Professional Development Program

CER Example Registry

October 2005

INTRODUCTION
A Career Episode Report (CER) is a documented component of our professional e!perience" #t indicates t$e attainment of e!perience related to relevant Elements of Competenc as outlined in t$e C$artered %tatus Applicants &andboo'" ($e significance of individual career episodes varies" A minor career episode ma cover a relativel s$ort period of time (several mont$s) and be advanced to claim some Elements of Competenc " A ma)or career episode (a large or lengt$ pro)ect for e!ample) can be advanced to demonstrate an entire *nit of Competenc " Eac$ CER s$ould emp$asise problems identified and t$e problem solving tec$ni+ues you utilised in overcoming t$em" #t s$ould be prepared in narrative form, using t$e first person singular and s$ould describe t$e specific contributions you $ave made" Reports s$ould emp$asise our personal contribution and responsibilities" t$e problems ou faced t$e solution(s) ou found" t$e engineering )udgments ou made and t$e impact our solution(s) and )udgments generated" ($is document is a compilation of CERs from a variet of engineering disciplines, industr sectors and occupational categories" #t is our intention to add ne. reports to t$is registr on a regular basis" Please note t$at t$is document is for generic reference onl " #t is intended to give applicants for C$artered %tatus an overvie. of t$e t pe and st le of documentation re+uired and is not to be used as a mec$anism of comparison or moderation against ot$er reports" Due to privac considerations, consent $as been obtained from t$e aut$or of eac$ individual CER" All CERs in t$is document $ave been edited to ensure anon mit of people, places and names"

CER INDEX
/ (itle- Flare Knock Out Drum Level #ndustr 0e .ords- Energ , Resources, Electrical, #nstrumentation Competenc Elements Claimed- C2"2 , C2"5 (itle- Fuel Oil to Distillate Conversion Engineering Study #ndustr 0e .ords- Energ , Resources, C$emical, Process, 1ec$anical Competenc Elements Claimed- E23/, E23"2 , E23"4 , E23"2 (itle- Project X #ndustr 0e .ords- %tructural, Civil, Construction, 3uilding Competenc Elements Claimed- C2"4 , C2"5 , C2"2 (itle- Low Frequency nalysing and !ecording Program #ndustr 0e .ords- %oft.are, Electronics, #nformation (ec$nolog , Defence Competenc Elements Claimed- C2"/ , C2"4 , C2"2 (itle- "orking wit# $ec#nical C#ange using C%$!%X #ndustr 0e .ords- %oft.are, #nformation (ec$nolog , Defence Competenc Elements Claimed- E5"/, E5"2 , C4"6 , E5"4 (itle- !oot Cause Failure nalysis o& ''()) Crude C#arge Pum* +otor #ndustr 0e .ords- Energ , Resources, Electrical, #nstrumentation Competenc Elements Claimed- E23"/ , E23"2 , E23"4 , E23"2

CER #nde!- / #ndustr 0e .ords- Energ , Resources, Electrical, #nstrumentation Competenc Elements Claimed- C2"2 , C2"5

