VU21544 - Install a sustainable extra low voltage energy power system

Unit code: VU21544 | Study level: TAFE

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Location

Sunshine

Werribee

Prerequisites

N/A

Overview

This unit of competency sets out the knowledge and skills required to plan to install, install and commission a sustainable energy power system. This unit of competency applies in domestic, industrial or commercial environments, where appropriate sustainable energy systems are employed.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce and extend knowledge and skill competence within set and controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes and performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

use tools and equipment correctly;
follow enterprise relevant OH&S procedures;
read and interpret equipment manuals;
complete workplace documentation relating to the work;
make decisions within a limited range of options;
use diagnostic tools to problem solve;
plan a process for installing the sustainable energy power source;
use assembling and dismantling techniques;
test for functionality of the sustainable energy power source;
troubleshoot installation, and;
work as a member of a team.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

causes/consequences of the greenhouse effect;
energy usage in Australia including types/methods, contribution to the greenhouse effect & greenhouse gases other than CO2;
opportunities for reducing greenhouse emissions including domestic/commercial/industrial strategies & trade related technologies and methods;
overview of sustainable energy technologies including photovoltaic, solar, micro-hydro and wind energy conversion;
economic benefits of sustainable energy initiatives;
major categories of energy storage methods;
basic characteristics of energy storage methods;
operating low voltage DC appliances including low voltage tapping from a battery of cells, separate cells, sealed nickel-cadmium cells, low voltage adapter and DC to DC converters;
power inverters including types, output waveforms and efficiency;
controllers including blocking diode, low voltage disconnect, charge regulators, over-voltage shunt and connections;
photovoltaic terminology, units/conversions and symbols;
photovoltaic modules including types, efficiency and applications;
photovoltaic fundamentals including IV curves, irradiance/temperature effects, blocking/bypass diodes, wiring diagrams/configurations and specifications;
solar radiation fundamentals including terminology, units/conversions, symbols, sun position, sun path diagrams, solar radiation on fixed/tracking collectors and specifications;
micro-hydro fundamentals including terminology, units/conversions, symbols, flow rates, heads and assessment, turbines, operating characteristic, control requirements and specifications, and;
wind energy conversion fundamentals including terminology, units/conversions, symbols, wind patterns, local terrain, wind speed, direction, turbulence/wind power, maps, data sheets/measuring instruments, characteristics, applications and specifications.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.