RPL for Certificate IV in ESI Generation

Certificate IV in ESI Generation takes 27 units. Through Recognition of Prior Learning, each unit is assessed on evidence of work you have already done rather than on training you sit through.

What the assessment looks at

Every unit sets out what you must be able to do and what you must know. An assessor works through them one at a time, asking the same question each time: does this person's evidence show they can do this reliably, in a real workplace, recently enough to count?

You can read the full requirements for UEP40122 on the national training register. They are public, and worth a look before you spend anything — if the units describe work you have never done, RPL is not your route.

Evidence worth gathering before you start

• Photos of completed jobs, ideally showing a few stages of the same job, with their original dates intact.
• Job sheets, dockets, work orders or site diaries covering a spread of jobs.
• Supervisors, employers or clients who will confirm specifically what you did.
• Any licences or tickets you already hold.

How the guided process works

You work through the 27 units one at a time, talking about jobs you have actually done. You can speak rather than type. Add photos as you find them, and stop whenever you like — progress saves itself, and most people spread this over weeks while they dig out records. At the end you have an evidence portfolio your RTO's assessor can work through.

What this does not do

It does not assess you, and it cannot promise you UEP40122. An assessor at a registered training organisation makes that decision and may require further evidence or training. What a complete portfolio buys you is a fair assessment rather than a rejection over paperwork.

See what UEP40122 involves →

The 27 units you complete, chosen from these 129

You do not do all 129. Certificate IV in ESI Generation is 13 core units, which everyone does, plus 14 chosen from the 116 electives below. Read both lists before you spend anything — it is the fastest way to tell whether RPL is your route. If most of this describes work you have done, you have a case to make. If whole sections describe work you have never touched, an assessor will say so, and doing the course is the honest answer.

Worth knowing: 22 of them have a prerequisite unit, so the order you gather evidence in matters.

Core units — everyone does these

• UEECD0007 — Apply work health and safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace
• UEECD0024 — Implement and monitor energy sector WHS policies and procedures
• UEPOPS001 — Analyse single protection device operation
• UEPOPS003 — Apply quality systems to work
• UEPOPS017 — Conduct single energy source isolation procedures for permit to work
• UEPOPS031 — Coordinate response to critical incidents
• UEPOPS032 — Coordinate team activities
• UEPOPS043 — Interpret and analyse multi-operation protection devices
• UEPOPS047 — Maintain quality systems within the team
• UEPOPS061 — Monitor and implement environmental site plans and procedures
• UEPOPS107 — Operate and monitor supervisory control and data acquisition systems
• UEPOPS127 — Plan and organise work
• UEPOPS130 — Respond to a critical incident