Career Episode Title- 7lare 0noc' Out Drum 8evel Dates of Career Episode- 0290292002 0:90:92002 A 7lare 0noc' Out drum is a vessel .$ic$ e!ists immediatel upstream of t$e flare" ($e drum provides a volume and $ence an amount of residence time to allo. an li+uid t$at is carried over from t$e process into t$e flare s stem to be pumped a.a " ($is prevents li+uid from being sent up t$e flare, .$ic$ once alig$t $as t$e potential to cause grass fires and dangers to personnel" &ig$ level alarming in t$e flare 'noc' out drum is particularl critical as it alerts t$e operations staff to t$e possibilit of t$is event occurring" %ignificant corrosion on t$e standpipe no;;les as .ell as unrevealed failures of t$e discrete $ig$ level and lo. level s.itc$es (due to clogging of small /92< no;;les) necessitated t$e investigation into reliable $ig$ and lo. level alarming" 7rom a mec$anical point of vie., # determined t$ere .as a re+uirement to simplif t$e instrument bridle arrangement to prevent corrosion and from an instrumentation perspective t$ere .as a re+uirement to provide a means for more reliable measurement" Problems .it$ t$is service included var ing composition and densit " ($e possibilit of $ig$ &2% .it$in t$e drum also ma'es cleaning of t$e no;;les possibl dangerous to personnel, and is traditionall done using breat$ing apparatus" # identified t$at a significant increase in process connection9no;;le si;e to prevent clogging and remove t$e above cleaning ris's .ould be re+uired" &o.ever, replacing li'e for li'e even .it$ larger no;;les .ould $ave t$e corrosion eventuall recur" ($e use of discrete s.itc$es of an variet .ould still mean t$at failures .ould be unrevealed and so # did not consider t$e use of t$ese furt$er" #nstead # proposed t$e use of a continuous instrument $aving t$e alarms set at t$e control s stem to mitigate t$is" # investigated t$e use of a differential pressure (DP) instrument and also guided (contact) radar and $orn (noncontact) radar" ($e .ide c$anges in densit ruled out t$e DP transmitter" ($e refiner $ad little e!perience .it$ 8evel Radar on suc$ a service, but # $ad confidence t$at t$is tec$nolog .ould be most appropriate" ($e vendor advised t$at guided radar .ould be preferable to noncontact due to better performance on li+uids .it$ lo. dielectric values" # $ad concerns .it$ an s stem t$at .ould $ave contact .it$ a possibl viscous and unforgiving medium and so # soug$t advice from our %enior #nstrument9Electrical engineer, and # discovered t$at t$e li+uid components .it$ lo. dielectric (suc$ as 8P=) .ould most li'el $ave flas$ed off at t$is point, due to t$e temperature in t$e s stem" 3ased on t$is # proposed t$e noncontact solution and .ould also use t$is opportunit to trial a vendor .$o .as not on our recommended vendor list" Once # $ad considered all t$e options, and come up .it$ design satisf ing t$e engineering problem # put t$is for.ard at a formal design revie., .$ere all disciplines and operations staff are made a.are of t$e motivation, alternatives and proposed solutions"

Competency Element Claimed

C2"2 Prepares concept proposal and see's advice on latest tec$nolog

Prior to t$e formal design revie., # mar'ed up a P>#D and $ad it drafted and put into t$e s stem as a pro)ect P>#D" ($is allo.s t$e proposed c$anged to be captured .it$in t$e document management s stem and ma'es ot$ers a.are of t$e proposed c$ange (prior to its implementation)" During t$e design revie. and subse+uent alarm revie. # made c$anges to t$is pro)ect P>#D and ensured t$at t$ese .ere drafted and captured in t$e s stem"

As t$is design re+uired commissioning of a ne. analog loop and demolition of t.o e!isting digital loops t$e appropriate suite of documentation needed to be updated" Appropriate #9O and cores .ere identified b m self and reserved" At t$is point, # made mar'ups to t$e loops and associated )unction bo! dra.ings needing demolition" 7or t$e ne. analog loop, # created a ne. loop dra.ing based on a standard dra.ing and mar'ed up t$e appropriate )unction bo! dra.ings" #n addition, an instrument data s$eet and entr into $a;ardous area register .ere created" # t$en $ad t$ese dra.ings drafted, captured .it$in t$e s stem and approved for construction" Once t$is .as done .or'pac's for t$e installation .or' .ere created b m self and issued to t$e #?8EC contractor" During installation, a conflicting need for #9O from a different pro)ect re+uired t$e design to be altered to use a different analog input point" Alt$oug$ t$e c$anges .ere minimal, # made t$e appropriate c$ange to t$e dra.ings, $ad t$em drafted and reissued t$e dra.ings and affected .or'pac' )obcards to t$e #?8EC contractor" Once .or' and t$e punc$listing .ere completed, t$e pro)ect P and #D .as merged into t$e s stem as t$e current and approved P>#D" During construction and commissioning as builts .ere created, and integrated into t$e s stem during closeout p$ase of t$e pro)ect" ($e modification .as successfull commissioned $as been .or'ing as described for a number of mont$s" %ignature of CandidateCandidate@s Aerifier@s ?ameEngineers Australia 1embers$ip ?umberI verify that the above narrative is a true account of the candidates own work %ignature of Aerifier-

