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DEIELS608 : Safety, Earthing, Bonding, and Lightning

Protection 

Nominal duration: 48 hours total time commitment

This time commitment includes the structured activities,

preparation reading, and attendance at each webinar, completing
exercises, practical assessments and proctored assessments.

It is also expected that students spend additional time on

readings, personal study, independent research and learning,
practicing on remote labs and required software and working on
MODULE DETAILS
any projects and assignments.

This module covers the role of earthing and bonding in mitigating

the prevalence of electric shock hazards, causes and preventive
measure for arc flash, a review of electrical safety principles,
relevant sources of safety legislation, and lightning protection as
applicable for the oil and gas industry. It also covers development
of solutions to problems typical of oil and gas industry sites using
specific case studies, based on sustainable energy principles,
harmonic resonance, and relevant electrical fire prevention
techniques

The purpose of the module is for participants to gain detailed

working knowledge of effective earthing, bonding, lightning and
MODULE PURPOSE surge protection associated with industrial applications, updated
knowledge about key electrical safety legislation, and an
opportunity to apply knowledge to case studies.

New module combining modules #13 (Electrical Applications to

Oil and Gas Platforms and Sites Instrumentation and Control
DEIM13) and #9 (Electrical Safety, Grounding/Earthing, Bonding,
MODIFICATION HISTORY and Lightning Protection DEIM9) originally approved in 2010
(52368WA); April 2014 (52684WA).  For consistency with other
modules in this third version of the course, this will be “Version
3”.

Modules that must be delivered and assessed before this module:

• Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering and Power

Distribution DEIFEP601

• Fundamentals of Process Instrumentation DEIFPI602

PRE-REQUISITE • Transformers DEITRN605

MODULES/UNIT(S) • Switchgear for Power Distribution DEISGR606

• Cables and Wires - Maintenance and Installation Practice

DEICAB607

Modules that must be delivered concurrently with this module:

• N/A

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METHODS OF ASSESSMENT

Assessors should gather a range of evidence that is valid,

sufficient, current and authentic. Evidence can be gathered
through a variety of ways including direct observation,
supervisor's reports, project work, structured assessments,
samples and questioning. This will include short answer questions
on the knowledge content, the use of remote and virtual labs, and
writing tasks to apply the learning to academic tasks.

CONDITIONS OF ASSESSMENT

Assessor Requirements:

Assessors must satisfy the assessor requirements in the

standards for registered training organisation (RTOs) current at
the time of assessment.

Assessors must also hold a tertiary qualification in engineering or

related field.
ASSESSMENT STRATEGY
The RTO must also ensure that trainers and assessors keep their
  industry knowledge up to date through ongoing professional
development.

Assessment Conditions:

Questioning techniques should not require language, literacy and

numeracy skills beyond those required in this module. The
candidate must have access to all tools, equipment, materials and
documentation required.

The candidate must be permitted to refer to any relevant

workplace procedures, product and manufacturing specifications,
codes, standards, manuals and reference materials.

Assessments may be open book assessment and may be

completed off campus. Invigilation software will be used for some
assessments to ensure authenticity of work completed.

Model answers must be provided for all knowledge-based

assessments to ensure reliability of assessment judgements when
marking is undertaken by different assessors.

On successful completion of this module students will be able to:

1. Explain the role of earthing and bonding for limiting electric

shock hazards
2. Explain causes of arc flash and means of mitigation
3. Outline electrical safety principles and identify relevant
SUMMARY OF LEARNING sources of legislation
OUTCOMES 4. Outline and compare lightning protection methods for
structures and other installations
5. Develop solutions to sustainable energy and harmonic
resonance in industrial situations
6. Propose measures to minimize the risk of fire to industrial
plants

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Learning Outcomes
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Learning outcomes specify what
Assessment criteria provide the criteria by which achievement of
students will be able to do as a
the learning outcomes will be judged.
result of the learning.

1.1.  Outline common types of system earthing

1.2.  Identify effective applications of protective earthing and

1. Explain the role of earthing bonding for mitigation of shock hazard
and bonding for limiting electric 1.3.  Outline principles for effective application of earth electrodes
shock hazards including (a) installation and (b) environmental considerations

1.4.  Determine appropriate application of neutral grounding

resistors (NGRs) in managing fault currents

2.1.  Analyse arc flash in terms of:

2. Explain causes of arc flash (a)        Causes

and means of mitigation (b)        Effects
(c)        Hazard assessment and mitigation approaches 

3.1.  Explain the concept of safety in design

3.2.  Summarise effective electrical safety principles in operation

and maintenance
3. Outline electrical safety
principles and identify relevant 3.3.  Explain effective safety measures for substations and typical
sources of legislation electrical installations

3.4. Determine appropriate safety rules and enterprise procedures

for electrical safety scenarios using relevant sources

4.1.  Explain fundamental principles of the physics of lightning,

4. Outline and compare lightning
protection methods for 4.2.  Identify, for typical oil and gas industry scenarios, the (a)
structures and other hazards and (c) risks associated with lightning
installations 4.3.  Determine effective methods for lightning protection

5.1.  Propose suitable power sources for specific industrial

5. Develop solutions to applications, based on sustainable energy principles  
sustainable energy and
5.2.  Identify the sources of, and propose solutions for, harmonic
harmonic resonance in industrial
resonance in (a) industrial systems, (b) ships, and (c) offshore
situations
platforms.

6. Propose measures to 6.1.  Propose measures to minimize the risk of fire in industrial
minimize the risk of fire to plants and offshore rigs due to (a) lightning and (b) electrostatic
industrial plants discharge

Delivery Mode

Online and face-to-face

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Specialised Resources

N/A

  

Software/Hardware Used
Software

• N/A

Hardware

•  N/A

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