Electives — you choose from these

• BSBHRM413 — Support the learning and development of teams and individuals
• BSBINS402 — Coordinate workplace information systems
• BSBLDR413 — Lead effective workplace relationships
• BSBLDR414 — Lead team effectiveness
• BSBOPS402 — Coordinate business operational plans
• BSBOPS404 — Implement customer service strategies
• BSBPEF402 — Develop personal work priorities
• BSBSTR401 — Promote innovation in team environments
• BSBSTR402 — Implement continuous improvement
• MEM05004 — Perform routine oxy fuel gas welding
• MEM05007 — Perform manual heating and thermal cutting
• MEM05012 — Perform routine manual metal arc welding
• MEM09002 — Interpret technical drawing
• MEM11011 — Undertake manual handling
• MEM12023 — Perform engineering measurements
• MEM12024 — Perform computations
• MEM13015 — Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering
• MEM16006 — Organise and communicate information
• TAEDEL311 — Provide work skill instruction
• UEECD0010 — Compile and produce an energy sector detailed report
• UEECO0001 — Estimate electrotechnology projects
• UEPOPL003 — Licence to operate a reciprocating steam engine
• UEPOPL004 — Licence to operate a steam turbine
• UEPOPS002 — Apply environmental and sustainable energy procedures
• UEPOPS004 — Carry out operational checks on in-service electrical plant
• UEPOPS006 — Collect and analyse hydrological and meteorological data
• UEPOPS011 — Conduct multiple energy source isolation procedures for permit to work
• UEPOPS012 — Conduct non-routine operational testing
• UEPOPS013 — Conduct operational checks and carry out corrective action on in-service electrical plant
• UEPOPS014 — Conduct operational checks on in-service mechanical plant
• UEPOPS018 — Conduct water conveyance and control
• UEPOPS019 — Control electrical energy production
• UEPOPS021 — Control permit to work operations
• UEPOPS024 — Coordinate first response team operation
• UEPOPS025 — Coordinate local H.V. networks
• UEPOPS026 — Coordinate network/system
• UEPOPS027 — Coordinate operational strategies for power production
• UEPOPS028 — Coordinate permit to work system
• UEPOPS029 — Coordinate photovoltaic solar power plant operations
• UEPOPS033 — Coordinate the use of contingency plans
• UEPOPS034 — Coordinate wind farm operations
• UEPOPS035 — Coordinate workplace communication
• UEPOPS036 — Develop H.V. switching programs
• UEPOPS037 — Ensure compliance with work health and safety policy and procedures
• UEPOPS040 — Facilitate the use of contingency plans for power generation facilities
• UEPOPS041 — Facilitate workplace communication
• UEPOPS042 — Implement dam safety surveillance procedures
• UEPOPS057 — Manage system restart
• UEPOPS059 — Manage, operate and monitor a gas turbine unit
• UEPOPS060 — Monitor and coordinate the operation of a combined cycle gas turbine unit
• UEPOPS062 — Monitor and maintain civil assets
• UEPOPS063 — Monitor and maintain wind farm civil assets
• UEPOPS064 — Monitor climatic conditions for renewable energy production
• UEPOPS065 — Monitor implementation of quality control for production and maintenance
• UEPOPS067 — Monitor the implementation of under frequency load shedding
• UEPOPS068 — Operate a hydro generator synchronous condenser pump unit
• UEPOPS070 — Operate and monitor a boiler unit
• UEPOPS071 — Operate and monitor a heat recovery steam generator unit
• UEPOPS072 — Operate and monitor a hydro turbine
• UEPOPS073 — Operate and monitor a steam turbine
• UEPOPS075 — Operate and monitor a.c. electrical systems
• UEPOPS076 — Operate and monitor air conditioning plant and ventilation systems
• UEPOPS077 — Operate and monitor alkalinity reduction plant
• UEPOPS081 — Operate and monitor auxiliary steam systems
• UEPOPS082 — Operate and monitor boiler draught system
• UEPOPS083 — Operate and monitor boiler steam/water cycle
• UEPOPS084 — Operate and monitor brine concentrator plant
• UEPOPS085 — Operate and monitor communications system
• UEPOPS086 — Operate and monitor compressed air systems
• UEPOPS087 — Operate and monitor compressed gas systems
• UEPOPS088 — Operate and monitor condenser and auxiliary cooling systems
• UEPOPS089 — Operate and monitor d.c. electrical systems
• UEPOPS090 — Operate and monitor dual fuel firing plant
• UEPOPS092 — Operate and monitor fixed fire protection systems
• UEPOPS093 — Operate and monitor flue gas (NOx) mitigation systems
• UEPOPS094 — Operate and monitor fuel firing plant - coal
• UEPOPS095 — Operate and monitor fuel firing plant - gas/oil
• UEPOPS096 — Operate and monitor fuel supply
• UEPOPS098 — Operate and monitor gas production plant
• UEPOPS099 — Operate and monitor generator/alternator
• UEPOPS100 — Operate and monitor heat exchangers and cooling systems
• UEPOPS101 — Operate and monitor HRSG hot gas control system
• UEPOPS102 — Operate and monitor hydro plant auxiliary systems
• UEPOPS103 — Operate and monitor hydro unit control and protection systems
• UEPOPS104 — Operate and monitor oil systems
• UEPOPS105 — Operate and monitor reverse osmosis plant
• UEPOPS108 — Operate and monitor system equipment
• UEPOPS109 — Operate and monitor water quality monitoring systems
• UEPOPS110 — Operate and monitor water systems condensate and feedwater
• UEPOPS111 — Operate and monitor water treatment plant
• UEPOPS112 — Operate bulk coal handling plant
• UEPOPS113 — Operate fabric filter dust collection plant
• UEPOPS114 — Operate H.V. condition changing apparatus
• UEPOPS115 — Operate hydroelectric generating plant and auxiliary equipment
• UEPOPS116 — Operate local H.V. switchgear
• UEPOPS117 — Operate local L.V. switchgear
• UEPOPS118 — Operate manual systems
• UEPOPS120 — Undertake operational commissioning and decommissioning
• UEPOPS122 — Perform process plant inspections
• UEPOPS123 — Perform risk analysis of generation plant
• UEPOPS124 — Perform switching to a switching program
• UEPOPS126 — Plan a scheduled outage
• UEPOPS128 — Produce maintenance plans for generation production plant
• UEPOPS131 — Run up a steam turbine
• UEPOPS132 — Schedule generation
• UEPOPS133 — Shut down a boiler unit
• UEPOPS134 — Shut down a gas turbine
• UEPOPS135 — Shut down a heat recovery steam generator unit
• UEPOPS136 — Shut down a hydro turbine
• UEPOPS137 — Shut down a steam turbine
• UEPOPS138 — Start and run up gas turbine
• UEPOPS139 — Start and run up a hydro turbine
• UEPOPS140 — Start up a boiler unit
• UEPOPS141 — Start up a heat recovery steam generator unit
• UEPOPS144 — Undertake dam safety surveillance
• UEPOPS145 — Undertake local systems operations

Each unit breaks down further into elements and performance criteria — the specific things you have to be able to show. The guide works through them one unit at a time and asks about jobs you have actually done, rather than making you read the register yourself.

Related qualifications

Same training package, and a common second choice for people who find this one is not quite their trade:

• Certificate III in ESI Generation (UEP30322, 31 units)

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When you are ready, see what UEP40122 costs and what the guide asks you for, or read what counts as evidence and how RPL compares with doing the course.