C2"5 Prepares and maintains documentation during t$e design process

CER #nde!- 2 #ndustr 0e .ords- Energ , Resources, C$emical, Process, 1ec$anical Competenc Elements Claimed- E23"/ , E23"2 , E23"4 , E23"2 Career Episode TitleFuel Oil to Distillate Conversion Engineering Study Dates of Career Episode: (,(-,-)). / 0)1).1-))2 ($e fuel oil to distillate conversion engineering stud .as underta'en to provide a scope of .$at infrastructure and plant e+uipment modification is re+uired in order to convert t$e bac'up fuel s stem at t$e Acme Alumina Refiner from fuel oil to distillate" A senior engineer, 1r Bo$n Engineer and # .or'ed toget$er to complete t$is stud " A pro)ect 'ic' off meeting .as $eld .it$ t$e sta'e$older .$ere t$e pro)ect@s brief and deliverables .as issued" # discussed t$e e!act re+uirements in detail .it$ t$e sta'e$olders and agreed on t$e acceptance criteria for t$e stud " 7ollo.ing t$e meeting, Bo$n and # conducted a sta'e$older@s anal sis to identif possible sources of information to assist in t$e stud " Due to t$e si;e of t$e stud , t$e tas's .ere divided bet.een t$e t.o of us" 7or m section, # mapped out all t$e items t$at need to be investigated and set a target date for completion against eac$ of t$e item" # e!amined eac$ deliverables in detail and listed subCtas's for action" 7ollo.ing t$at, # made an estimate of t$e time and resources re+uired for eac$ of t$e identified subCtas's" ($e fuel oil to distillate conversion re+uires modification to t$e Calciner and Po.er$ouse 3oilers 3urner 1anagement % stem as .ell as ot$er instrumentation and electrical modification" # .rote up a list of deliverables and made a re+uest in .riting to t$e 8ead Electrical Engineer for t$e assistance of an Electrical Engineer in t$e stud " # sc$eduled a meeting ever fortnig$t to revie. our progress and discuss an issues" A progress update meeting .it$ t$e sta'e$olders is conducted mont$l to evaluate t$e pro)ect@s progress and direction" ($e Calciners $ad gas burners installed and s.appable .it$ fuel oil burners if re+uired, .$ile t$e Po.er$ouse $as onl fuel oil burners installed .it$ gas ignition s stems" 3ot$ t$e e!isting s stems re+uire an upgrade because it does not compl .it$ t$e current safet standards and it poses a ris' to operators" # .as involved in see'ing out prospective burner vendors t$at could deliver t$e re+uirements of t$e sta'e$olders" ($e vendors@ selection process .as done in con)unction .it$ t$e sta'e$olders" Preliminar engineering for t$e burner .as done in collaboration b t$e vendor and #" %everal burner options .it$ different configurations .ere proposed to t$e sta'e$olders ta'ing into account environmental emissions, costs, safet e+uipment compatibilit and operabilit " 7or t$e tas's of upgrading fuel suppl piping s stems in t$e refiner , # anal sed t$e current situation and identif an improvements or modifications re+uired to accommodate t$e proposed distillate s stem" 3earing in mind t$at t$e fuel oil s stem still needs to be in service .$ile t$e conversion is ta'ing place" (o start off t$e investigation, # compiled a list of PD#D for t$e fuel suppl s stem and begun mar'ing an re+uired modifications9demolitions" ($ese dra.ings are t$en passed on to Bo$n for estimation and isometric s'etc$ing" 7ollo.ing t$at, # created a detailed piping demolition list and a modification list" E23"2 Plans t$e investigation Competency Element Claimed

