Unit code: MSMENV272

Unit description: This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to comply with environmental regulations, identify environment issues and minimise the risks of negative impact on work and carry out improvements in own work area.

Unit code: MSMSUP100

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to complete own work activities.

Unit code: MSMSUP102

Unit description: This unit applies to personnel who are required to communicate clearly and accurately to record messages, seek clarification, access needed information, relay information to other people and complete workplace documentation.

Unit code: MSMWHS110

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to follow emergency response procedures in the workplace. It involves the use of workplace policies and procedures to maintain a safe work environment for oneself and others.

Unit code: MSMWHS200

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to apply workplace policies and procedures to maintain a safe work environment for self and others. The unit of competency covers identifying work health and safety (WHS) hazards, assessing risk and following safety procedures in the workplace with minimal supervision.

Unit code: MEM18011C

Unit description:

This unit covers isolating and shutting down machines and equipment.

Unit code: MSL952001

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the ability to collect samples at field or production sites using specified equipment and standard or routine procedures.

Unit code: MSMOPS212

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to use organisation computers or data systems in order to work effectively.

Unit code: MSMOPS400

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to optimise the process performance of a complete process, plant area or system. It requires optimising a more significant portion of a plant than would be required for one of the PMAOPS3## series. It also requires a more strategic approach to the optimisation than the routine, day-to-day optimisation undertaken as a routine part of plant operation. The optimisation may, or may not involve capital expenditure.

Unit code: MSMPER200

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to work in accordance with an issued permit. It aims to ensure that people working under a permit to work understand the system, know the limitations of the permit under which they are working and comply with all the requirements of the permit. The people to whom this unit applies may be called 'permit recipients' or 'permit holders' by some organisations. Some organisations call 'permits' 'clearances'.

Unit code: MSMPER201

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to monitor a work situation in which the activity is conducted under a permit to work. The individual will be required to monitor the work situation for conformance to the permit and immediately intervene if the parameters of the permit are not met or work proceeds outside the boundaries set by the permit.

Unit code: MSMPER205

Unit description: This unit of competency is required by persons who are required to enter a confined space, as defined by the Australian Standard AS 2865-2009 Confined spaces, or its authorised update or replacement.

Pre-requisite unit: MSMPER200 - Work in accordance with an issued permit

Unit code: MSMPER300

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to issue work permits. It covers an understanding of the permit system and the limitations of each permit, and making decisions regarding the need for and correct use of each permit. This unit includes the issue of any and all permits. Permits are called ‘clearances’ by some organisations.

Pre-requisite unit: MSMWHS201 - Conduct hazard analysis

Unit code: MSMPER400

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required for the issuing and auditing of any and all permits across multiple plant areas or an entire site. It covers both the issuing of permits directly and also the coordination of permits issued by others. It focuses on potential conflicts between work being undertaken as well as checking that the permit system is being used correctly.

Pre-requisite unit: MSMPER300 - Issue work permits

Unit code: MSMSUP200

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to identify and implement actions to achieve workplace targets and to suggest ways to improve processes.

Unit code: MSMSUP210

Unit description: This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to process information and respond to the information requirements of own job, including the completion of workplace documents, and clearly and concisely providing relevant information to others.

Unit code: MSMSUP240

Unit description: This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to undertake minor maintenance and solve routine problems to procedures. Minor maintenance can include operational maintenance, general cleaning, part removal and part replacement and other activities that do not require a trade qualification.

Unit code: MSMSUP291

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to identify areas of improvement and work with colleagues to implement the changes.

Unit code: MSMSUP300

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to identify, monitor and participate in strategies to improve production efficiencies.

Unit code: MSMSUP310

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to develop workplace documentation in response to identified information requirements. Develop covers ‘develop from scratch’ or ‘take existing and improve’.

Unit code: MSMSUP382

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to establish and provide one-to-one coaching/mentoring in the workplace and evaluate its effectiveness.

Unit code: MSMSUP390

Unit description: This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to use structured process improvement tools to solve process and other problems. It describes the broad application of in-depth and rigorous structured problem-solving techniques to identify opportunities for improvement.

Unit code: MSMWHS205

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to control minor incidents. The general purpose of this initial response is to prevent any incident from escalating. In the event of an incident this person may be expected to respond to an incident team member in accordance with procedures.

