Level 3 Credits 50
This National Certificate is designed for people working on and around underground gas pipelines in the transmission sector of the gas industry and is primarily aimed at those who maintain and operate these pipelines.
The qualification contains optional standards that are not required for the award of the certificate. However, they may be considered necessary in some employment contexts.
People who have completed this National Certificate can continue a career pathway onto the National Certificate in Gas Transmission Operations - Mechanical (
Level 3 and
4).
Special Notes
To ensure the level of skill required to work safely in the gas transmission environment, the sector requires people to hold the
National Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety - Workplace Safety (Level 3) prior to the award of this qualification.
It is recommended that people seeking award of this qualification have achieved prior award of the
National Certificate in Gas Transmission Operations - Level 2 or can demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
COMPULSORY: 48 Credits
Unit Standard
|
Description
|
Level
|
Credit
|
|
3054 |
Read and interpret instruments used on energy and chemical plant |
3 |
5 |
|
9543 |
Install and maintain pipeline safety signs and aerial markers in a gas transmission environment |
3 |
2 |
|
9547 |
Demonstrate knowledge of protecting under depth gas transmission pipelines |
4 |
4 |
|
9548 |
Locate pipelines in a gas transmission environment |
3 |
3 |
|
9950 |
Perform basic pipe wrapping on a steel pipeline |
4 |
3 |
|
9551 |
Carry out gas transmission pipeline pigging |
3 |
8 |
|
9554 |
Inspect gas transmission pipeline easements and pipeline systems |
3 |
3 |
|
9555 |
Identify methods of prevention and control of, and monitor and control, erosion on a gas transmission pipeline system |
4 |
8 |
|
9575 |
Explain the purpose and application of cathodic protection in a petrochemical workplace |
4 |
2 |
|
20877 |
Demonstrate knowledge of working safely at sites under temporary traffic management |
2 |
1 |
|
20878 |
Assist with temporary traffic management for low volume and Level 1 roads |
2 |
1 |
|
25314 |
Control excavations near a gas transmission pipeline system |
4 |
4 |
|
25510 |
Operate an atmospheric testing device to determine a suitable atmosphere exists to work safely |
3 |
4 |
ELECTIVE: A minimum of 2 credits;
Unit Standard
|
Description
|
Level
|
Credit
|
|
9546 |
Carry out aerial inspection of a gas transmission pipeline system |
3 |
2 |
|
10993 |
Use a Holiday detector in a gas distribution network |
2 |
2 |
Optional Standards
Unit Standard
|
Description
|
Level
|
Credit
|
|
2138 |
Demonstrate knowledge of asbestos and safety procedures |
2 |
1 |
|
9553 |
Inspect pipeline stations in a petrochemical workplace |
3 |
3 |
|
9576 |
Carry out cathodic protection system monitoring in a petrochemical workplace |
4 |
3 |
|
20590 |
Test gas for odour level and odorant concentration in a gas network |
3 |
3 |
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