#ntroduction

E23"/ Responds to9 #dentifies Problems

7or operational securit and insurance purposes, t$e e!isting fuel oil s stem $as to remain functioning and in service .$ile t$e distillate conversion is ta'ing place" # identified several options for installation tie in and a temporar fuel suppl s stem for t$e Po.er$ouse and Calciner as a result of consultation .it$ t$e sta'e$olders and Bo$n" ($ese options are costed and included into t$e report" ($e logistics of fuel suppl to t$e Refiner involves t$e anal sis of current fuel suppl s stem available to t$e refiner and fuel suppl to various facilities in t$e refiner itself" # consulted t$e fuel supplier and t$e logistics department to find out t$e current fuel consumption and suppl met$od to t$e refiner " 3ased on t$e distillate consumption of t$e ne. burners given b vendor data, t$e estimated mont$l distillate re+uirements is determined" 3ecause t$e ne. distillate re+uirement is muc$ $ig$er due to t$e elimination of fuel oil" # researc$ed and proposed t$e option of increase distillate truc'ing fre+uenc or suppl ing distillate b rail" ($e sta'e$olders prefer t$e former option as t$e current rail logistics is full dedicated to alumina transfer to t$e 3unbur Port and could not accommodate distillate transfer" 1oreover, additional infrastructure $as to be installed to facilitate t$e rail transfer option" On t$e bul' fuel storage tan's modification, # referred to t$e relevant Australian %tandards" # listed all t$e improvements re+uired to ma'e t$e bul' storage area compatible to t$e current %tandards" # t$en conducted some preliminar design for improving t$e area and obtain budget costing from onsite contractors" Once t$e scope of t$e pro)ect is finalised and Bo$n and # pac'aged our individual sections into various discipline .or' pac's for ease of detail design and construction" # compiled t$e pro)ect cost estimate (>9C 45E) and completed cas$ flo. forecast, ta'ing into consideration of inflation, price increase of components, .age increases" ($ese estimates .ere later revie.ed b inC$ouse estimators" ($e report .riting process began roug$l $alf.a t$roug$ t$e investigation p$ase" # first began filling t$e report .it$ information and results from m investigations and researc$" 8ater, t$e report .as consolidated .it$ findings from Bo$n" ($e burner conversion proposals from 3urnConvert Pt 8td and A3CCCombustion Pt 8td .ere also consolidated into t$e report" # spent t$e last fe. .ee's of t$e stud revie.ing and refining t$e report .it$ assistance from Bo$n" ($e report .as also sent to t$e sta'e$olders for revie. and to ensure t$at all t$e deliverables are met" ($e findings from t$e stud .ere presented to t$e sta'e$olders and ot$er refiner representatives" Recommendations arising from t$e stud and t$eir )ustification .ere made 'no.n to t$e sta'e$olders" ($is stud $as provided t$e sta'e$olders .it$ an idea of t$e cost of converting from fuel oil to distillate" ($e results of t$is stud concludes t$at t$e proposed fuel oil to distillate conversion s$ould be progressed into t$e feasibilit stage, but more emp$asis s$all be placed on t$e Commercial and Ris' 1itigation %trateg b t$e Refiner @s upper management" After t$e presentation, t$e report is finalised and circulated to t$e sta'e$olders for t$eir signature" %ignature of CandidateCandidate@s Aerifier@s ?ameEngineers Australia 1embers$ip ?umberI verify that the above narrative is a true account of the candidates own work %ignature of Aerifier-

E23"4 Carries out t$e investigation

E23"2 Dra.s Conclusion and ma'es recommendation"

CER #nde!- 4 #ndustr 0e .ords- %tructural, Civil, Construction, 3uilding Competenc Elements Claimed- C2"4 , C2"5 , C2"2 Career Episode Title- Project X Dates of Career Episode 1 !"#!"$ % "&!1"!"$ ($is pro)ect consisted of t$e construction of a ne. mediumCrise building in % dne " Our office .as commissioned b t$e $ead office to complete several complicated elements of t$e structure" 1 role in t$is pro)ect .as to complete t$e ma)orit of t$e detailed design of t$e comple! suspended ground floor slab" After being briefed on t$e pro)ect b t$e c$ief pro)ect engineer, m first tas' .as to brea' do.n t$e entire floor s stem into an ordered set of discrete designable elements suc$ as slabs, bands and transfer beams" ?e!t # used t$e RAP( computer program to carr out t$e detailed design of eac$ of t$e fort or so elements" ($is involved measuring t$e span, dimensions and loading on eac$ element and entering t$is data to model it in t$e program" 1 aim .as to ma'e t$e models as accurate as practicable, .$ile still leaving some c$ance to incorporate an future c$anges" After reCassessing t$e specified design criteria, # realised t$at t$e reinforcement cover # $ad used did not satisf fire resistance and durabilit re+uirements" 8uc'il , because eac$ design element .as alread set up as a computer model, it .as simple enoug$ to c$ange t$e covers and ma'e t$e necessar design modifications" (o ensure t$e clarit of t$e design to ot$ers, # documented and ordered t$e calculations and computer output in a lever arc$ file, including summar pages and assumptions used" ($roug$out t$e design process, it .as m responsibilit to produce, order and maintain all t$e design documentation including computations and reinforcement dra.ings" # arranged t$e calculations, numbering appro!imatel /000 pages, based on t$e site grid s stem" ($e RAP( output for eac$ element designed .as sorted in t$is s stem, .it$ summar pages of input and conclusions provided for eac$" # clearl outlined content pages and t$e design concepts and p$ilosop$ies at t$e front of t$e documentation, .$ile also including sections for superseded computations and verification documentation" #t .as also m tas' to dra. up and update t$e reinforcement dra.ings" # produced a sample mar'up .$ic$ .as c$ec'ed b t$e c$ief pro)ect engineer and t$e clients to ensure an acceptable format for t$e rest of t$e dra.ings" After .e issued t$is sample mar'up, t$e c$ief pro)ect engineer .ent on several .ee's $olida , .$ic$ left me .it$ t$e tas' of managing t$e timing and production of t$e rest of t$ese dra.ings, .it$ minimal supervision from t$e department manager" *sing t$e original design computations as m basis, # dre. up all t$e detailed reinforcement plans" ($is approac$ allo.ed me to c$ec' and verif t$e comps as # .ent, and update t$e dra.ings accordingl " Altered dra.ings .ere revised and reCissued as a ne!t revision, in man cases .it$ copies of relevant calculations to s$o. reasoning" During t$is time t$e rest of m .or'load .as lig$t so, apart from one or t.o difficult areas, # too' t$e c$ance to pus$ t$e dra.ings a$ead and $ave t$e first revisions largel read before time" F$ilst in t$e middle of t$is process, t$e client advised us t$at t$e pile capping dra.ings needed to be issued earlier t$an anticipated, so # diverted more of m time and resources to t$is tas' in order to get t$e dra.ings and documentation read for t$e deadline" ($e 'e documentation met t$is deadline, .it$ supporting section dra.ings being delivered a fe. da s later" Competency Element Claimed

