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Describe and use a Water Information New Zealand (WINZ) database on
local drinking-water supplies
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the applications
of the WINZ database; demonstrate the use of WINZ database workbenches;
and produce WINZ reports.
Subfield
Water Industry
Domain
Drinking-Water Assessment
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 18447.
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.
Special notes
1
WINZ helpdesk can be contacted at:
ESR, 27 Creyke Rd, PO Box 29 181, Christchurch. Phone 03 351 6019.
2
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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Reference
Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand, Ministry of Health, Wellington, 2000 and
2005.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the applications of the WINZ database.
Performance criteria
1.1
The WINZ database workbenches are described in terms of their uses.
1.2
The WINZ database is described in terms of the organisations who use it, and
the purpose for which it is used.
Range
includes but is not limited to – drinking-water suppliers, drinkingwater assessors, laboratories, Institute of Environmental and
Scientific Research (ESR), Ministry of Health.
Element 2
Demonstrate the use of WINZ database workbenches.
Performance criteria
2.1
A sampling schedule is created and adjusted in accordance with Ministry of
Health standards.
2.2
Drinking-Water compliance assessment is carried out in accordance with
Ministry of Health standards.
2.3
A monitoring or surveillance sample is entered in accordance with Ministry of
Health standards.
2.4
A data file is transferred in accordance with database processes.
2.5
Trial grading is undertaken in accordance with Ministry of Health standards.
Element 3
Produce WINZ reports.
Performance criteria
3.1
Reports are produced in accordance with report template requirements.
Range
reports for – compliance, supply, grading, sample.
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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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