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Test emergency lighting and test and tag appliances at an aged care home

You are a second year apprentice electrician working with a service electrician.

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The situation

What has happened

Sunridge Aged Care in Bendigo has its six-monthly emergency lighting and exit sign duration test and the annual test and tag of 340 appliances, job J-26-1160, on Thursday night from 8:00 pm. The last emergency lighting test in March found four fittings that failed the ninety minute duration test and their batteries were replaced. Portable appliance tester PAT-03 at the Bendigo depot is out of calibration and has been tagged out, so PAT-05 has been transferred from Braeside. On the pre-visit walk, extension leads were found daisy-chained across a kitchen corridor. Residents are in their rooms and the facility manager will accompany the crew.

Your brief. Carry out the emergency lighting duration test and the appliance testing correctly and safely in an occupied care facility, using instruments confirmed in the register, record every result in the compliance register, raise the extension lead hazard with the facility manager and in the incident register, and close the job with complete records.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Job safety analysis for night work in an occupied facility
  • Compliance register entries for the emergency lighting test and the test and tag
  • Incident register hazard entry for the extension leads
  • Completed job record with follow-up work identified

Documents to use

Systems to use

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.

Incident, Electric Shock and Hazard Register

The safety register for electric shocks, arc flash events, falls, refrigerant releases, near misses and hazards, with investigation status and corrective actions.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Electrotechnology Training Package as at 10 September 2026.

UEERL0003Conduct in-service safety testing of electrical cord connected equipment and cord assemblies
UEEEL0076Inspect, test and maintain emergency lighting systems
UEECD0009Carry out routine work activities in an energy sector environment
UEECD0007Apply work health and safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace

Qualifications

UEE22025Certificate II in Electrotechnology (Career Start)
UEE30820Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

Check that the student confirmed the instrument in the register before use, recorded every appliance and fitting result rather than a summary, handled failed items correctly and dealt with the extension lead hazard through the facility manager and the register. The job safety analysis should show awareness of vulnerable residents and the supervising electrician's role.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.