C2"4 #mplements Planning and Design Process

C2"5 Prepares and 1aintains Documentation ($roug$ t$e Design Process

($e client .as concerned about t$e deflection under load of t$e suspended ground floor slab" # discussed m computer model results .it$ t$e client and demonstrated t$at t$e design case deflections .ere acceptable" # also s$o.ed t$at c$anging t$e design to provide less deflection .ould significantl increase construction costs" Anot$er engineer completed an independent verification of t$e ground floor structure" # t$en .ent t$roug$ and addressed all t$e issues raised, ma'ing c$anges .$ere necessar " ($e $ead office also revie.ed and directed man +ueries to our c$ief pro)ect engineer" # .as t$en given t$e tas' of revie.ing and addressing man of t$ese issues and providing responses" ($e revie.ed design .as provided to t$e client .$o advised t$at t$e design brief $ad been met" 3 coincidence, a couple of mont$s later # .as on $olida in % dne " # used t$is opportunit to contact t$e $ead office and organise a site visit .it$ one of t$eir engineers" At t$e time t$e .ere constructing t$e basement and foundations, so not muc$ of m design $ad been built et" &o.ever t$e e!perience .as still ver valuable to see t$e site and discuss m designs .it$ t$e site engineer to uneart$ an problems and .a s $e believed t$ings could $ave been done better" %ignature of CandidateCandidate@s Aerifier@s ?ameEngineers Australia 1embers$ip ?umberI verify that the above narrative is a true account of the candidates own work %ignature of Aerifier-

