Diagnose faults in process equipment

Overview & Purpose

What This Standard Covers

This standard outlines the skills and knowledge required to diagnose faults in process equipment, employing diagnostic techniques and tools to identify likely causes of faults and assess their implications for safety and other work.

Performance Criteria

• Work safely at all times, adhering to health and safety regulations
• Review and utilize relevant information on equipment symptoms and problems
• Investigate and identify the most likely causes of faults
• Select and apply appropriate diagnostic techniques, tools, and aids
• Complete fault diagnosis within the agreed timeframe, informing relevant parties of any delays
• Determine the implications of faults for other tasks and safety
• Draw valid conclusions about the nature and probable cause of faults based on evidence
• Record details of faults accurately in an appropriate format

Knowledge & Understanding Requirements

• Health and safety legislation and safe working practices
• Procedures for emergencies and hazardous occurrences
• Responsibilities for personal and colleague safety
• Fault-finding diagnostic aids and techniques
• Information analysis to determine probable fault causes
• Care and maintenance of diagnostic equipment
• Characteristics and causes of specific faults
• Risk assessment related to faults
• Documentation required for reporting faults and diagnoses
• Reporting procedures for faults and their diagnoses

Relevent Roles

• Production and process engineers
• Chemical and related process operatives
• Process operatives n.e.c
• Plant and machine operatives n.e.c
• Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c
• Labourers in process and plant operations n.e.c