Qualification details

Release 3. This is the second release of this qualification in the UEE Electrotechnology Training Package. Modifications include:

• Superseded units updated
• The following units added to electives (see UEE Release 5.0 Companion Volume Implementation Guide for mapping of deleted UEE units to imported ICT units):

• ICTTEN409
• ICTNWK426
• ICTPRG549
• ICTPRG534
• ICTWEB447.

Release 2. Updated superseded elective units.

Release 1. This is the first release of this qualification in the UEE Electrotechnology Training Package.

This qualification covers competencies to design and validate and/or evaluate process control equipment and systems, manage risk, estimate and manage projects and provide technical advice or sales. It also provides competencies to install, set up, test, develop, select, commission, maintain, and diagnose faults or malfunctions of equipment and systems.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

There are no entry requirements for this qualification

A total of 2160 weighting points  comprising:

1740 core weighting points  listed below; plus

420 general elective weighting points  from the general elective units listed below.

Choose a total of 420 weighting points  elective units from the list below, of which between 0 and 170 weighting points  can be taken from Group A; and between 0 and 80 weighting points  can be taken from Group B; and between 0 and 80 weighting points  can be taken from Group C; and between 0 and 80 weighting points  can be taken from Group D; and between 180 and 420 weighting points  must be taken from Group E; or all 420 weighting points  can be taken from Group E

Up to 170 weighting points  of the general elective units Group A, may be selected from any relevant nationally endorsed Training Package or accredited course, provided selected units contribute to the vocational outcome of the qualification. Previously assigned weighting points are listed in the UEE Electrotechnology Training Package Companion Volume Implementation Guide (CVIG), if not listed weighting points will be 10 points, unless directed from the Electrotechnology Industry Reference Committee (IRC).

There are units of competency within this qualification that contain pre-requisites. Units of competency that have a pre-requisite requirement are identified by this symbol *. Refer directly to the units of competency to identify pre-requisite requirements to ensure all are complied with. A list of all pre-requisites is also provided in the UEE Pre-requisite Companion Volume.

Where imported units are selected, care must be taken to ensure all pre-requisite units specified are complied with.

Core units  

Weighting Points 

UEECD0003

Apply industry and community standards to engineering activities

20

UEECD0004

Apply material science to solving electrotechnology engineering problems

60

UEECD0005

Apply physics to solving electrotechnology engineering problems

60

UEECD0007

Apply work health and safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace

20

UEECD0010

Compile and produce an energy sector detailed report

60

UEECD0014

Develop design briefs for electrotechnology projects

40

UEECD0016

Document and apply measures to control WHS risks associated with electrotechnology work*

20

UEECD0017

Establish and follow a competency development plan in an electrotechnology engineering discipline

120

UEECD0019

Fabricate, assemble and dismantle utilities industry components*

40

UEECD0020

Fix and secure electrotechnology equipment*

20

UEECD0024

Implement and monitor energy sector WHS policies and procedures

20

UEECD0026

Manage risk in electrotechnology activities

60

UEECD0036

Provide engineering solutions for problems in complex multiple path circuits

60

UEECD0039

Provide solutions to basic engineering computational problems*

60

UEECD0043

Solve problems in direct current circuits*

80

UEECD0045

Solve problems in multiple path extra-low voltage (ELV) a.c. circuits*

40

UEECD0051

Use drawings, diagrams, schedules, standards, codes and specifications*

40

UEECD0055

Write specifications for industrial electronics and control projects

40

UEECD0056

Apply methods to maintain currency of industry developments

20

UEECS0033

Use engineering applications software on personal computers

40

UEEIC0013

Develop, enter and verify discrete control programs for programmable controllers*

60

UEEIC0018

Diagnose and rectify faults in digital controls systems*

60

UEEIC0020

Fault find and repair analogue circuits and components in electronic control systems*

60

UEEIC0021

Find and rectify faults in process final control elements*

40

UEEIC0022

Install instrumentation and control apparatus and associated equipment*

20

UEEIC0023

Install instrumentation and control cabling and tubing*

20

UEEIC0029

Set up and adjust PID control loops*

40

UEEIC0030

Set up and adjust advanced PID process control loops*

40

UEEIC0031

Set up and configure human-machine interface (HMI) and industrial networks*

60

UEEIC0038

Solve problems in density/level measurement components and systems*

40

UEEIC0039

Solve problems in flow measurement components and systems*

40

UEEIC0041

Solve problems in pressure measurement components and systems*

40

UEEIC0043

Solve problems in temperature measurement components and systems*

40

UEEIC0047

Use instrumentation drawings, specifications, standards and equipment manuals*

40

UEEIC0048

Verify compliance and functionality of instrumentation and control installations*

40

UEEIC0049

Manage instrumentation and control projects*

40

UEEIC0050

Plan instrumentation and control projects*

60

UEERE0013

Develop strategies to address environmental and sustainability issues in the energy sector