C2"2 Revie.s t$e Design to Ac$ieve Acceptance

CER #nde!- 2 #ndustr 0e .ords- %oft.are, Electronics, #nformation (ec$nolog , Defence Competenc Elements Claimed- C2"/ , C2"4 , C2"2 Career Episode Title- 8o. 7re+uenc Anal sing and Recording Program Dates of Career Episode- 0/90G92004 C 0590492002 ($e pro)ect consisted of upgrading t$e 8o. 7re+uenc Anal sing and Recording (8O7AR) displa program, currentl used for under.ater sound anal sis" #t .as m core responsibilit to design a spectral anal sis program for filtering t$e beam spectral plots of passive signals received from t$e $ drop$ones" # .as also re+uired to design an interface to displa t$e spectral content of t$e received signals in time, fre+uenc and intensit (in decibels)" After seeing t$e old 8O7AR program and tal'ing to t$e users, # deduced t$at t$e re+uirements .ere to design a realCtime data anal sing program .it$ a friendl =rap$ical *ser #nterface (=*#)" ($is re+uires using an improved data ac+uisition process and t$us ne. data ac+uisition cards .ere necessar " # t$en optimised minor features of t$e soft.are program needed for t$e ne. soft.are program to be considered an upgrade" ($e are- to $ave selectable baseband fre+uenciesH continuousl updating date and time displa H print current screen function and also a IsmartCcursorI to read t$e current details on t$e grap$" ($e client outlined, via t$e main user, t$at desirable e!tra features of t$e program .ould be- to $ave a save picture to file option (also s$o.ing t$e particular file name), title and time of t$e displa and a function to be able to set t$e time" #nitiall , # developed a simple protot pe program t$at .ould ta'e e!ternal data and displa it on a time, fre+uenc and intensit grap$" # t$en determined t$e soft.are code for displa ing t$e date t$e program .as opened and t$en t$e code to continuousl update t$e time ever second" Fit$ t$e $elp of m supervisor, .e developed t$e smartCmouse .$ic$ contained code to displa t$e fre+uenc , time and d3 coCordinates on a mouse clic'" # t$en .or'ed on t$e ot$er re+uirements, one b one until t$e complete soft.are program represented .$at t$e user needed" ($is preliminar soft.are described above, .as t$en installed in t$e s stem containing t$e upgraded data ac+uisition cards" During testing stage, t$e soft.are program .as vigorousl tested" At t$is point, t$e program generated a number of significant errors" 7or e!ample, t$e DAJ $ad an auto memor .$ic$ caused t$e program to cras$ ever several $oursH and t$e save option caused some trouble as it automaticall saved t$e screen into 1A(8A3 format and not as pictures (")peg or "gif)" # investigated code for storing picture format profiles automaticall and remembering t$at 1A(8A3 stores ever information" # gave recommendations t$at per$aps .e s$ould find code t$at .ould clean t$e programs memor at set intervals" ($e soft.are program .as t$en vastl upgraded .it$ t$ese significant improvements and t$en installed in t$e s stem containing t$e $ drop$ones" ($e users t$en criticall revie.ed t$e .$ole s stem and suggested improvements to t$e user friendliness, suc$ as a c$angeable band.idt$ and to fi! t$e auto print button (so t$at it prints landscape instead of portrait)" Once # made t$e modifications t$e s stem .as accepted" ($e described soft.are engineered s stem above started .it$ defining t$e capabilit needed in t$e re+uirements p$ase, t$en t$e planning and minor tests needed in t$e design stage and finall t$e design revie.s, installation and s stem acceptance" ($is pro)ect .as a success" ($e pro)ect .as onCtime, onCbudget and t$e soft.are program Competency Element Claimed K#ntroductionL

C2"/ #nterprets and scopes design re+uirements

C2"4 #mplements planning and design process

C2"2 Revie.s t$e design to ac$ieve acceptance

reflected e!actl .$at t$e user desired to do t$eir )ob correctl and professionall "

KConclusionL

%ignature of CandidateCandidate@s Aerifier@s ?ameEngineers Australia 1embers$ip ?umberI verify that the above narrative is a true account of the candidates own work %ignature of Aerifier-

CER #nde!- 5 #ndustr 0e .ords- %oft.are, #nformation (ec$nolog , Defence Competenc Elements Claimed- E5"/, E5"2 , C4"6 , E5"4