Unit code: MSMWHS212

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to undertake an appropriate first response to fire incidents in onshore and offshore situations/emergencies.

Unit code: MSMWHS216

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate and maintain breathing apparatus and equipment in an irrespirable atmosphere, as defined by the Australian Standard AS/NZS 1715:2009 Selection, use and maintenance of respiratory protective equipment.

Unit code: MSMWHS217

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to test the working atmosphere, using electronic test apparatus, to find out if it is safe for the proposed work.

Unit code: MSMWHS300

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to implement and monitor defined work health and safety (WHS) policies and procedures for a work group or area.

Pre-requisite unit: MSMWHS200 - Work safely

Unit code: PMAOPS101

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to make readings and/or take measurements using common types of plant instrumentation. This unit of competency applies to operators who are required to identify the units and scales to use, perform the measurements and record the results in prescribed format, level of detail and according to procedures.

Unit code: PMAOPS201

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate pumps and valves and other fluid flow equipment in a processing plant.

Unit code: PMAOPS205

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate heat exchangers.

Unit code: PMAOPS208

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge to operate chemical separation equipment where the feed is usually single phase.

Unit code: PMAOPS216

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate a local control panel.

Unit code: PMAOPS221

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate a prime mover and its ancillary equipment.

Unit code: PMAOPS222

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate pumping systems, which are driven by prime movers; and ancillary equipment.

Pre-requisite unit: PMAOPS221 - Operate and monitor prime movers

Unit code: PMAOPS223

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate and monitor valves and ancillary equipment as part of controlling a process.

Unit code: PMAOPS224

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to provide essential fluids for process support.

Unit code: PMAOPS226

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to monitor and operate flare systems.

Unit code: PMAOPS230

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate and maintain pipeline stations and equipment where the pipeline is covered by the AS 2885 Pipelines - Gas and liquid petroleum suite of standards. AS 2885 Pipelines - Gas and liquid petroleum (and its related standards) should be consulted for detail. This unit of competency applies to operators who are required to start up and shut down the equipment, monitor its performance and the need for maintenance, identify problems and take appropriate action, and maintain records.

Unit code: PMAOPS233

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to monitor wells and associated equipment in the field.

Unit code: PMAOPS234

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate low pressure compressors.

Unit code: PMAOPS240

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to store and transfer fluids to and from tanks. This is often called ‘operating a tank farm’.

Unit code: PMAOPS241

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate a range of equipment generally covered by the title 'Joule-Thomson device'.

Unit code: PMAOPS246

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge needed to operate typical stand-alone dual phase separation equipment as used in a chemical, oil/hydrocarbons or metalliferous minerals processing plant, and solving problems with separation processes.

Unit code: PMAOPS280

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to interpret process plant schematics for a range of operations uses.

Unit code: PMAOPS300

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate an enterprise-specific unit of a production plant, which is not otherwise described by other units in this Training Package. The production unit operation will integrate several plant items (single unit operations). For the operation of a single unit operation refer to the relevant PMAOPS2## unit of competency.

Unit code: PMAOPS302

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate a production unit which, as its prime function, causes and controls a chemical reaction. The production unit operation will integrate several plant items (single unit operations).

Unit code: PMAOPS303

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate a furnace for the primary purpose of causing, inducing or facilitating a chemical reaction such as cracking, smelting or other very high temperature processes. The furnace will typically be directly fired or may use the feed as the fuel.

Unit code: PMAOPS304

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate and monitor a complex compressor system. The compressor system will integrate several plant items (single unit operations).

Unit code: PMAOPS305

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate and monitor the plant using a centralised control panel, such as distributed control system (DCS) type controls. The panel controls multiple vessels/plant items and or products. It will typically be located on-site but off plant in a control room, but may also be off-site.

Unit code: PMAOPS307

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to transfer bulk fluids into/out of storage facility. The storage facility may be a land-based tank farm or a tanker at sea

Unit code: PMAOPS320

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to control the artificial lift of fluids from operating wells either on land or off-shore using pumps, valves and compressors. Fluids may be oil, condensate, gas or water.

Unit code: PMAOPS321

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate and manage wells and ancillary equipment.

