Shutting down equipment in downstream operations

Overview & Purpose

What This Standard Covers

This standard outlines the competencies required to safely shut down equipment in downstream operations, emphasizing the importance of procedural adherence and consideration for operational impacts.

Performance Criteria

• Obtain confirmation for shutdown to proceed
• Identify equipment and check status
• Follow procedures for checks and tests
• Inform relevant personnel about shutdown impacts
• Notify appropriate personnel of imminent shutdown
• Shut down equipment in accordance with procedures
• Identify, correct, and report abnormalities
• Complete all relevant documentation
• Inform personnel when shutdown is completed
• Work safely in accordance with operational requirements

Knowledge & Understanding Requirements

• Proper selection, use, and care for PPE
• Understanding statutory and organizational requirements
• Interpreting operational requirements
• Importance of correct shutdown sequence
• Consequences of incorrect shutdown timing/sequencing
• Operating principles of relevant equipment
• Knowledge of trip systems and logic sequences
• Plant layout and operating manuals
• Equipment shutdown procedures
• Working within the Permit to Work system
• Accessing relevant documentation
• Equipment function in plant operations
• Material properties contained in equipment
• Preparing for potential shutdown problems
• Impact of equipment withdrawal on the entire plant
• Conditions when shutdown should not proceed
• Consequences of improper isolation of equipment
• Importance of time taken for proper shutdown and isolation
• Understanding operating conditions and parameters

Relevent Roles

• Engineering roles
• Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies
• Plant and Machine Operatives
• Process and Plant Machine Operatives