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TECHNICAL SKILLS & COMPETENCIES (TSC) REFERENCE
TSC Category Discipline Engineering Specialisation
TSC Electrical Engineering Management
TSC Description Manage design, technical specification, selection, modification and troubleshooting of electrical engineering equipment, components and systems to provide electrical engineering
discipline support to construction, operations, maintenance and project teams
TSC Proficiency Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Description EGS-EPM-3006-1.1
Interpret designs, technical
specifications, modification
designs, constructability
methods, and maintenance
procedures to provide
electrical engineering
discipline support to
construction, operations,
maintenance and project
teams
Knowledge  Electrical safety
principles and practices
 Hazardous areas and
explosion proof (Ex)
equipment principles
specific codes e.g. IEC
60079-10, API
RP500/505 etc.
 Electrical system design
and modification methods  Electrical maintenance
 Electrical protection and
control methods
 Electrical standards and
codes of practice
 Earthing and bonding
principles and techniques
 Electrical equipment
selection methods
 Electrical drawing
standards
 Electrical construction
and commissioning
principles
 Electrical maintenance
principles
Abilities  Contribute to the
development, review and
application of the
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Level 4
EGS-EPM-4006-1.1
Enable the development and Evaluate designs, technical
implementation of designs,
technical specifications,
modification designs,
constructability methods,
and maintenance
procedures to manage
electrical engineering
discipline support to
construction, operations,
maintenance and project
teams
 Electrical safety
standards, local and
international
 Electrical system studies
methodologies
 Electrical construction
and commissioning best
practice, local and
international standards
best practices, local and
international standards
 Electrical maintenance
strategies implementation
 Methods of interpreting
condition-monitoring
system data
 Manage the development  Set the organisation's
and implementation of
the organisation's
Level 5 Level 6
EGS-EPM-5006-1.1
specifications, modification
designs, constructability
methods, and maintenance
procedures to drive high
standards of electrical
engineering discipline
support to construction,
operations, maintenance
and project teams
 Electrical systems safety
best practice, local and
international standards
 Electrical systems design
and modification
practices
 Electrical standards; local
and international
regulations
 Electrical maintenance
strategies
 Engineering,
Procurement and
Construction (EPC)
project management
electrical safety
standards
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TECHNICAL SKILLS & COMPETENCIES (TSC) REFERENCE

organisation's electrical electrical safe working  Review and endorse

safe working procedures procedures organisation's electrical
 Develop area  Manage the development safe working procedures
classification layouts and and implementation of  Review and endorse area
sections applying specific area classification layouts classification layouts and
codes and sections sections for the facility
 Create and/or modify Low  Review results of  Define the strategy for
Voltage (LV) and High explosion proof electrical equipment used
Voltage (HV) systems (Ex)/Hazardous location in hazardous areas
design, sizing and fault inspection analysis and explosion proof (Ex)
rating of switchgear, recommend any change competence levels and
cable sizes etc. in strategy evidence requirements
 Create and/or modify  Manage the modification for designers, installers,
design of other electrical and/or design of main maintainers and repairers
systems, power distribution design,  Review and endorse
earthing/grounding, heat- description and modification and/or
tracing, lighting, air philosophy, power design of main electrical
conditioning etc. generation and/or grid systems, power
considering load, supply design, distribution and power
contingency and future description and generation systems
needs philosophy  Review and endorse
 Design/or modify  Review the design/or electrical system studies
electrical protection and modification to electrical required during various
control systems including protection and control project phases to verify
selection of settings and systems including system design and
parameters selection of settings and equipment selection
 Support the construction, parameters  Review and approve
installation and  Review, validate or re- electrical systems
commissioning of validate temporary maintenance and
electrical equipment and electrical installations construction support
systems through plans and
 Define, review or verify drawings, specifications
bonding and and design criteria
earth/grounding  Benchmark electrical
measures for control of equipment integrity
static electricity management systems
against organisation,
statutory or regulatory
requirements

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