Unit code: PMAOPS324

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate a gas turbine in a power generation, compression or similar operation. It applies to a gas turbine that is a complex, independent item of equipment. Typically it will have a specialised start-up and shutdown procedure. It may have its own control panel and inbuilt vibration monitoring equipment.

Unit code: PMAOPS325

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate a power generation system and ancillary equipment. This unit is expected to apply in offshore, remote or other situations where the site/plant generates electrical power.

Unit code: PMAOPS326

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate and monitor a gas absorption unit and ancillary equipment to produce product.

Unit code: PMAOPS333

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to monitor and operate wells and associated equipment in the field.

Unit code: PMAOPS335

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to conduct pipeline pigging. It applies to any type of pig (pipeline inspection gauge) in or on a large plant/platform, including batching, cleaning, gauging, intelligent and foam pigs.

Unit code: PMAOPS402

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to recognise and resolve abnormal process situations that are complex and/or not solvable by direct observation. The problem would normally impact an entire plant system or process. Examples include damage to/wear of tower trays, internal leaks of heat exchangers and collapse of/channelling in tower/column/vessel packing.

Unit code: PMAOPS405

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate a complex control panel. The panel will control entire plant areas and multiple products/process streams and will use a large number of control loops and a broad range of control algorithms; and will probably include advanced process control (APC) as one of its operations. Its operation will require managing multiple complex tasks.

Unit code: PMAOPS410

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to operate and monitor remote process/plant, including production facilities and its associated ancillary equipment and services, from a remote, off-site control system using ground based, satellite or other communications systems. It applies to remote facilities, such as wellheads, separation facilities, utility systems, compressor/pumping stations, treatment stations and satellite processes.

Unit code: PMAOPS411

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to manage the shutdown and restart of a complex and integrated plant. It applies to planned, shutdowns and start-ups, but may also be applied to unplanned and emergency shutdowns (ESD). It does not apply to plant trips.

Unit code: PMAOPS433

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to manage a group of wells and gathering systems so as to optimise the output from all the wells. The management is of the technical aspects of well/system operation, and while this person may also manage well operating personnel, that is not part of this competency.

Unit code: PMAOPS434

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to commission a well, its gathering system and their associated systems. It applies to operational commissioning which takes place after pre-commissioning of equipment and systems; pre-commissioning is typically performed by a contractor or projects team.

Unit code: PMASUP236

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to prepare and operate vehicles and related equipment to patrol pipelines or otherwise drive across a variety of terrains.

Unit code: PMASUP241

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to maintain and ensure pipeline integrity.

Unit code: PMASUP242

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to monitor civil works and maintenance being undertaken by external contractors on pipeline easements and associated facilities.

Unit code: PMASUP244

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to isolate and prepare plant for maintenance work and return to service.

Unit code: PMASUP341

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to monitor and maintain instrument/electrical systems used for process measurement and control of a process.

Pre-requisite unit: MSMPER300 - Issue work permits

Unit code: PMASUP346

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to control corrosion in plant, equipment and/or pipelines (plant) by the use of chemical or biological controls.

Unit code: PMASUP410

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to develop, establish and evaluate plant documentation in response to identified information requirements. Examples of information requirements include workplace documents for the introduction of new systems, processes, equipment and record keeping requirements.

Unit code: PMASUP440

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to commission new plant/pipeline or recommission significantly modified plant/pipeline. It applies to plant/pipeline, such as on or offshore plant, wellheads, transmission pipelines or similar.

Unit code: PMAWHS213

Unit description: This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to function as a member of an emergency response team in order to respond to fire emergencies in onshore and/or offshore facilities.

Unit code: TAEASS401

Unit description: This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to plan the assessment process, including recognition of prior learning (RPL), in a competency-based assessment system

Unit code: TAEASS402

Unit description: This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to implement an assessment plan, and gather quality evidence to assess the competence of a candidate using compliant assessment tools.

Unit code: TAEASS403

Unit description: This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to participate in an assessment validation process. It applies to assessors and workplace supervisors with assessment validation responsibilities participating in, but not necessarily leading, the process.

Unit code: TAEDEL301

Unit description: This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to conduct individual and group instruction, demonstrate work skills and assess the success of training and one's own training performance, using existing learning resources in a safe and comfortable learning environment.