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Assess drinking-water suppliers’ Public Health Risk Management Plans
(PHRMP) for adequacy
Level
6
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: review drinking-water
supply information; conduct a Public Health Risk Management Plan
(PHRMP) assessment, and verify compliance with the requirements of the
National Drinking-Water Technical Manual; and compile a report, provide it to
the water supplier, and describe a peer review of a PHRMP.
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.
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
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References
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health Act
1956, and Resource Management Act 1991.
AS/NZS 4360:2004, Risk Management.
The relevant Ministry of Health Model Public Health Risk Management Plan Guides
for Drinking-Water Supplies, available from the Ministry of Health,
http://www.moh.govt.nz.
Small Drinking-Water Supplies: Preparing a Public Health Risk Management Plan,
Ministry of Health, Wellington, 2005.
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A Framework on How to Prepare and Develop Public Health Risk Management Plans
for Drinking Water Supplies, Ministry of Health, Wellington, 2005.
Water Safety Plans for Small Drinking-Water Supplies (DVD).
Blueprint for Safe Drinking Water (DVD) available from http://healthed.govt.nz.
National Drinking-Water Technical Manual, available to Drinking-Water Assessors
through the local District Health Board, Public Health Unit.
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Definitions
Drinking-water supply – supply catchment, treatment plant, and distribution. The
drinking-water supplier has responsibility for managing the public health risks of the
drinking-water supply.
Organisational procedures – instructions to staff, and procedures which are
documented in memo or manual format and are available in the workplace. These
requirements include but are not limited to – site specific requirements,
manufacturers’ specifications, product quality specifications, and legislative or
regulatory requirements.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Review drinking-water supply information.
Performance criteria
1.1
Information on the characteristics of the drinking-water supply is reviewed.
Range
1.2
may include but is not limited to – catchment/recharge zone
characteristics, resource consents, water characteristics,
treatment processes, distribution characteristics, changes since
the last inspection, drinking-water sampling and analytical records,
complaints register data, drawings of as-built assets, land use and
geographical information;
evidence is required for at least four.
Documentation of Public Health Risk Management Plans (PHRMPs) and
Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand compliance performance is
assembled in accordance with the National Drinking-Water Technical Manual.
Range
may include but is not limited to – compliance data, drinking-water
compliance data, previous PHRMP and other relevant plans,
process monitoring and maintenance records;
operational procedures documentation – corrective actions, record
of action, customer complaints, procedures records;
evidence is required for at least three.
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Element 2
Conduct a Public Health Risk Management Plan (PHRMP) assessment, and verify
compliance with the requirements of the National Drinking-Water Technical Manual.
Performance criteria
2.1
Assessment checklist selected is consistent with the requirements of the
drinking-water supply, and is completed in accordance with the National
Drinking-Water Technical Manual.
Range
one of – the standard supplies PHRMP Adequacy Checklist, the
small supplies PHRMP Adequacy Checklist.
2.2
Review verifies that the flow chart for drinking-water supply is complete, and
describes the water supply system.
2.3
Review verifies that the drinking-water supplier’s PHRMP identifies and
qualitatively ranks risks, causes, and indicators of poor performance, and is
consistent with the flow chart.
2.4
Review verifies that preventive and corrective actions, and monitoring
requirements, are identified and developed into a management plan.
2.5
Review verifies adequacy of contingency plans for the water supply.
2.6
Review includes consideration of public health risk management plans carried
out using alternative methodologies.
2.7
Review verifies adequacy of the improvement schedule, and the links back to
identified, uncontrolled risk.
Element 3
Compile a report, provide to the water supplier, and describe a peer review of a PHRMP.
Performance criteria
3.1
Report assesses the adequacy of the PHRMP to ensure identification of risks to
public health inherent in the water supply and the steps required to manage
those risks in accordance with the National Drinking-Water Technical Manual.
3.2
Written report is distributed to the water supplier in accordance with the National
Drinking-Water Technical Manual.
3.3
Peer review of a PHRMP is described in terms of its purpose in validating
recommendations, and actions to take in the event of non-approval in
accordance with organisational procedures.
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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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