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Scenario · Overhead Distribution

Act as access recipient for a 22 kV pole replacement

You are a Line Worker authorised as a high voltage access recipient in Overhead Distribution.

Intermediate3 to 4 hours8 tasks
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The situation

What has happened

Condemned pole 119 on Buninyong feeder BUN-12, work order WO-26-4410, is to be replaced on Tuesday 16 September with a 22 kV and low voltage outage from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Access request EAA-26-2210 is in the register and switching program SP-26-0921 is being checked. The pole is on the Midland Highway shoulder, requiring traffic management, and the low voltage mains supply a dairy that has been told to run its generator. The crew of four includes a second year apprentice, and the elevated work platform and a pole borer are on site. A second 22 kV feeder crosses the road two spans away and remains live.

Your brief. Prepare the crew and site for the outage, take the electrical access authority from the network controller with a correct read back, hold it responsibly for the duration of the work including the working earths and the live adjacent feeder, and cancel it correctly so that restoration can proceed, all in line with the access authority procedure.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Completed tailgate briefing and job risk assessment with rescue plan
  • Completed electrical access authority form with issue, sign on and cancellation
  • Updated access and permit register entry
  • Updated work order with hours and authority number

Documents to use

Systems to use

Access Authority and Permit Register

The operations centre record of every access authority, vicinity authority, test permit and rail traction access requested, issued and cancelled, with the isolation and earthing state confirmed.

Work Orders and Crew Allocation

Records every planned and reactive job on the networks with the client, apparatus, allocated crew, access requirements, hours worked and completion status.

Switching Program Register

Records every distribution, substation and rail traction switching program from writing through validation, direction and completion, with the writer, checker, controller and each step's confirmation.

Safety Incident and Near Miss Register

The safety register for electrical contacts, plant contacts, falls, injuries, near misses, safety rule breaches, environmental incidents and hazards, with investigation and corrective action tracking.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Transmission, Distribution and Rail Sector as at 10 September 2026.

UETDRMP001Apply access authority procedures to work on or near electrical apparatus
UETDRIS012Install and maintain poles, structures and hardware
UETDRIS007Install and maintain distribution overhead conductors and cables
UETDRMP016Perform elevated work platform rescue
UETDRMP002ESI safety rules for work on, near or in the vicinity of electrical apparatus

Qualifications

UET30621Certificate III in ESI - Distribution Overhead
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

The access authority form must define the work area by isolation points and earths and name the live adjacent feeder. Look for a read back recorded at issue and cancellation, every worker signed on and off, working earths applied before work and removed before cancellation, and a risk assessment that addresses the live crossing feeder, the apprentice's supervision and the rescue plan. Authorisations must be checked against the register.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.