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0. NTRODUCTION
0.1 The mission
As a supervisor / pre-commissioner you will have
to control, take part in and check the finalising work
in the process of fulfilling a clients needs and
wishes. This is a highly demanding task; your
responsibility is to match the results of a very
complex development work, affected by many
ambitions and tendencies, to the original
expressed
or
unexpressed
wishes
and
expectations. The mission is mostly to be
performed in a foreign culture, under primitive
conditions and according to a pressing schedule.
For these reasons, it is in your own interest to
prepare well for the mission. Be prepared to face
all the conditions and people you will meet with an
open, positive, respectful and co-operative attitude.
Listen to their opinions and you will be able to bring
new knowledge home with you.

0.2 Site responsibilities

SAFETY in any aspect is the main responsibility of
everyone dealing with safety-related matters
throughout the process. As the supervising expert
whose responsibility is to ensure that the
construction fulfills all demands, you are
continuously required to take action on any safety
aspects missing from technical solutions,
performance etc. The project manager or site
manager should be immediately informed about
deficiencies not quickly corrected.
You are expected to be able to verify all progress,
findings and agreements made as a result of your
work. A logbook is thus necessary for recording all
steps taken. Ask the client/contractor for his
signature on steps agreed if they might otherwise
become matters of dispute. The logbook will also
be needed for making up your weekly and final
reports.
The project manager and his CDEs are
responsible for any technical matters concerning
the delivery. All immediate site activities are
subordinated to the site manager.
As the supervisor / commissioner of the plant on
behalf of WNSFI you are considered to be a
Wrtsil NSD representative by the clients staff,
contractors etc. This will require you to report any
claim made by these co-operating participants to
the site manager or other responsible WNSD
representative. Orders and claims initiated by you
are also considered to be made by Wrtsil NSD.

You will also have to adapt a tutorial role where

needed. This is to bring safety, environmental care
and technical reliability to an acceptable level. This
tutorial role should also cover our own process. It is
everyones duty to prevent repeated design
failures, bad handling routines etc.

0.3 Preparations
When enrolled to perform the supervisory and / or
pre-commissioning tasks at a site, you should
ensure that you receive all relevant information
needed concerning customer expectations, and the
agreed contract and according any technical
details. It is highly recommended that you should
perform or participate in the delivery inspections
and tests of the equipment being shipped to that
site. If already shipped, you should read the
delivery inspection checklists to familiarize yourself
with the condition in which the equipment was
despatched.
You should also get familiar with the design of
this particular application by studying the
documentation in co-operation with the designer,
concentrating on solutions tailored for this specific
project. Many projects are still subject to
modifications although the equipment has already
been shipped from the factory. These changes are
to be performed at site under your supervision and
for this purpose you will need 'redpen marked up
modified documents to be carried by you
personally to the site. Application software
developed should also be thoroughly studied and
the latest revision hand-carried to replace or back
up the software in the delivered equipment.
It is your responsibility to ensure that each required
function is verified as properly installed and
functional. For this purpose a checklist (a set of
work cards) is to be prepared for each installation
individually. This checklist will provide you with test
values and result values and checkmarks are
during your work filled in so as to form your test
certificate. See to it that this list corresponds to the
plant due for commissioning and all its essential
functions. It is also recommended that you base
the delivery functional tests on applicable parts of
these checklists.
You will need a set of tools for performing the
various tasks included in the supervisory and
precommissioning tests, and commissioning work.
Some special test equipment is provided with the
appliances installed, but personal equipment such
as a multimeter, a (clamp) ammeter and a phase

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sequence tester are essential for any checking and
fault tracing. Note that for CT-polarity checks a
mechanical ammeter is preferred. A 5000V
insulation tester and a relay tester (see chapter
15.1) are needed for insulation and relay tests and
different instrument calibrators are needed for
calibration of temperature and pressure sensing
circuits. You may also need programming
equipment, HV-teststicks, earth resistance meters
etc. depending of the scope of supply. Problems
may raise the need for an oscilloscope, logic signal
analyser, grid analyzer... See that you get yourself
good, operative tools with valid calibration for the
period expected. Measuring tools with no valid
calibration are not to be used for verifying or
validation purposes.

Note that ISO 8528 accuracy requirements for

equipment used for acceptance tests are
2,5 % for A,V,W and Var, 5 % for PF and
1 % for frequency.
It is your responsibility to ensure that any design
modification made at site is transferred to the
final documentation set to be filed by WNSD and to
be handed over to the client with the power plant.
For this purpose you are recommended to keep an
extra set of drawing files for exact recording of all
changes made. Keep this set strictly out of reach of
others.