NZQA registered unit standard
22290 version 3
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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.
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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
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input and responsibilities may include – test results, compaction,
materials, maintenance, reporting, tolerances.
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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.
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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.
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