NZQA registered unit standard 22290 version 3 Page 1 of 4 Title Demonstrate knowledge of and carry out infrastructure works quality assurance requirements Level 4 Credits 5 Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of quality assurance for infrastructure works activities; demonstrate knowledge of the requirements of a quality assurance plan for infrastructure works; and carry out quality assurance requirements for infrastructure works. Classification Infrastructure Works > Generic Infrastructure Works Available grade Achieved Explanatory notes 1 Assessment against this unit standard may take place in a workplace and/or provider environment. Assessment parameters will depend on company and site specific equipment, procedures, and practices. Practices must reflect industry best practice and comply with legislative requirements. 2 Definitions Company requirements include the policy, procedures, and methodologies of the company. They include legislative and regulatory requirements applicable to the company or a specific site. Requirements are documented in the company’s health and safety plans, traffic management plans, contract work programmes, quality assurance programmes, policies, and procedural documents. Hold point means the stage of work that requires testing, checking, or certification before work can proceed. Hold points not specified in contract documents may be stated n company requirements. ISO 9001 refers to the ISO 9001 family of quality management documents for which companies gain specific accreditation. QEST refers to the NZ Contractors Federation integrated management system Quality Environment Safety and Training available at www.qest.co.nz; Quality plan refers to a documented plan for quality assurance that may be contract specific or based on ISO 9001 series, QEST, or TQS series. To record, for this unit standard, means to indicate the construction set-out position on a plan or drawing. TQS refers to NZ Transport Agency’s (previously Transit New Zealand’s) quality assurance specification for contracts involving road construction, road maintenance, and structures that assigns quality assurance levels as High (TQS1) or Normal (TQS2), available at http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/index.html. Infrastructure ITO SSB Code 101813 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 NZQA registered unit standard 22290 version 3 Page 2 of 4 Outcomes and evidence requirements Outcome 1 Demonstrate knowledge of quality assurance for infrastructure works activities. Evidence requirements 1.1 Identify quality assurance, timing, and level of service requirements for supplying a product or service relating to infrastructure works, and explain how these can be specified and met. 1.2 Explain the impact of individual performance on own and infrastructure works company’s professional reputation. 1.3 Identify and explain procedures for detecting and reporting defects in infrastructure works plant, materials, and activities. Outcome 2 Demonstrate knowledge of the requirements of a quality assurance plan for infrastructure works. Range a quality plan of one of the following types – contract specific, ISO 9001 series, TQS series. Evidence requirements 2.1 Hold points for a project are identified in the plan and actions required when those points are reached are explained. 2.2 Infrastructure works testing and certification requirements are identified in the plan and responsibilities for meeting them are explained. 2.3 Corrective actions for non-complying infrastructure works test results are explained in accordance with quality plan and company requirements. Range 2.4 evidence is required for three non-compliant test results. Individual inputs and responsibilities for quality assurance are determined from the plan, and meeting quality assurance requirements is explained in accordance with company requirements. Range Infrastructure ITO SSB Code 101813 input and responsibilities may include – test results, compaction, materials, maintenance, reporting, tolerances. New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 NZQA registered unit standard 22290 version 3 Page 3 of 4 Outcome 3 Carry out quality assurance tests for infrastructure works. Evidence requirements 3.1 Quality assurance tests are carried out, recorded, and reported in accordance with company requirements. Range evidence is required for two quality assurance tests Replacement information This unit standard replaced unit standard 17500. Planned review date 31 December 2019 Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment Registration 1 25 September 2006 31 December 2012 Review 2 18 February 2011 31 December 2016 Review 3 19 February 2015 N/A Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0101 This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do. Please note Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment. Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards. Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards. Consent requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements. Infrastructure ITO SSB Code 101813 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 NZQA registered unit standard 22290 version 3 Page 4 of 4 Comments on this unit standard Please contact the Infrastructure ITO at qualifications@infrastructureito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard. Infrastructure ITO SSB Code 101813 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016