Plan a meter exchange batch and clear a data logger fault

You are the Metering Technician at the Dandenong South depot.

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What is going on

Work order WO-26-3319 covers 34 end of life diaphragm meters on Route 88 in Noble Park, due for exchange next week. Each exchange means turning off the customer's supply, exchanging the meter, testing the installation for leaks and relighting appliances before you leave. Several of the properties have access notes on the route. At the same time the data logger at Merriwa Foods in Lara Industrial Park has not communicated for six days and the retailer is asking for the data. Marcus Liew wants the batch planned properly, every exchange recorded, and the logger fault raised and cleared within the three day target for a large industrial customer.

Marcus Liew, Metering Services Manager
Subject: Route 88 meter exchange batch and one data logger fault

We have 34 end of life meters to exchange on Route 88 in Noble Park next week and the Merriwa Foods data logger at Lara has not reported for six days. Please plan the exchange batch under WO-26-3319 following the metering work instructions on the work order and the relight rules, and raise the logger fault properly so it is cleared within the three day target for a large industrial customer. Record every exchange and test in the work order.

Your brief

Plan the exchange batch using the meter reading procedure and the relight rules, record the exchanges in the work order, and raise and clear the data logger fault so the retailer receives its data on time.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

Read the Metering and Data Services responsibilities and the Health, Safety and Environment Policy, and list the checks you must make at a customer meter before turning off supply and after relighting.
Update WO-26-3319 in the Field Work Orders with a day by day plan for the 34 exchanges, noting the properties with access notes and how you will handle them.
Record three completed exchanges in the work order notes with the old and new meter numbers, closing reads, the leak test result and the relight confirmation.
Describe what you must do if a customer is not home and appliances cannot be relit, and how you will record the meter as left off.
Update WO-26-3322 for the Merriwa Foods data logger with your fault finding sequence and the repair, and update asset DL-0451 in the Network Asset Register.
Write a short note to Marcus Liew confirming the data gap period and how the retailer will receive the missing reads.

My notes: what did I enjoy, and what surprised me?

What someone in this role would produce

Exchange batch plan in the work order
Three recorded exchanges with test and relight records
Updated data logger work order and asset record
Note to the Metering Services Manager

Printing this is a record of what you explored. It is not a certificate or a qualification.