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Describe the Health (Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2007 relating to
drinking-water and drinking-water suppliers
Level
5
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: the types of
drinking-water supply, the requirements relating to the register, and duties of
drinking-water suppliers; the process by which the Minister of Health issues
or adopts new, and amends or revokes existing, drinking water standards;
the legal test of ‘all practicable steps’, and how it would be applied; the
requirement for drinking water suppliers to prepare and implement a Public
Health Risk Management Plan (PHRMP); the roles of officers, and types,
powers and functions of drinking-water assessors, under the Health
(Drinking-Water) Amendment Act 2007; and the requirements for a drinkingwater inspection body under the New Zealand Code of Inspection Body
Management Practice.
Subfield
Water Industry
Domain
Drinking-Water
Status
Registered
Status date
19 September 2008
Date version published
19 September 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 18438 and unit
standard 18445.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0179
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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Special notes
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Definition
Drinking-water supply – the supply catchment, treatment plant, and distribution. The
drinking-water supplier has responsibility for managing the public health risks of the
drinking-water supply.
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References
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health Act
1956, and Health (Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2007.
The New Zealand Code of Inspection Body Management Practice, available from
http://www.moh.govt.nz.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the types of drinking-water supply, the requirements relating to the register, and
duties of drinking-water suppliers, in accordance with the Health (Drinking Water)
Amendment Act 2007.
Performance criteria
1.1
A drinking-water supplier is defined, and drinking-water supplies are described
in terms of their types and features.
1.2
The requirements relating to the register of drinking water suppliers, and the
location and sourcing of that information on the register are described.
1.3
The duties of drinking-water suppliers are described.
Element 2
Describe the process by which the Minister of Health issues or adopts new, and amends
or revokes existing, drinking water standards, in accordance with the Health (Drinking
Water) Amendment Act 2007.
Performance criteria
2.1
The process by which the Minister of Health issues or adopts new, and amends
or revokes existing, drinking-water standards, including consultation and
notification, is described.
Element 3
Describe the legal test of ‘all practicable steps’, and how it would be applied, in
accordance with the Health (Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2007.
Performance criteria
3.1
The situations where ‘all practicable steps’ would be applied are described.
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3.2
The situations where ‘all practicable steps’ would be demonstrated by the
drinking-water supplier are described.
Element 4
Describe the requirement for drinking water suppliers to prepare and implement a Public
Health Risk Management Plan (PHRMP).
Performance criteria
4.1
A PHRMP is described in terms of the suppliers who are required to complete
one, and the information it must contain.
4.2
A PHRMP is described in terms of the Ministry of Health approval process.
4.3
A PHRMP is described in terms of the time frame for approval by Ministry of
Health Drinking-Water assessors.
Element 5
Describe the roles of officers, and types, powers and functions of drinking-water
assessors, under the Health (Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2007.
Performance criteria
5.1
Officers are described in terms of their roles.
Range
5.2
Designated Officer, Drinking Water Assessor, Medical Officer of
Health.
Drinking-water assessors are described in terms of their types, powers and
functions as designated by the Director General of Health.
Range
types – powers and functions, functions and no powers.
Element 6
Describe the requirements for a drinking-water inspection body under the New Zealand
Code of Inspection Body Management Practice.
Performance criteria
6.1
The framework of the New Zealand Code of Inspection Body Management
Practice is described in terms of its applications for drinking-water assessors.
6.2
Approved signatories of a New Zealand Accredited Inspection Body are
described in terms of their responsibilities.
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6.3
Roles and associated techniques are described consistent with the
requirements of drinking-water assessors and the New Zealand Code of
Inspection Body Management Practice.
Range
audit, inspection, assessment.
Please note
Providers must be 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 accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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