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Application

This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to provide a technical leadership role in the installation, maintenance and productivity, quality enhancement of fluid power-related technologies in an organisation.
It includes awareness of current options and trends in fluid power design, interpreting manufacturer specifications, production requirements and determining implications of relevant regulations and internal or external client brief. It also includes liaison with designers and ensuring that team members are aware of technical and performance requirements.
This unit applies to technicians who provide high-level technical leadership in an organisation in relation to fluid power control systems, hydraulic systems, including hydrostatic transmissions, proportional and servo valve control, and programmable logic controller (PLC) control.
The unit covers the fluid power technologies in equipment including robotics, fluid power drives, mobile equipment using fluid power including earthmoving equipment, compressors, pumps, and compressed air distribution systems across all forms of manufacturing and engineering.
The unit complements the more general technical leadership and management skills found in unitMEM234001Plan and manage engineering-related projects or operations. Informal technical or engineering advice situations are covered by the unitMEM234030Provide specialised technical and engineering guidance to other technical employees.
This unit does not reflect all technical skills and knowledge required for fluid power- related tasks. The required technical skills will depend on the task and will normally be covered through the combined skills and knowledge of the team. However, the unit presumes engineering skill and knowledge to at least Advanced Diploma level.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

What You'll Learn

1.

  • 1.1 Review machine and equipment drawings, manufacturer manuals and other technical data for fluid power systems specifications
  • 1.3 Determine if any commissioning or modification of fluid power systems is required
  • 1.4 Determine relevant regulatory requirements
  • 1.5 Inspect site and equipment to confirm or determine suitability, availability of other services and control requirements
  • 1.6 Produce or review fluid power management schedule, including any required installation, commissioning, modification or maintenance requirements

2.

  • 2.1 Distribute and discuss drawings, schedules, and major materials and equipment with team
  • 2.3 Brief team on key compliance and risk factors, including regulatory, work health and safety (WHS) and environmental sustainability requirements
  • 2.4 Agree with team on critical control points and reporting requirements

3.

  • 3.1 Supervise machine and equipment shutdowns required for task
  • 3.3 Check and determine that supply of services to work is adequate for task commencement
  • 3.4 Ensure all tradespersons have correct drawings

4.

  • 4.1 Establish procedures to ensure assembly and connections meet drawing specifications
  • 4.3 Identify problems and contingencies and establish and rectify root cause

5.

  • 5.1 Conduct final check to ensure completed work is consistent with drawings, manufacturer manuals and any regulatory requirements
  • 5.3 Identify and correct any malfunctions or errors in required output

6.

  • 6.1 Brief client and operators on machine or equipment operation after completion of work
  • 6.2 Prepare and submit any required reports on installation, commissioning or modification in accordance with organisational procedures

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include:
• interpreting plans, specifications and other documentation to determine features and performance characteristics and requirements of fluid power systems
• advising other technicians, tradespersons and production personnel on fluid power installation, modification, commissioning, operation and maintenance on at least two occasions
• determining adequacy of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for fluid power systems and adjusting in response to requirements
• checking fluid power systems for safe operation including automation safety
• selecting and using software and validation techniques including 2D and 3D modelling
• determining situations that require other technical and professional assistance
• researching sustainability implications and current industrial design techniques
• evaluating solutions for feasibility against the installation, commissioning or modification criteria, including relevant engineering and financial calculations and analysis
• determining work health and safety (WHS), regulatory and risk management requirements
• communicating, negotiating and reviewing with stakeholders and client throughout installation, commissioning or modification project.
Note: Where a volume and/or frequency is not specified, demonstration must be provided at least once.

Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate the required knowledge for this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:
• current options and trends in fluid power modelling and simulation software including underpinning programme techniques and software validation techniques
• sustainability considerations
• validation techniques
• fluid power-related technologies
• fluid power system maintenance
• research and investigations methods
• principles of fluid power systems
• dimensions, capacity and position of system components
• electrical and mechanical behaviours of fluid power systems and system responsiveness
• hydraulics and hydraulics components
• applications and characteristics of servo valves
• electronic controllers for proportional and servo valves
• sensors, transducers and amplifiers
• pneumatics and designing with pneumatic components
• multiple actuator control circuits
• compressed air system design
• WHS and regulatory requirements, codes of practice, standards, risk minimisation and registration requirements.

Assessment Conditions

• Assessors must:
• have vocational competency in managing fluid power-related technologies in an organisation at least to the level being assessed with relevant industry knowledge and experience
• satisfy the assessor requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2015 or its replacement and comply with the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011, its replacement or equivalent legislation covering VET regulation in a non-referring state/territory as the case requires.
• Where possible assessment must occur in operational workplace situations. Where this is not possible or where personal safety or environmental damage are limiting factors, assessment must occur in a sufficiently rigorous simulated environment that reflects realistic operational workplace conditions that cover all aspects of workplace performance, including environment, task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills and job role environment skills.
• Conditions for assessment must include access to all tools, equipment, materials and documentation required including relevant workplace procedures, product and manufacturing specifications.
• Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.

Foundation Skills

  • {'skill': 'Foundation Skills', 'description': 'This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance.\nFoundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.'}

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Last updated from training.gov.au: 07 April 2026