From Operations Centre Technician to Critical Facilities Operator
A sideways move on the ladder.
There’s a page for this pathway in , with its licences and local details.
Skills to build
What a Critical Facilities Operator needs beyond an Operations Centre Technician.
Physical access and security
- Badge in and out Independent
- Escort visitors and contractors Assisted
Emergency response
- Evacuate and muster Independent
- Report an incident or near miss Independent
- Use a portable fire extinguisher Independent
- Rescue from a live electrical incident Assisted
- Respond to a spill or leak Assisted
Procedures and documents
- Follow a standard operating procedure (SOP) Independent
- Carry out a method of procedure (MOP) Assisted
- Complete work orders and maintenance records Assisted
Site safety
- Hazards of a critical facility Independent
- Select and use protective equipment Independent
- Assess risk and plan safe work Assisted
- Electrical safety awareness Assisted
- Move equipment and handle loads safely Assisted
- Work at height Assisted
- Work under a permit to work Assisted
White space and IT hardware
- Take electrostatic discharge precautions Independent
- Keep hot and cold aisles right Assisted
Monitoring and response
- Walk the rounds and take readings Independent
UPS and batteries
- Battery room safety Assisted
Safe isolation
- Isolate and lock out a single energy source Assisted
- Prove dead before touching Assisted
- Remove isolations and restore plant Assisted
Cooling plant
- Psychrometrics and the thermal envelope Assisted
LV distribution
- Read loads and capacity Assisted
- Trace the power path and its redundancy Assisted
Power transfer and generation
- Respond to a utility failure Aware
Liquid cooling
- Liquid-cooled IT and its loops Assisted, desirable
- Respond to a coolant leak or a CDU failure Assisted, desirable
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Sources and licences
- Critical Facilities reference framework © Facility Labs. (CC BY 4.0)
- ISCO-08, International Labour Organization, as published in ESCO v1.2.1. This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission. (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents)