SKILLS FRAMEWORK FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES

TECHNICAL SKILLS & COMPETENCIES (TSC) REFERENCE

TSC Category Engineering Design Management

TSC Front-End Engineering and Design

TSC Description Manage Front-End Engineering and Design for equipment, components and systems

TSC Proficiency Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6

Description
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Interpret engineering design Establish Front-End Validate engineering design
principles to contribute to Engineering and Design to direct Front-End
Front-End Engineering and (FEED) related workflows Engineering and Design
Design (FEED) and procedures to lead (FEED) studies and critical
FEED studies and projects design evaluation and
validation reviews
Knowledge  FEED standards and  FEED management  International and industry
principles principles and practices best practices of FEED
 Principles of mechanical,  Engineering design for process plant and
electrical, civil, codes and specifications equipment
geotechnical or  Equipment sizing,  Project life cycle
instrumentation and selection and concepts
control engineering performance evaluation  Engineering design
 Engineering design methods philosophies and
principles  Project costing and principles
 Types of engineering estimation methods  Engineering design,
drawings, including  Principles of Hazard and procurement and
Process Flow Diagrams Operability studies construction codes and
(PFDs), Piping and (HAZOP) specifications
Instrument Diagrams  Principles of Hazard  Project planning and
(PIDs) and isometric Identification (HAZID) scheduling techniques
drawings studies  Engineering,
 Stages of basic and  Lifecycle efficiency procurement and
detailed engineering methods construction (EPC)
 Equipment selection  Types of constructability project management
techniques analysis techniques principles
 Equipment costing  FEED close-out reports  Project financing
techniques and and deliverables principles
calculations  Organisational
 Project risk and hazard compliance and risk
identification management frameworks
 FEED deliverables
packaging

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Abilities  Interpret and apply FEED
engineering standards
and procedures
 Provide discipline specific
engineering support to
FEED engineering
studies and projects
 Interpret engineering
design principles related
to FEED
 Support in the
development of the basis
of design criteria
 Liaise with a wide range
of discipline engineers on
design matters
 Carry out FEED
equipment costing and
budgeting
 Conduct risk and
hazardous operations
reviews
 Provide discipline specific
FEED update reports
 Log and record FEED
documents within the
data management
system
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 Implement FEED  Endorse FEED
engineering and design engineering and design
procedures, workflows activities
and activities  Validate the results of
 Provide expert discipline FEED studies
specific engineering  Integrate project life cycle
technical support concepts to FEED
 Undertake technical process
document reviews  Incorporate international
 Carry out early discipline and industry best
specific critical reviews practices of FEED into
 Define overall project the technical reviews and
cost estimates validation of projects and
 Evaluate design options studies
for project cost  Conduct critical design
optimisation and return evaluations and
on investment (ROI) validation reviews
maximisation  Drive project cost
 Conduct HAZOP and optimization and return
HAZID studies on investment (ROI)
 Conduct project risk and maximisation
hazard identification  Approve bids based on
 Ensure development and FEED design and overall
packaging of FEED project cost estimates
deliverables  Endorse Hazard and
Operability (HAZOP) and
Hazard Identification
(HAZID) studies
recommendations