Essential Energy - Service Mains Onsite Audit

Personnel details captured visually

Short Term Notice Form Used

Auditor inducted onto worksite

Personnel Qualifications & Training requirements checked

CSP authorisation, Authority to Enter Lands card available on site, suitable for work being completed (Level 1, Level 2) & in date

General Construction card available on site & in date

Qualified Supervisors Certificate or Contractors Licence available & in date

EWP operator has High Risk Licence & in date

Qualified First Aid Person on site & qualifications are in date

Traffic Control Qualifications are appropriate to the work being conducted & in date

Copy of Customer Notification letter available

Appropriate Work Instructions, SWMS & Policies available onsite

Plant, Vehicles, Tools & Equipment inspection completed

All vehicles have EE signage

Registration of EWP & vehicles in date

EWP & vehicle pre-operational checks completed & recorded

EWP mechanical, hydraulic & electrical tests in date

EWP boom clean with Safe Approach Table & Voltage identification bands clearly visible

Control Decent Device operable & in date

EWP level indicators affixed & clearly visible

Appropriate First Aid Kit on vehicles, with location sticker appropriately affixed & in date

Dangerous/Hazardous goods stored correctly with ventilation & signage

Appropriate Spill Kit available with instructions

Safety Data Sheets available & appropriate

Testing & tagging of all tools & equipment completed & in date

Suitable fire extinguisher available testing & tagging in date with correct signage

Bushfire equipment available with 9litre knapsack, shovel, rake, water

Bushfire hazards assessed, appropriate controls in place

Staff aware of noxious weeds, plant/animal disease controls & appropriate controls in place

Risk assessment completed, identifying all relevant hazards with correct control measures in place prior to & whilst conducting work

Appropriate customer consultation prior to commencing work (including hazards & precautions)

Confirmation that all Premises affected by Distribution &/or Service Mains replacement/s have been notified

Appropriate Safety Equipment, PPE available & used with in date testing

Appropriate Traffic Control Plan selected & implemented

Plant Safety Observer & Working Aloft rescuer nominated & situ where required

Effective communication during toolbox/work site brief to assign tasks & identify hazards/controls.

Safe work manual, work instructions, SWMS available & utilised where required

Correct PPE & equipment used according to risk assessment

Close approach performed prior to accessing or working on switchboard

Switchboard safe to carry out works (electrical, mechanical & hazardous materials identified)

Phase sequencing recorded

What Phase sequence was found

Main Switches, circuit breakers & fuse positions recorded

What Main Switches, Circuit Breakers & fuse circuits were energised on arrival

All Main Switches Isolated

Appropriate Premise isolation & Danger Tagging

What Premise isolation device was used

Confirmation that the isolation device used has de-energised the installation

Appropriate testing device used to prove de-energised

Work to be conducted on a Streetlight Service Control Switchboard

Correct PPE & equipment used according to risk assessment

Close approach conducted to Streetlight Control SWB

Switchboard safe to carry out works (electrical, mechanical & hazardous materials identified)

Streetlight isolation device used

What isolation device was used

Confirmation that the isolation device used has de-energised the Streetlight & circuit

Appropriate testing device used to prove de-energised

Appropriate Streetlight Control isolation, danger tagged & locked

Asbestos Controls Required

Correct PPE & equipment used

Correct segregation/delineation of work area

Windows, doors & vents considered & appropriate controls utilised

Effective personal decontamination

Effective equipment, tools & work area decontamination

Correct switchboard preparation & decontamination

Asbestos equipment & waste bagged, packed, stored correctly

Asbestos Sticker on switchboard

Safety Observer can promptly identify how to operate base controls

EWP appropriately parked, chocked & levelled

Appropriate Traffic & Pedestrian controls utilised, monitored & adjusted to suit conditions

Appropriate PPE, equipment & tools used in accordance with the risk assessment

Perform close approach to assets prior to conducting work

Conduct pre-climb/work asset inspection before climbing or changing structural loads

