Licence to Operate a Standard Boiler

Course Outline

• Complying with legislation, Australian Standards, organisational workplace standards, policies, relevant codes of practice, and required safe practices and procedures for planning work, starting and monitoring a boiler, and shutting down and storing a boiler
• Performing routine safety and operational procedures
• Reading and interpreting maintenance records, operating logs and safety data sheets (SDS)
• Communicating faults, malfunctions and workplace hazards accurately to appropriate personnel using suitable communication techniques
• Accurately completing reports, operational records and maintenance information in relation to boiler operation
• Applying task instructions
• Using relevant tools, equipment and personal protective clothing safely
• Interpreting boiler operation tables and figures
• Applying boiler testing techniques and adjusting boiler water quality
• Verifying any problems and boiler faults, demonstrating appropriate response procedures
• Applying appropriate risk assessment and risk management techniques
• Demonstrating emergency operating procedures
• Identifying the boiler energy source required to be isolated and made safe for maintenance, inspection and repairs
• Applying boiler cleaning and storage techniques
• Commonwealth, state and territory work health and safety (WHS) legislation, codes of practice, standards, and advisory standards relevant to boiler operation
• Basic principles of heat transfer and thermodynamics in relation to boiler operations
• Boiler steam equipment operating principles and operating methods
• Type and use of equipment and fittings for operation and maintenance of boilers
• Hierarchy of risk control
• Use and application of personal protective equipment
• Type and limitations of corrective action and/or adjustments that can be made in response to routine boiler operation problems and emergencies
• Various harmful energy sources in boiler operation and the means to effectively isolate these energy sources and make them safe
• Modes of boiler storage and procedures for storing boiler in open or closed condition
• SDS and safe chemical handling and storage methods for boiler operation and cleaning
• Procedures for cleaning boilers internally and externally
• Procedures for recording, reporting and maintenance of workplace records and information