GQA
Level 3
QN: 603/3630/4
Curriculum Active
GQA PAA\VQ-SET Level 3 Diploma for a Bulk Storage Operator (Technician)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by GQA. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 432 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
GQA
Syllabus Units
26 Units
Guided Hours
432 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Comply with External and Internal Obligations within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Perform internal audits, inspections and conduct workplace safety sampling and reporting
- Perform work activities in-line with the organisation’s ‘Safe Systems of Work, Control the systems designed to ensure fiscal / excise regulatory compliance
- Review and improve standard operating procedures (SOPs)
2
Continuous Improvement and Control Effectiveness within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Use continuous improvement tools / processes
- Implement and use effective process safety barriers and adopt multiple layers of protection
- Implement and use process safety performance indicators, Promote good safety culture using human factors
3
Emergency Response within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain a state of readiness in order to respond to an emergency or critical situation
- Be able to control emergencies and critical situations
- Be able to communicate and act on information when controlling emergencies and critical situations
- Be able to follow organisational and operational procedures when controlling emergencies and critical situations
- Be able to ‘stand down’ the emergency and return to normal operations
4
How to achieve Continuous Improvement and Control Effectiveness within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to ensure continuous performance improvement
- Understand and identify the key processes involved in the assurance of both continuous performance improvement and continued effectiveness
- Understand performance Indicators’ for their organisation and review
- Understand human factors and the effects on their organisation
5
How to Carry Out Jetty Operations and Mooring within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to operate mooring equipment correctly
- Know how to ensure correct positioning of vessel
- Know how to ensure that agreed mooring plan is implemented
- Know how to implement vessel and shore safety checklist
- Know how to evaluate results of ship / shore safety checklist and take appropriate action
- Know how to deal with problems effectively
- Know how to follow organisational policies and procedures
6
How to Comply with External and Internal Obligations within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the external regulatory requirements / obligations placed on the Sector, Industry, organisation and the employer
- Know the organisation’s major health, safety and environmental management systems and policies
- Know the relevant fiscal and excise requirements for their site and its products
- Know the correct types and content of communications with the relevant parties and the importance of effective relationships, handover and control of information
7
How to Manage and Control Quality within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the relevant quality standards and specification parameters within their organisation
- Know the quality and asset integrity management systems within their organisation
- Know the key elements of quality control and the associated documentation, procedures and requirements
8
How to Manage Product Transfer Information within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to complete product transfer paper
- work and associated documentation
- Know how to perform an effective handover and the key elements / information that must be communicated
9
How to Monitor, Check and Resolve Abnormal Conditions within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the principles of a ‘Safe Operating Envelope’
- Know the design
- use and functionality of a ‘Distribution Control System (DCS)’
- Identify abnormal plant conditions / operations
- Understand the operational principles of ‘Functional Safety’
- Understand the terms ‘Safety Critical Equipment’ and ‘Safety Critical Operations’ and provide examples from site
- Understand emergency plant shut-down systems and their functionality
- Understand the requirements for operator routine checks
- Understand redundancy / contingency systems
10
How to Operate Plant and Equipment within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the principles of operation for the relevant units of operation, plant and associated equipment
- Know the related Standard Operating Instructions associated with operational regimes/methodologies
- Know the appropriate operational/safety related monitoring and checks essential during standard operations
11
How to Respond to Business and Role Requirements within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the organisation’s business environment in which the company operates
- Understand their organisation’s infrastructure
- Understand their personal role and responsibilities and that of others within the organisation
- Understand the organisation’s components of administrative control within the business environment
12
How to Shut-down and Prepare Plant and Equipment within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the ‘shut-down’ principles of operation for all bulk transfer methodologies
- Know and correctly interpret the related shut-down ‘Standard Operating Instructions’ and associated operational regimes / methodologies
- Know the appropriate operational / safety related monitoring and checks essential during shut-down operations
- Know how to perform required maintenance preparation, clearing, cleaning and isolations of plant and equipment
13
How to Start-Up Plant and Equipment within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the ‘start-up’ principles of operation for all bulk transfer methodologies
- Know and correctly interpret related start-up ‘Standard Operating Instructions’ and associated operational regimes/methodologies
- Know the appropriate operational / safety related pre-requisites and checks essential during start-up operations
14
