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Unit of competency details

ICTTCR203 - Use safe rigging practices to climb and perform rescues on telecommunications network structures (Release 1)

Summary

Usage recommendation:
Current
Mapping:
MappingNotesDate
Supersedes and is equivalent to ICTTCR2190A - Use safe rigging practices to climb and perform rescues on telecommunications network structuresUpdated to meet Standards for Training Packages Minor changes to Performance Criteria 13/Jan/2016

Release Status:
Current
Releases:
ReleaseRelease date
1 1 (this release) 14/Jan/2016


Classifications

SchemeCodeClassification value
ASCED Module/Unit of Competency Field of Education Identifier 061301 Occupational Health And Safety  

Classification history

SchemeCodeClassification valueStart dateEnd date
ASCED Module/Unit of Competency Field of Education Identifier 061301 Occupational Health And Safety  24/Jun/2016 
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Unit of competency

Modification History

Release 

Comments 

Release 1

This version first released with ICT Information and Communications Technology Training Package Version 2.0.

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assess risk, use rigging equipment, and climb and perform rescues on standard telecommunications network structures.

It applies to technical staff who work in a team environment and who use rigging on telecommunications radio structures and may make use of rigging plant and equipment, fall arrest, fall guarding and fall constraint.

Work functions in the occupational areas where this unit may be used are subject to regulatory requirements. Refer to the ICT Implementation Guide Companion Volume or the relevant regulator for details of licensing, legislative or certification requirements.

Unit Sector

Telecommunications ‒ telecommunications rigging installation

Elements and Performance Criteria

Elements 

Performance Criteria 

Elements describe the essential outcomes

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Prepare to use safe rigging practices

1.1 Notify appropriate personnel and take necessary precautions to minimise, control or eliminate hazards that may exist during work activities

1.2 Prepare for given work according to minimum approach distances for hazards on telecommunications network structures, as prescribed in relevant legislation, codes, regulations and standards

2. Assess status and condition of telecommunications network structures and identify climbing route

2.1 Inspect and assess status and condition of telecommunications structures, according to industry practice

2.2 Plot optimum climbing route to avoid hazards and ensure most effective use of selected equipment, according to manufacturer’s instructions and industry practice

3. Prepare climbing equipment

3.1 Select climbing equipment in keeping with structures to be climbed, according to industry practice

3.2 Inspect climbing equipment for damage, according to specifications and industry practice

4. Climb telecommunications network structures

4.1 Use safe climbing practices when ascending telecommunications network structures according to work health and safety (WHS) practices

4.2 Maintain permanent attachment when more than three metres from ground, adhering to safety requirements

4.3 Maintain three points of contact at all times, according to industry practice

4.4 Manage ropes to avoid entanglement or fouling on structure

4.5 Maintain safe working and minimum approach distances from hazards on telecommunications network structures at all times, according to standards and regulations

5. Use climbing and working fall arrest systems

5.1 Perform transfers to and from climbing system and working system using fall prevention practices, according to industry practice

5.2 Use working fall arrest system, according to specifications

6. Perform rescues

6.1 Perform rescues according to situation, industry practice and local instruction

6.2 Ascertain and seek required medical treatment according to enterprise standards

6.3 Report accidents or incidents according to company procedures and local instructions

Foundation Skills

This section describes language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills incorporated in the performance criteria that are required for competent performance.

Skill 

Performance Criteria 

Description 

Reading

1.2, 2.2, 3.2, 4.1, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2

  • Interprets textual information from relevant sources to identify equipment suitability and adhere to procedures and standards

Writing

1.1, 6.3

  • Accurately completes relevant reports and documentation using clear and technically specific language and diagrammatic information

Oral Communication

1.1, 6.1, 6.3

  • Uses listening and questioning skills to confirm understanding for requirements, and participates in a verbal exchange of ideas and solutions
  • Uses appropriate, detailed and clear language to address key personnel and to disseminate information

Numeracy

1.2, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5

  • Uses mathematical formulae to calculate ratios and scale, make adjustments to equipment and interpret methodological information

Navigate the world of work

1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1-4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.3

  • Takes personal responsibility for adherence to legal and regulatory requirements, standards, manufacturer's instructions and industry practice relevant to own work context, and draws attention to any issues that may affect self or others in relation to climbing and performing rescues

Get the work done

1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.4, 6.2

  • Uses a combination of formal, logical planning processes and an increasingly intuitive understanding of the climbing and rescue context to identify relevant information and risks, and to identify and evaluate alternative strategies and resources
  • Makes a range of critical and non-critical decisions regarding route, equipment and need for medical treatment in relatively complex climbing and rescue situations, taking a range of constraints into account
  • Recognises and takes responsibility for addressing predictable and some less predictable safety problems in familiar work contexts
  • Initiates standard procedures when responding to familiar problems within immediate context
  • Applies formal problem-solving processes when selecting equipment and managing ropes, breaking complex issues into manageable parts and identifying and evaluating several options for action

Unit Mapping Information

Code and title  

current version 

Code and title 

previous version 

Comments 

Equivalence status 

ICTTCR203 Use safe rigging practices to climb and perform rescues on telecommunications network structures

ICTTCR2190A Use safe rigging practices to climb and perform rescues on telecommunications network structures

Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages

Minor changes to Performance Criteria

Equivalent unit

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=a53af4e4-b400-484e-b778-71c9e9d6aff2

 

Assessment requirements

Modification History

Release 

Comments 

Release 1

This version first released with ICT Information and Communications Technology Training Package Version 2.0.

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

  • use safe rigging practices according to all work health and safety (WHS) legislative requirements, regulations and standards
  • assess the status and condition of the telecommunications structure to be climbed and plot a climbing route according to industry practice
  • select climbing equipment and climb a telecommunications network structure
  • work safely using climbing and working fall arrest systems
  • perform rescues from telecommunications network structures to industry standards.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

  • discuss falls, including:
  • fall factors according to the Guidelines for the Prevention of Falls
  • fall prevention
  • fall types according to Australian Standards and regulations
  • list features and operating requirements of rigging equipment
  • summarise optical fibre cabling and equipment safety practices
  • identify personal protective equipment for rigging projects
  • summarise, in relation to radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic radiation (EMR):
  • associated risks
  • methods of detecting
  • need to verify and maintain the EMR hazard management plan against an on-site situation
  • preparing for work at a telecommunications site with potential EMR hazards
  • reporting EMR hazards safety practices
  • sources and types of RF EMR
  • discuss rescue methods and practices relevant to the rigging environment
  • outline safe rigging principles
  • describe suspension trauma, including:
  • cause
  • effect
  • prevention
  • treatment
  • discuss, in relation to a safety harness:
  • hazards associated with wearing a safety harness
  • how to check, fit and use a safety harness
  • the types and application of different safety harnesses
  • explain licensing and regulatory issues applying to rigging practices and systems on telecommunications radio structures
  • outline risks present when working on telecommunications radio structures
  • clarify specific WHS issues that affect rigging, including:
  • relevant regulations, and applicable site and company WHS procedures
  • rigging practices and systems for telecommunications radio structures
  • safe climbing practices, including maintaining three points of contact while climbing
  • safe working and minimum approach distances for hazards on telecommunications network structures, according to standards and regulations
  • safety requirements when working at heights according to WHS legislation.

Assessment Conditions

Gather evidence to demonstrate consistent performance in conditions that are safe and replicate the workplace. Noise levels, production flow, interruptions and time variances must be typical of those experienced in the telecommunications ‒ telecommunications rigging installation field of work and include access to special purpose tools, equipment and materials.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=a53af4e4-b400-484e-b778-71c9e9d6aff2