Qualification details

Release 2. Updated superseded HLT, BSB and ICT elective units.

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

This qualification provides competencies to install, certify, fault find and maintain rail signalling equipment and systems.

This includes requirements for performing like-for-like replacement, performing authorised installations and alterations, and applying emergency operational restriction. It excludes changing circuit principles, changing the design function and commissioning.

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

The entry requirement for this qualification is:

• UEE30820 Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician

or

• a current 'Unrestricted Electricians Licence' or its equivalent issued in an Australian state or territory.

A total of 510 weighting points  comprising:

440 core weighting points  listed below; plus 

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

Choose a total of 70 weighting points  elective units from the list below, of which between 0 and 30 weighting points  can be taken from Group A; of which between 0 and 40 weighting points  can be taken from Group B; and between 30 and 70 weighting points  can be taken from Group C (or all 70 elective weighting points  can be taken from Group C).

Up to 30 weighting points of the general elective units Group A , may be selected, with appropriate contextualisation, 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 

UEECD0024

Implement and monitor energy sector WHS policies and procedures

20

UEECD0027

Participate in development and follow a personal competency development plan

20

UEERE0015

Implement and monitor energy sector environmental and sustainable policies and procedures

20

UEERS0001

Assemble and wire internal electrical rail signalling equipment*

30

UEERS0004

Find and repair rail signalling system faults*

20

UEERS0005

Install and maintain active level crossing equipment*

40

UEERS0009

Install and maintain power-operated point actuating devices*

40

UEERS0010

Install and maintain rail signalling power supplies*

40

UEERS0011

Install and maintain rail track circuit leads and bonds*

30

UEERS0012

Install and maintain trackside signal and train protection equipment*

40

UEERS0013

Install and maintain train detection equipment*

40

UEERS0014

Install and maintain vital relay interlocking systems*

40

UEERS0017

Repair rail signalling power and control cables*

40

UEERS0019

Test copper rail signalling cables*

20

Group A: Imported and common elective units 

Weighting Points 

BSBOPS203

Deliver a service to customers

20

CPCCWHS1001

Prepare to work safely in the construction industry

10

HLTAID009

Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation

10

ICTICT214

Operate application software packages

20

TLIS2004

Install and maintain rail bonding systems

40

UEECD0011

Comply with scheduled and preventative maintenance program processes

20

UEECD0035

Provide basic instruction in the use of electrotechnology apparatus

20

UEECO0002

Maintain documentation

20

UEECO0015

Provide quotations for installation or service jobs

20

UEECO0017

Source and purchase material/parts for installation or service jobs

20

Group B: General elective units 

Weighting Points 

UEECS0029

Set up and configure basic local area network (LAN)*

80

UEECS0033

Use engineering applications software on personal computers

40

Group C: General elective units 

Weighting Points 

UEECD0010

Compile and produce an energy sector detailed report

60

UEECD0058

Observe safety practices are followed in the vicinity of isolated electrical cables*

20

UEERS0002

Decommission electrical and electromechanical rail signalling from service*

20

UEERS0003

Develop rail signalling system maintenance programs*

20

UEERS0006

Install and maintain computer-based interlocking rail systems*

30

UEERS0007

Install and maintain non-vital screen-based control systems*

20

UEERS0008

Install and maintain non-vital telemetry systems*

40

UEERS0015

Maintain electronic and microprocessor-based remote control systems*

20

UEERS0016

Maintain mechanical rail signalling equipment and infrastructure*

20

UEERS0018

Test and commission rail power equipment*

20

This qualification replaces and is not equivalent to UEE41211 Certificate IV in Electrical – Rail Signalling