Simulated workplaceCAQA Voltline Electrical is a fictional business created by CAQA for training and assessment. It is not a real company and no person, client or record here is real.About this simulation
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Simulated workplace
Department

Electrical Contracting

Plans, quotes and delivers electrical installation projects for commercial, industrial and residential customers, from switchboard upgrades and fit-outs to new builds, and ensures every installation is tested, certified and handed over with complete documentation.

Electrical Contracting Manager24 staff
Home/Departments/Electrical Contracting
Responsibilities

What the team is accountable for

  • Prepare quotations and plan installation projects
  • Install wiring systems, switchboards and accessories to the Wiring Rules
  • Isolate, lock out and prove dead before every task
  • Test and certify every installation before energising
  • Supervise apprentices on site
  • Manage variations and hand over project documentation
Performance measures

How we know it is working

92%
Projects delivered on time
98%
Certificates issued within 2 days
1.3 per project
Defects at handover
People

Who works here

TO

Tessa Okonjo

Electrical Contracting Manager

Leads project quoting, planning and delivery and has managed commercial fit-outs and switchboard projects at Voltline for nine years.

RD

Ryan Doherty

Leading Hand Electrician

Supervises apprentices on commercial sites, runs isolations and tests installations before certification, and has been on the tools at Voltline for eight years.

Systems

Where the work is recorded

Job and Work Order Board

The record of every quoted, scheduled, in-progress and completed job across all departments, with the site, allocated tradespeople, supervising electrician and status.

Test and Compliance Register

Records the mandatory test results, certificates of electrical safety, solar compliance documents and observations for every job before it is handed over.

Instrument, Plant and Vehicle Register

Tracks every test instrument, refrigerant recovery unit, scale, leak detector, ladder, elevated work platform and service van with its calibration or inspection status.

Scenarios

Assessment tasks in this department

Intermediate

Isolate and replace a tenancy switchboard

You are a fourth year apprentice electrician working under the Leading Hand Electrician.

Intermediate

Verify tests and prepare the certificate for a new three phase supply

You are a licensed electrician in Electrical Contracting.

Advanced

Quote a distribution board replacement for an owners corporation

You are an Estimator and Project Electrician in Electrical Contracting.

Documents

Documents the scenarios use