How to Work Safely within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to maintain a safe working area and the required responsibilities
- Understand how to deal with a safety hazard
- Know the types of incident to report
- Know the first response to an incident
- Know the information to communicate in order to operate safely
- Know how the site layout impacts on safety
- Know the roles of self and others when there is a safety issue
- Understand the importance of having emergency equipment in good order and how it adds to the safety of the work environment
- Know the operational procedures in relation to contributing to the safety of a Bulk Storage operations environment
15
Jetty Operations and Mooring within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to operate mooring equipment correctly
- Be able to ensure correct positioning of vessel
- Be able to ensure that agreed mooring plan is implemented
- Be able to implement vessel and shore safety checklist
- Be able to evaluate results of ship / shore safety checklist and take appropriate action
- Be able to follow organisational policies and procedures
16
Manage and Control Quality within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Manage and control the maintenance of product quality and quality assurance work practices
- Undertake product quality control work activities, Oversee and manage work activities that affect quality control, including waste stream, limits and requirements
- Undertake operator routines, specifically for - plant sampling / dipping and quality analysis
17
Manage Product Transfer Information within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Complete documentation proficiently, including the use of related calculations, Conduct shift handovers effectively and efficiently
18
Monitor, Check and Resolve Abnormal Conditions within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Monitor and control plant / equipment within its design parameters, ensuring safe site operations, Re
- solve abnormal plant conditions / operations utilising appropriate problem-solving methods
- Undertake ‘Safety Critical Equipment’ and ‘Safety Critical Operations’ testing and review
- Undertake testing of controlled and emergency plant shut-down systems
- Undertake operator routines / plant checks
19
Operate Plant and Equipment within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Perform standard operation of relevant units of operation, plant and associated equipment
- Follow the systematic procedural steps detailed in the associated Standard Operating Instructions, Conduct the appropriate operational / safety related monitoring and checks essential during standard operations
- Ensure currency and continued effectiveness of controls
20
Personal Skills and Communication within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Communicate effectively with others
- Follow procedures
- Communicate operational and safety critical information
- Work and interact effectively as an individual and within a team
- Demonstrate good time management
- Implement / follow management of change
21
Respond to Business and Role Requirements within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Create supply chain diagram, Generate and develop company infrastructure information
- Develop own role and job profile, Deliver presentation / toolbox talk
22
Shut-down and Prepare Plant and Equipment within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Perform the shut-down of relevant units of operation, plant and associated equipment
- Undertake the procedural steps detailed in the associated Standard Operating Instructions
- Carry out the appropriate operational / safety related monitoring and checks essential during shut-down operations
- Perform maintenance preparation and isolation requirements
- Ensure currency and continued effectiveness of controls
23
Start-Up Plant and Equipment within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Safely and correctly perform the start-up of relevant units of operation, plant and associated equipment, In the correct order
- follow and perform the operational activities identified in the procedural steps detailed in the associated Standard Operating Instructions, Conduct the appropriate operational / safety related pre-requisites and checks essential during start-up operations
- Ensure currency and continued effectiveness of controls
24
Understand Emergency Response within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to access
- interpret and take account of information about plant and equipment
- Know the processes involved and how they influence the response to emergencies and critical situations
- Know how to operate and the implications of control systems
- Know the consequences of emergencies and critical situations
- Know how to access and interpret information about external factors relevant to the control of emergencies and critical situations
- Know the methods of responding to emergencies and critical situations and how to select the appropriate method in the circumstances
- Know how to follow organisational requirements, regulations and legislation
- Know and understand all the site’s emergency response roles
25
Understand Personal Skills and Communication within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the effective means of communication
- Understand the importance of procedural adherence
- Understand operational and safety critical information
- Understand the importance of diversity and equality in the work place
- Understand workplace behaviours
- Understand time management and the importance of working to a schedule
- Understand change management and the processes involved
26
Work Safely within a Bulk Storage Operations Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate how to maintain a safe working area
- Report incidents, hazardous conditions and emergencies
- Communicate relevant information, as appropriate
- Manage the remedial actions required in the correction of incidents, hazardous conditions and emergencies
- Demonstrate the correct use and adherence to operational procedures in relation to contributing to the safety of Bulk Storage Operations
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/3630/4
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- GQA
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Oct 2018