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Iron Ore Company of Canada
Health, Safety & Environment
IOC-S-E-FRM Contractor HV Electrical Area Assessment
Contractor HV Electrical Area Competency Area Assessment
Electrical
Personnel:
Date of Birth: YY/MM/DD
Contractor Supervisor (or
designate):
Date:
Contractor Company:
The Area Competency Checklist is a required component of the Qualified Contractor Electrical Personnel
Certification Checklist. The employee’s Supervisor (or designate) shall complete an Area Competency
Checklist with each employee every two years. The purpose is to ensure employee’s have the basic
knowledge to work safely in a prescribed area or specific job task.
Employees performing electrical work must be trained, not only in general electrical principles, but also in
safe work practices and testing procedures specific to worksite equipment, processes and tasks which they
are required to perform. Understanding and application of these skills must be demonstrated, reviewed and
documented every two years. For purposes of this requirement, the term demonstrated may include on the
job observation, discussion and/ or testing.
1. Use of Grounding and Bonding Systems.
- Knowledge of the grounding and bonding work
practice, procedure and checklist.
- Use an Earth Megger to do ground resistance testing.
- Use of personnel grounds vs system grounds.
6. Battery Systems for control and associated hazards.
- Switching
- UPS basic functions.
- Storage/care/hazards.
7. Basic understanding of MV/HV ac/dc Drives
2. Isolating HV systems.
- Purpose and use of switching orders.
- Difference between switching orders and isolation
checklists.
- How to test for absence of voltage.
8. Demonstrate Safe Use of Area Specific Electrical Test
Equipment.
- Hot Sticks.
- HV gloves.
- Testing for absence of voltage.
3. Substation access procedures.
9. Perform successful splice or termination of 8kV Cable
4. Knowledge of IOC site specific high voltage
Starters/Breakers
- Understand testing/racking units.
- Importance of removing Control Power to breaker
when interacting with system.
- Arc flash zone when remotely opening/closing
starters/breakers.
10. Perform Megger and Hi-pot test on electrical cables
11. Program at least 2 distinct models of Protective Relays
5. Overhead power lines.
- IOC specific restricted zones.
- Controls for elevated work near power lines.
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Iron Ore Company of Canada
Health, Safety & Environment
IOC-S-E-FRM Contractor HV Electrical Area Assessment
This Competency Checklist shall be kept on file with the employee’s supervisor and a copy forwarded to the
group maintaining Cognibox to update records. (See email address below).
Training Requirements:
Approval of this form will permit employees to work on construction activities ONLY!
Employee Signature: ______________________________ Date: _________________
Supervisor Signature: _____________________________ Date: __________________
Approving Authority:
_____________________________ Date: __________________
(Where required)
Notes: The person conducting the review needs to have good working knowledge of the equipment and systems within the
employee’s area of responsibility. The employee’s supervisor must be the approving authority but may use a second approving
authority to assist in the process.
Please scan and forward document to
[email protected]
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