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Title

Schedule and manage preventative maintenance for electrical

equipment

Level

Purpose

Credits

This unit standard is for people in the electrical industry who

have responsibility for the development and management of a
preventative maintenance programme for electrical equipment.
such programmes are typically used in factories and industrial
plants to keep the electrical equipment operating safely and
efficiently, minimising unplanned interruptions to production.
people credited with this unit standard are able to:

develop a preventative maintenance schedule for

electrical; and

manage a preventative maintenance programme for

electrical equipment.

Classification

Electrical Engineering > Electrical Installation and Maintenance

Available grade

Achieved

Explanatory notes
1

This unit standard has been developed for learning and assessment on-job.

References
Electricity Act 1992;
Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
AS/NZS 3000:2007, Electrical installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand
Wiring Rules), including Amendment 1;
and all subsequent amendments and replacements.

Definitions
The term current regulations and standards is used in this unit standard to refer to
the requirements of the above references.
Electrical equipment any equipment, plant, or machinery powered by electricity, and
which periodically requires attention in the form of inspection, adjustment,
measurement, tuning, overhaul, component replacement, lubrication, or cleaning, so
that it may continue to operate safely and efficiently, and in compliance with any
legislative requirements.

The maintenance schedule may be a manual paper-based system, or in the form of a

computer database. The unit standard is not intended to be used for assessing
computer programming of such a system.

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Outcomes and evidence requirements

Outcome 1
Develop a preventative maintenance schedule for electrical equipment.
Evidence requirements
1.1

Location and equipment drawings, manuals, maintenance records, and

specifications are filed in an orderly and systematic fashion.

1.2

An inventory of electrical equipment in the installation is obtained and/or

prepared according to requirements.
Range

1.3

typically the inventory will contain item, type, plant number, serial
number, model, rating, location, installation date.

Preventative maintenance schedule is developed for each item of equipment

according to requirements.
Range

development is typically based on information from equipment

inventory, manuals, manufacturers specifications, current
regulations and standards, plant operating/shut-down schedules,
shut-down procedures, past maintenance records, knowledge of
safe working practices;
a typical schedule will list equipment identification, frequency of
maintenance, due date, type of maintenance, reference to
instructions and/or checklists, location of spares, special
requirements.

1.4

The schedule incorporates or interfaces with a system of initiating, allocating to

available resources, tracking progress, and recording results and costs of
maintenance work in accordance with company requirements.

1.5

An inventory of spare parts is developed from manufacturers'

recommendations.
Range

1.6

typically this would include type of spare, quantity held locally,

location, re-order level, supplier, cost.

The schedule allows for reviews arising from upgrade information from
manufacturers.

Outcome 2
Manage a preventative maintenance programme for electrical equipment.
Evidence requirements
2.1

Trades and other personnel are organised to meet scheduled maintenance

requirements.

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2.2

Shut-down times and periods are arranged to meet the maintenance schedule
and other company requirements.

2.3

Maintenance work is completed in accordance with the maintenance schedule.

2.4

Maintenance documentation is completed according to the requirements of the

maintenance schedule and related company systems.
Range

documentation may include but is not limited to progress

tracking on maintenance charts or programme, follow-up work
instructions or recommendations, recording results of tests and
measurements, site safety clearances, certifications, reports to
management, recording of time and costs.

Planned review date

31 December 2014

Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version
Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration

22 April 1994

31 December 2013

Review

23 April 1996

31 December 2013

Review

28 June 1999

31 December 2013

Review

26 May 2005

N/A

Rollover and
Revision

15 March 2012

N/A

Revision

15 January 2014

N/A

Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference

0003
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
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to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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