Career Episode Title- For'ing .it$ (ec$nical C$ange using C#(R#M Dates of Career Episode- 0:90492002 C 4/90:92002 1 engineering rotation re+uired planning, researc$ing, implementing, managing and recommending improvements in implementing tec$nical c$ange" (ec$nical c$ange described in t$is Career Episode Report (CER), details a soft.are s stem called C#(R#M and t$inCclient $ard.are" ($e C#(R#M s stem provided remote access to individual des'top computers, regardless of t$e operating s stem" ($inCclient computers use remote terminals to access information from a server to save local memor space" # participated in t$e planning stage of reCdeveloping t$e test laborator " ($e laborator $as si;e restrictions, given t$e gro.ing number of computers re+uired in t$e laborator " # participated in t$e planning process b providing ideas and researc$ed to introduce tec$nical c$anges to t$e laborator " Fe t$en identified possible opportunities available for t$e laborator and it .as m )ob to design t$e la out of t$e Ine. and improvedI laborator .it$ t$e ne. tec$nolog " ($e planning stage also covered tal'ing .it$ personnel nearb about introducing tec$nical c$ange to improve .or'ing in t$e area and t$e business ob)ective" 7ollo.ing on from t$e planning process, # researc$ed possible design concepts to include supportabilit , sustainabilit and interoperabilit " ($is investigation and anal sis covered several design options and concepts" 7ocusing on t$e design re+uirements, # discovered an innovative solution incorporating openCs stems engineering (compatible for man t pes of computers) and t$e latest tec$nolog " On advice from m engineering supervisor, tec$nicians and ot$er Engineers, # prepared a concept proposal covering a possible design solution .it$ t$e use of a ne. soft.are program called C#(R#M" C#(R#M could be run .it$ t$inCclient tec$nolog " Collaboration .it$ t$e manufacturer of t$e Citri! soft.are allo.ed me to do.nload a sample program to test t$e functionalit " Discussions .it$ clients of t$e compan in Defence allo.ed me to overcome setCup and tec$nical $urdles" After planning t$e introduction of tec$nical c$ange, investigating and anal sing possible design concepts, C#(R#M and t$inCclients .ere c$osen as t$e design outcome" Once t$e tec$nical anal sis and design .as implemented, t$e concept proposal re+uired managing" 1anagement of t$is proposal re+uired me to locate ot$er tec$nical revie.s (eg" papers) of C#(R#M and t$e ne. e+uipment" On revie.ing t$e relevant information, # $ad to pinpoint t$e #nternet9computing standards addressed b t$e ne. tec$nolog and ensure t$e ne. concept abides b Defence standards and processes" 7urt$ermore, given t$at # $ad to do.nload a trial version of t$e C#(R#M soft.are, # t$en $ad to manage t$e transition to a full commercial license version" Documentation of t$e design process, testing and outcomes .ere complied into a report for t$e section" After t$e section $ad read t$e report, t$e information and outcomes .ere anal sed b all sta'e$olders to conclude .it$ t$e permanent installation of C#(R#M .it$ ne. tec$nolog " ($e implementation described above s$o.s $o. t$e laborator and t$ose .or'ing in t$e area responded to c$anging tec$nical needs of t$e section" ($ese tec$nical

Competency Element Claimed

K#ntroductionL

E5"/ Participates in planning t$e introduction of tec$nical c$ange

E5"2 Develops tec$nicall creative and fle!ible approac$es and solutions

C4"6 1anages #nformation

c$anges are driven b t$e needs of t$e customer and reCenforced b t$e demand t$roug$ sta'e$olders" ($roug$out t$is tec$nical c$ange, .e 'ept t$e section, sta'e$olders and t$e customers informed of t$e progress in t$e implementation of c$ange" Fe also recommended tec$nical improvements for improving c$ange in t$e laborator to t$e Pro)ect 1anager" 7or e!ample, .e suggested t$at planning for continuous, longCterm incremental c$anges .ould $elp t$e personnel in t$e laborator cope .it$ increases in t$eir .or'load" Additionall , .e pointed out t$at c$anges can be time consuming to implement and t$is s$ould be factored into t$e timeline"

E5"4 1anages emerging tec$nical c$allenges and opportunities

CER #nde!- 6 #ndustr 0e .ords- Energ , Resources, Electrical, #nstrumentation Competenc Elements Claimed- E23"2 , E23"4 , E23"2