Pole top rescue kit immediately available & prepared at the base of the ladder

Ladder appropriately secured whilst conducting work

Existing Service Mains height identified

Competent assistant/working aloft rescuer allocated & readily available

Inadvertent contact with energized conductors controlled

Correct Distribution &/or Service conductor identified to disconnect & load confirmed isolated

All Service Mains have been disconnected before Distribution Service is disconnected

Distribution &/or Service conductor actives & neutral electrically identified prior to disconnection

Correct disconnection method used, actives followed by neutral

Disconnected Distribution &/or Service conductors, individually proven de-energised whilst secured

Close approach conducted at PCC or POS confirming conductor disconnected

Neutral Service bond disconnected at the POS

Service secured & lowered correctly

Vegetation Clearing completed & sufficient

Insulation test conducted on Distribution/Service conductors

HSC's connected as per manufacturers specifications

Connection Point neutral bond is disconnected prior to testing, connecting & energizing the Service Mains

Correct testing, identification & marking of Distribution conductors

Electrically identify & confirm all Service conductors before connection

Polarity and Neutral Identification testing completed correctly

Potential difference checked before each conductor connection

Conductors scratched and greased before new connections made

Connections completed correctly, as per manufacturers specifications

Redundant hardware removed from Distribution network & Pole/s

Correct testing & connection of the service bond at the POS (0-5volt test completed)

All electrical testing & connections witnessed by 2nd electrically qualified staff member

Drop zone clear whilst work was being conducted

Work to be conducted on a Streetlight Service

Safety Observer can promptly identify how to operate base controls

EWP appropriately parked, chocked & levelled

Appropriate Traffic & Pedestrian controls utilised, monitored & adjusted to suit conditions

Appropriate PPE, equipment & tools used in accordance with the risk assessment

Perform close approach to assets prior to conducting work

Conduct pre-climb/work asset inspection before climbing or changing structural loads

Pole top rescue kit immediately available & prepared at the base of the ladder

Ladder appropriately secured whilst conducting work

Existing Streetlight Service Mains height identified

Competent assistant/working aloft rescuer allocated & readily available

Inadvertent contact with energized conductors controlled

Streetlight load confirmed isolated

Isolation device available or operable

New isolation device to installed or to be installed

Correct Distribution &/or service conductor identified to disconnect & load confirmed isolated

Streetlight Service Mains have been disconnected before Distribution Service Main is disconnected

Distribution &/or Streetlight Service conductor actives & neutral electrically identified prior to disconnection

Correct disconnection method used, actives followed by neutral

Disconnected Distribution &/or Service conductors, individually proven de-energized whilst secured

Streetlight service secured & lowered correctly

Vegetation Clearing completed & sufficient

Insulation test conducted on Distribution/Streetlight Service Mains

Correct testing, identification & marking of Distribution conductors

Electrically identify & confirm all Distribution/Streetlight conductors before connection

Polarity & Neutral Identification testing completed correctly

Potential difference checked before each conductor connection

Conductors scratched & greased before new connections made

Connections installed as per manufacturers specifications

Redundant hardware removed from Distribution network & pole/s

Neutral Integrity & Final test completed on Streetlight including (0-5volt test)

Neutral Integrity test completed

Streetlight not operational due to PE cell, bulb or ballast failure

Final Test completed with load box as simulated Streetlight operating

Streetlight left isolated & Essential Energy staff notified

All electrical testing & connecting witnessed by 2nd electrically qualified staff member

Drop zone clear whilst work was being conducted

Perform close approach testing prior to conducting final SWB testing

Phase sequencing confirmed as previously recorded

Neutral ID, polarity test and final test conducted correctly (with artificial load)

Acceptable voltages & currents assessed and recorded

All electrical testing observed by 2nd electrically qualified staff member

All main switches returned to positions as initially found

Appropriate metering & control equipment is sealed

Work Task 2 at Streetlight Control Switcboard

Perform close approach testing prior to conducting final SWB testing

Acceptable voltages & currents assessed and recorded

All electrical testing observed by 2nd electrically qualified member

All isolation devices returned to positions as initially found

Appropriate metering & control equipment is sealed