Gas network operative Apprenticeship Standard

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Knowledge

K1: Utility industry structure and regulatory requirements, including the Gas Act and regulatory surveys
K2: Health and safety standards, regulations and practice, including Health and Safety at Work Act, risk assessments and safe systems of work, permits to work, New Roads and Street Works Act, working in confined spaces, working at heights, Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER), Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH), personal protective equipment (PPE), Lifting Operations Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER), first aid, manual handling, fire safety, asbestos awareness
K3: Environmental regulatory requirements: Environment Protection Act, disposal of waste and recycling
K4: Principles and processes that underpin the location of utility network assets, including health and safety guidance on avoiding damage to underground utility services
K5: Checks, maintenance, operation and storage requirements for commonly used gas utility network operations equipment and tools, for example utility location equipment/tools, pneumatic gun, hand/power tools – power disc cutter, chain saw, drills
K6: Principles of traffic management and control
K7: Excavation techniques, for example, open cut, moling, vacuum extraction. Trench support for example, proprietary systems, sheeting and mechanical
K8: Procedures for the construction, testing, purging, repair commissioning and decommissioning of gas network assets
K9: Procedures for gas network emergencies
K10: Electrical safety, including equipotential bonding
K11: Emergency services and statutory authorities – local authorities, highway authorities and Environment Agency; who they are, what they do; escalation procedures
K12: Communication techniques – written, verbal; customer service techniques
K13: Reporting channels; limits of authority
K14: Equality & diversity considerations in the workplace
K15: Data – purpose and protection, for example asset records
K16: Information technology, for example to support an accurate audit trail using electronic equipment including handheld and mobile devices

Skills

S1: Identify hazards and implement controls to reduce risks
S2: Interpret work instructions, engineering instructions and determine actions
S3: Identify and organise resources to undertake activities
S4: Comply with workplace health, safety & environmental policy and practice; including use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and safety equipment
S5: Set out signing, lighting and guarding
S6: Excavate holes for utility network services
S7: Monitor and maintain site conditions, including good housekeeping
S8: Identify, locate and avoid utility supply apparatus and sub-structures
S9: Check, maintain, operate and store equipment and tools; report faults if required
S10: Communicate with colleagues and/or stakeholders, for example, statutory agencies and members of the public, customers
S11: Use breathing apparatus
S12: Use gas detection equipment
S13: Carry out trench installation for example, sheeting, lightweight and proprietary systems
S14: Record information, for example job reports, time sheets
S15: Construct new and replacement gas services to internal and external service termination positions using a range of techniques
S16: Carry out squeeze off activities on gas services (low and medium pressure)
S17: Construct new and replacement gas mains using a range of techniques
S18: Carry out flow stopping on gas mains by use of squeeze off and bag stop
S19: Disconnect gas meters
S20: Repair gas assets including valves and fittings using a range of techniques
S21: Join materials by electro-fusion
S22: Join materials by butt fusion processes
S23: Exchange emergency control valve
S24: Test gas network assets at low and medium pressure
S25: Purge, commission and decommission gas network assets
S26: Apply gas network emergency procedures including the analysis of gas readings
S27: Apply water extraction techniques for gas mains and services

Behaviours

B1: Prioritises health, safety and environment when undertaking work to safeguard life and property
B2: Adaptable, for example willing to accept changing priorities and working requirements
B3: Team player, for example keeps others informed, recognises personal and professional limitations and seeks advice when necessary
B4: Professional, for example punctual, trustworthy, polite, courteous, presentable, maintains security of business specific and personal data and assets, takes account of equality and diversity in interactions
B5: Self-motivated, for example manages own time effectively, takes responsibility to complete the job
B6: Pride in work, for example works to agreed quality targets and standards
B7: Customer focus, for example keeps customers informed
B8: Committed to continued professional development

Duty 1

DUTY: Prepare and set up site for gas network infrastructure site work, to meet clients’/customers’ requirements and priorities, for example, obtain plant, equipment and materials and undertake traffic management and control

Duty 2

DUTY: Conduct risk assessments including a final risk assessment and comply with method statements for gas network infrastructure work

Duty 3

DUTY: Check and maintain tools and equipment before and after use in gas network infrastructure work, for example charge batteries, clean equipment, grease machines, re-fuel; and store

Duty 4

DUTY: Excavate site for gas network infrastructure work

Duty 5

DUTY: Construct/abandon (not to be used again) gas network infrastructure, for example services and mains

Duty 6

DUTY: Pressure test gas network infrastructure

Duty 7

DUTY: Commission/decommission (take off-line) gas network infrastructure

Duty 8

DUTY: Conduct repairs to gas network infrastructure

Duty 9

DUTY: Isolate gas network infrastructure, for example flow-stopping

Duty 10

DUTY: Disconnect and remove gas meters from gas services, leaving it safe

Duty 11

DUTY: Respond to gas network infrastructure emergencies, for example gas escapes, in line with procedures and escalate where appropriate

Duty 12

DUTY: Restore gas network infrastructure site to a safe condition to meet clients’/customers’ requirements, for example backfill, signing and guarding and use of foot-way boards, cones and barriers

Duty 13

DUTY: Liaise with gas network stakeholders, keeping them informed; for example, explaining to customers’ work to be undertaken/taken

Duty 14

DUTY: Complete gas utility network infrastructure records/documentation (written or digital) associated with activities, for example work sheets, time-sheets, drawings, risk-assessments and safety documentation

Gas network operative

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