Career Episode TitleRoot Cause 7ailure Anal sis of BB/00 Crude C$arge Pump 1otor Dates of Career Episode- /090292002 2G90692002 7ive crude c$arge pumps .it$ electric drivers suppl feed to 0oala@s Refiner Is Crude Distillation *nits (CD* / and CD* 2)" BB/00 is t picall used to e!clusivel feed CD*2" (.o successive bearing failures on BB/00, t$e second a .ee' after repair, resulted in catastrop$ic .inding damage and motivated t$e need to perform a Root Cause 7ailure Anal sis (RC7A)" # .as involved intimatel in managing t$e .$ole RC7A process" A multidisciplinar R7CA team .as assembled and led b our onsite RC7A e!pert" ($is included representatives from onsite maintenance teams and t$e motor repairer" During t$is session, an ordered approac$ .as used to locate ever possible cause of failure" 1inutes from t$e RC7A .ere documented, and t$e actions .ere allocated to t$e appropriate disciplines and parties including (Rotating 1ac$iner (eam, 1otor Repairer, 1otor 1anufacturer, Electrical 1aintenance (ec$nicians, Electrical Dept, Operations)" # .as allocated t$e responsibilit of planning t$e ma)orit of t$e investigation tas's (and also monitoring t$e progress and managing t$e completion of t$e ot$er parties actions") =iven t$e previous catastrop$ic failure it .as agreed bet.een m self, t$e rotating e+uipment department and operations t$at t$e root cause anal sis process and reporting .ould $ave to be completed prior to re commissioning of t$e motor" ($is step .ould be essential in planning t$e tas's" (o begin, a s'eleton plan for eac$ tas' .as created and # identified t$e most time intensive tas's (i"e" communication .it$ manufacturer in 7inland), as .ell as t$e tas's t$at needed to be coordinated .it$ t$e various stages of repair" At t$is stage various parties, particularl t$e motor repairer .ere involved closel to ensure t$at bot$ t$e sc$edules of t$e anal sis and t$e repair .ould not clas$" 7rom t$is point, # .as able to set deadlines for t$e completion of actions, .$ic$ # communicated to t$e various parties" 7or eac$ of t$e s'eleton plans, bot$ m self and t$e Rotating 1ac$iner Engineer devised t$e proposed testing regimes and e+uipment t$at .ould be re+uired" At t$is point, since mec$anical clearances and t$eir measurement predominated, # became familiar .it$ t$e mec$anical arrangement of t$e motor and also in t$e use of dial gauges to determine clearance measurements" #n some cases # devised met$ods in .$ic$ unobtainable clearance measurements .ere made inferentiall " 1an of t$e s'eleton plans re+uired additional researc$ (for instance # investigated bearing failures modes and lubrication e!tensivel ) in order to be able to ma'e )udgment on suc$ root causes"

Competency Element Claimed K#ntroductionL

E23"/ Responds to9 #dentifies Problems

E23"2 Plans t$e investigation

Additionall particular consideration .as given to t$e capabilities and availabilit of t$e onsite tec$nicians (particularl since t$e refiner .as in a sc$eduled maintenance s$utdo.n at t$e time)" ($is .as ac$ieved b close involvement .it$ t$e electrical and mec$anical forepersons" #n man cases during t$e process, t$e proposed investigations did not ield t$e re+uired information, and as suc$ # refined t$e procedures and $ad t$e individual investigations redone until t$e re+uired result .as ac$ieved" 7or man of t$e individual investigations, particularl in t$e case of t$e Aariable %peed Drive, e!treme care .as ta'en to ensure t$at t$e safet ris's and dangers .ere communicated and mitigated" (o do t$is # produced detailed test procedures9.or'pac's" During t$e process # made m self available to .itness particular activities in order to ensure t$at a level of independent assurance t$at t$e correct information .as being discovered" F$en all t$e tas's in t$e investigation .ere complete, # revisited eac$ root cause item separatel , and .as able to identif as a first pass .$ic$ items .ere not contributing causes to t$e failure" 7or eac$ t$e contributing causes, eac$ of t$ese .as considered in detail for t$e severit of t$e contribution of t$e failure and ran'ed" #n t$is particular case, a!ial clearance issues due to an incorrect initial repair proved to ran' muc$ $ig$er t$an t$e ot$er causes" ($is .as deemed to be t$e root cause of t$e failure" Contributing causes $o.ever .ere not dismissed" 7rom t$is anal sis, # .rote a summar report detailing t$e investigation, root and contributing causes and proposed a number of recommendations to prevent suc$ a failure from occurring in t$e future" Prior to issuing t$is report internall and e!ternall , # soug$t feedbac' from t$e original RC7A team" 7rom t$is it .as determined t$at alt$oug$ # $ad captured t$e root cause sufficientl , # $ad not communicated t$e importance of some of t$e contributing causes t$e report .as t$en amended and reissued" Recommendations from t$e report .ere t$en enacted on for bot$ t$e installation and recommissioning of t$e motor" #n addition to t$is, .itnessing of various stages of t$e repair of t$e motor allo.ed me to be confident t$at t$e root cause of failure .ould not be present in t$is repair" Close monitoring of .inding temperatures .as done b m self for t$e first .ee' of operation, and .$en t$e .ere deemed to be .it$in an acceptable range for t$e entire .ee', t$e motor .as $anded bac' to operations" ($e motor $as been .or'ing .it$out issue for t$e past : mont$s" %ignature of CandidateCandidate@s Aerifier@s ?ameEngineers Australia 1embers$ip ?umberI verify that the above narrative is a true account of the candidates own work %ignature of Aerifier-

E23"4 Carries out t$e investigation

E23"2 Dra.s conclusions and ma'es recommendations