Cable Jointing Work

• ES Auditor:

• Conducted on

  Date
• Location
  Address

• Team Leader:

• Team Member:

• Reported to Site Office:

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Activity:

  Multi Utility

  Overhead

  Jointing

  Cable Lay

  Substation

• Adopting Utility

Workplace, Tools & Equipment

• Is the joint hole the correct size and safe to work in?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all excavations correctly shuttered or battered where required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the correct tools available I.e. insulated tools, plastic hack knife, heatshrink blowlamp etc?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is all relevant test equipment available and tested, I.e. Test lamp, tester-scope, phase rotation meter, Insulation resistance tester, multimeter/voltmeter, earth loop impedance tester.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the correct materials available, in good condition and align to Adopting Utility Requirements?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is Spiking Gun in good condition and in date re service schedule?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Work Practices

• Is the jointing work carried out to Adopting Utility instructions - ?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is PPE sufficient for Work?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the correct 'Live Working' procedures being used? (RA includes Sanction for Live Working)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the earth maintained and shrouding used on exposed live conductors?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the cable stripped and prepared correctly? (Cleaned using correct solvent/wipes)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have the cable cores been insulated correctly? (shrouded for work on 1 ph at a time?)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the correct cable connectors used?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the 'Cold Pour' jointing resin mixed correctly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the joint shell/box sealed correctly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have polarity/rotation checks been completed and recorded?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has a Safety Document been issued correctly and Accepted by Recipient?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Equipment Positioning

• Are the service cables installed correctly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the cut-out installed correctly, secure and waterproof?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the meter position correct, secure and waterproof?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If required, have the PME earth rods been installed correctly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are Cable bending Radii acceptable for types?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are Earthed apparatus shrouded or bonded sufficiently?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Craftsman Understanding

• Joint Instruction & Working Practices

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Authorisation & Competencies align to Work and Others in Assistance

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Polarity & phase rotation

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Points of isolation

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Supply point

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Phasing out - links box, pillar etc.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Discrimination

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• PME

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• LV Diagram

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Earth Loop Impedance

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Network Network diagrams

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• All Isolation and Earthing Points Specified on Safety Document?

  Yes

  No

  N/A