20

UEERL0004

Disconnect - reconnect electrical equipment connected to low voltage (LV) installation wiring*

60

Group A: Imported and common elective units 

Weighting Points 

BSBINS501

Implement information and knowledge management systems

50

BSBLDR522

Manage people performance

70

BSBSTR501

Establish innovative work environments

50

BSBSTR502

Facilitate continuous improvement

60

BSBTWK502

Manage team effectiveness

60

Group B: General elective units 

Weighting Points 

ICTICT214

Operate application software packages

20

UEECD0030

Prepare electrotechnology/utilities drawings using manual drafting and CAD equipment and software*

60

UEECD0031

Prepare engineering drawings using manual drafting and CAD for electrotechnology applications*

60

UEEEC0060

Repairs basic electronic apparatus faults by replacement of components*

40

UEEEC0075

Troubleshoot single phase input d.c power supplies*

40

UEEEL0007

Develop detailed electrical drawings*

60

UEEHA0004

Enter a classified hazardous area to undertake work related to electrical equipment

40

UEEHA0022

Determine the explosion-protection requirements to meet a specified classified hazardous area*

40

UEEHA0025

Install explosion-protected equipment and associated apparatus and wiring systems*

60

UEEHA0026

Maintain equipment associated with hazardous areas*

60

UEEIC0004

Calibrate, adjust and test measuring instruments*

40

UEEIC0033

Set up gas analysis measuring and control instruments*

20

UEEIC0035

Set up scientific analysis measuring and control instruments*

20

UEEIC0036

Set up water analysis measuring and control instruments*

20

UEEIC0037

Set up weighting measuring and control instruments*

20

UEEIC0045

Troubleshoot medical equipment control systems*

120

UEEIC0046

Troubleshoot process control systems*

60

Group C: General elective units 

Weighting Points 

UEECD0032

Produce detailed electrotechnology/utilities drawings using CAD equipment and software*

60

UEECO0001

Estimate electrotechnology projects

40

UEEHA0020

Conduct detailed inspection of electrical installations for hazardous areas*

40

UEEHA0038

Conduct visual and close inspection of electrical installations for hazardous areas*

40

UEEIC0003

Assist in commissioning process and instrumentation control systems*

40

UEEIC0012

Develop structured programs to control external devices*

40

UEEIC0014

Develop, enter and verify programs in supervisory control and data acquisition systems*

60

UEEIC0015

Develop, enter and verify word and analogue control programs for programmable logic controllers*

60

UEEIC0026

Provide solutions to fluid circuit operations*

60

UEEIC0027

Provide solutions to pneumatic-hydraulic system operations*

80

UEEIC0042

Solve problems in single phase electronic power control circuits*

60

UEEIC0044

Troubleshoot measuring and analysis systems*

40

Group D: General elective units 

Weighting Points 

ICTNWK426

Install and configure client-server applications and services

60

ICTPRG534

Deploy applications to production environments

40

ICTPRG549

Apply intermediate object-oriented language skills

60

ICTTEN409

Commission an electronic system

50

ICTWEB447

Build basic website using development software and ICT tools

20

UEECO0014

Prepare tender submissions for electrotechnology projects*

60

UEECS0004

Commission industrial computer systems*

20

UEECS0014

Develop computer network services*

120

UEECS0019

Develop, implement and test object-oriented code*

140

UEECS0025

Modify/redesign industrial computer systems*

20

UEECS0031

Set up, create and implement content for a web server*

120

UEEEL0006

Develop detailed and complex drawings for electrical systems using CAD systems*

60

UEEEL0011

Evaluate performance of low voltage electrical apparatus*

40

UEEHA0029

Plan electrical installations for hazardous areas*

20

UEEIC0001

Analyse complex electronic circuits controlling fluids

80

UEEIC0005

Configure and maintain industrial control system networks*

60

UEEIC0010

Develop and test code for microcontroller devices

60

Group E: General elective units 

Weighting Points 

UEECD0001

Analyse materials for suitability in electrical equipment*

80

UEECD0002

Analyse static and dynamic parameters of electrical equipment

80

UEECD0012

Contribute to risk management in electrotechnology systems

20

UEECD0015

Develop engineering solutions to photonic system problems*

80

UEECD0037

Provide engineering solutions for uses of materials and thermodynamic effects

80

UEECD0049

Use advanced computational processes to provide solutions to energy sector engineering problems*

80

UEECO0003

Manage contract variations

40

UEEEC0005

Assess electronic apparatus compliance

60

UEEEC0011

Design and develop electronics/computer systems projects

40

UEEEC0014

Design signal-conditioning sub-systems

80

UEEEC0045

Modify digital signal processing (DSP) based sub-systems

80

UEEHA0008

Design gas detection systems

20

UEEIC0006

Design and configure Human-Machine Interface (HMI) networks

60

UEEIC0007

Design and use advanced programming tools, PC networks and HMI Interfacing

120

This qualification replaces and is equivalent to UEE61511 Advanced Diploma of Instrumentation and Control Engineering