limited to placement and removal of permit rope, defined points of entry, control of defined entry points, permit rope crossing, notices display for access permit, display for test permit, barrier notices near live equipment; evidence of three is required. Outcome 3 Demonstrate knowledge of the responsibilities of recipients returning access permits for high voltage lines. 3.1 The description outlines the recipient confirmation responsibilities if all the work is complete in accordance with the SM-EI.
Page 4 of 5 3.2 The description outlines the recipient confirmation responsibilities if all the work is not complete in accordance with the SM-EI. 3.3 The description outlines the confirmation procedure when the recipient is not able to personally return the permit in accordance with the SM-EI. Outcome 4 Demonstrate recipient requirements to accept and return an access permit for work on high voltage lines. 4.1 An access permit is accepted. acceptance includes by hand, by telephone, by radio; relaying by telephone and radio; transferring a permit; modifying a permit; evidence of three methods is required. 4.2 Demonstrate the procedures for return of an access permit. procedures under normal circumstances, procedure when the recipient is not able to personally return the permit. 4.3 Information is recorded in the required format and filed in accordance with company or asset owner s requirements. may include original issuer records, recipient site originated records; evidence of one method is required. Planned review date 31 December 2018 Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment Registration 1 23 November 1999 31 December 2016 Review 2 22 October 2003 31 December 2016 Rollover and Revision 3 25 October 2007 31 December 2016 Review 4 20 March 2014 N/A Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0120 This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Page 5 of 5 Please note Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment. Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards. Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards. Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements. Comments on this unit standard Please contact the at qualifications@infrastructureito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.