Certificate III in Process Plant Operations - PMA30120

National Training Services Pty Ltd

Type of institution: Registered Training Organisation
Level: Vocational Education and Training (VET)
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This qualification reflects the role of advanced operators and operations technicians who use production equipment to directly produce product. At this level, operators/technicians undertake advanced operations, typically of integrated plant units in accordance with the operating procedures and apply their knowledge to anticipate problems. They are expected to solve a range of foreseen and unforeseen problems, using product and process knowledge to develop solutions to problems that do not have a known solution or a solution recorded in the procedures.

Subjects

  • Operate and troubleshoot water treatment systems
  • Monitor and operate low pressure compressors
  • Use planning software systems in operations
  • Monitor and control work permits
  • Monitor and control repairs and modifications on operational pipe
  • Provide coaching/mentoring in the workplace
  • Operate and troubleshoot gas turbine system
  • Use structured problem-solving tools
  • Disconnect and reconnect non-flared tube fitting joints
  • Shut down and isolate machines/equipment
  • Organise and communicate information
  • Operate fluid flow equipment
  • Operate and monitor prime movers
  • Operate chemical separation equipment
  • Control the risks of falls
  • Operate and troubleshoot reactors and reaction equipment
  • Control gas odourisation
  • Control minor incidents
  • Operate and troubleshoot production unit
  • Operate Joule-Thomson effect device
  • Conduct hazard analysis
  • Follow emergency response procedures
  • Follow WHS procedures
  • Operate an electrochemical process
  • Conduct thickening and clarifying process
  • Operate and troubleshoot inert gas generation systems
  • Operate control panel during an emergency
  • Manage communication systems during an incident
  • Undertake first response to fire incidents
  • Sample and test materials and product
  • Operate solids handling equipment
  • Apply workplace context to own job
  • Provide First Aid in remote or isolated site
  • Operate solids handling/storage facility
  • Gas test atmospheres
  • Operate manufacturing extrusion systems
  • Undertake initial rescue
  • Identify and apply process improvements
  • Operate filtration equipment
  • Monitor, operate and maintain pipeline stations and equipment
  • Sustain process improvements
  • Bake carbon anodes
  • Operate a metalliferous kiln/furnace
  • Store fluids in bulk
  • Use organisation computers or data systems
  • Operate and troubleshoot instrument and plant air systems
  • Operate a forklift
  • Investigate incidents
  • Manage plant shutdown and restart
  • Process and record information
  • Communicate in the workplace
  • Monitor continuous process plant
  • Operate and troubleshoot cooling water systems
  • Operate and monitor basic boiler
  • Prepare and isolate plant
  • Assess and secure an incident site
  • Deliver molten metal
  • Operate digestion equipment
  • Operate reduction cells
  • Organise storage and logistics of general materials
  • Select and prepare materials
  • Undertake minor maintenance
  • Provide Advanced First Aid
  • Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
  • Operate and troubleshoot wells and gathering systems
  • Operate safety, protection and shutdown systems
  • Adjust batch
  • Collect routine site samples
  • Operate powered separation equipment
  • Prepare basic engineering drawing
  • Conduct screening operations
  • Operate and troubleshoot process control systems
  • Operate separation equipment
  • Operate communications hub
  • Transfer bulk fluids into/out of storage facility
  • Operate and troubleshoot process measurement and control systems
  • Cast ingots
  • Form carbon anodes
  • Identify equipment faults
  • Operate and troubleshoot heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems
  • Operate pelletising equipment
  • Operate and troubleshoot liquefaction process
  • Contribute to the application of a proactive maintenance strategy
  • Licence to operate a steam turbine
  • Perform basic tests
  • Monitor process capability
  • Operate a blast furnace
  • Clean and strip anode rods
  • Operate and troubleshoot turret swivel systems
  • Match and adjust colour
  • Start up reduction cells
  • Licence to operate an advanced boiler
  • Facilitate a team
  • Monitor vibration
  • Select and use utilities and services
  • Operate and troubleshoot export systems
  • Provide work skill instruction
  • Conduct artificial lift
  • Use equipment
  • Supply product from reduction cells
  • Undertake fire control and emergency rescue
  • Monitor and control repairs and modifications on operational pipe
  • Read dials and indicators
  • Observe permit work
  • Operate and troubleshoot drain and vent systems
  • Manage incident response information
  • Work in a team
  • Interpret process plant schematics
  • Conduct precipitation operations
  • Generate electrical power
  • Operate and troubleshoot liquid extraction system
  • Licence to operate a standard boiler
  • Operate and troubleshoot fuel systems
  • Develop and adjust a production schedule
  • Operate breathing apparatus
  • Operate and troubleshoot hydraulic systems
  • Work safely
  • Operate and troubleshoot condensate stabilisation systems
  • Operate offshore cranes
  • Operate and troubleshoot heating furnace
  • Conduct calcinations activities
  • Operate and troubleshoot distillation system
  • Apply cost factors to work practices
  • Control corrosion
  • Spray carbon anodes
  • Process design fundamentals
  • Undertake well management
  • Operate grinding equipment
  • Enter confined space
  • Operate and troubleshoot heating medium/hot oil systems
  • Provide fluids for utilities and support
  • Operate complex control systems
  • Lead emergency teams
  • Communicate and monitor pipeline activities
  • Respond to a helideck incident
  • Operate and troubleshoot furnaces to induce reaction
  • Apply 5S procedures
  • Operate and troubleshoot cryogenic processes
  • Moor ships for transfer of bulk processed particulates or fluids
  • Operate and troubleshoot gas absorption system
  • Operate wet milling equipment
  • Issue work permits
  • Achieve work outcomes
  • Operate and monitor pumping systems and equipment
  • Operate vehicles in the field
  • Undertake root cause analysis
  • Monitor chemical reactions in the process
  • Monitor wells and gathering systems
  • Provide First Aid
  • Conduct local risk control
  • Perform computations
  • Contribute to the development of workplace documentation
  • Conduct pipeline pigging
  • Work in accordance with an issued permit
  • Monitor and maintain cathodic protection systems
  • Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering
  • Operate equipment
  • Operate and troubleshoot produced water and water injection systems
  • Operate cell tending equipment
  • Operate and troubleshoot compressor systems
  • Operate crushing equipment
  • Clean workplace or equipment
  • Package product/material
  • Operate and troubleshoot gas treatment process
  • Operate a biochemical process
  • Operate fluid mixing equipment
  • Operate and troubleshoot fixed-bed adsorption system
  • Operate heat exchangers
  • Facilitate the implementation of WHS for a work group
  • Operate vertical direct casting process
  • Work effectively with diversity
  • Operate bulk solids loading equipment
  • Operate a biotreater
  • Undertake manual handling
  • Operate and troubleshoot flare systems
  • Maintain pipeline easements
  • Perform engineering measurements
  • Operate and monitor valve systems
  • Operate a smelting furnace
  • Operate sintering equipment
  • Prepare equipment for emergency response
  • Create and conduct isolations in the workplace
  • Undertake first response to non-fire incidents
  • Operate local control system
  • Undertake ship transfer operations
  • Contribute to assessment
  • Interpret technical drawing
  • Assess risk
  • Break and make flanged joints using hand tools
  • Manage communication systems during an incident

Study information

CampusFeesEntryMid year intakeAttendance
Workplace Delivery No
  • Part-time : 14 months
  • Flexible Delivery : 14 months

Fee comments

Campuses: Workplace Delivery.

Fee concessions are available to students eligible for Victorian Skills First funding

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