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Plan and conduct inspections of drinking-water supplies, and verify
compliance with PHRMP and DWSNZ
Level
6
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: review a drinking-water
treatment supply Public Health Risk Management Plan (PHRMP) and
supporting documents; prepare a drinking-water supply catchment, treatment
plant, and distribution system inspection plan; establish compliance or noncompliance of the drinking-water supply with the drinking-water supplier’s
PHRMP; and determine and document areas of compliance and noncompliance of the water supply with the drinking-water supplier’s PHRMP,
and the Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand, and inform the drinkingwater supplier of the inspection findings.
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 18442 and unit
standard 18443.
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
Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand, Ministry of Health, Wellington 2000 and
2005.
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National Drinking-Water Technical Manual, available to Drinking-Water Assessors
through the local District Health Board, Public Health Unit.
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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.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Review a drinking-water treatment supply Public Health Risk Management Plan (PHRMP)
and supporting documents.
Performance criteria
1.1
Historical record of inspections is reviewed in the context of the PHRMP,
supporting documents, and any outstanding issues are identified.
1.2
Risks to be assessed are identified taking into account the results of
assessment of the PHRMP, and supporting documents.
Element 2
Prepare a drinking-water supply catchment, treatment plant, and distribution system
inspection plan.
Performance criteria
2.1
Inspection objectives identified are based on scope and requirements, and are
in accordance with the National Drinking-Water Technical Manual.
2.2
Key aspects of inspection are established in accordance with the National
Drinking-Water Technical Manual, and results of assessment of the PHRMP.
2.3
Inspection priorities identified are based on the requirements of the National
Drinking-Water Technical Manual.
Range
2.4
examples – compliance history, grading record, incidence reports,
grading reports.
Inspection schedule is established in accordance with the National DrinkingWater Technical Manual.
Range
examples – specification of sites and processes to be inspected,
allocation of inspection responsibilities, preferred time and
timetable for inspection, inspection objectives, specification of preinspection communication protocols, resources required.
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Element 3
Establish compliance or non-compliance of the drinking-water supply with the drinkingwater supplier’s PHRMP.
Performance criteria
3.1
Inspection is carried out in accordance with the National Drinking-Water
Technical Manual, and the inspection plan.
Range
3.2
entry meeting, exit meeting.
Inspection verifies compliance with the drinking-water supplier’s PHRMP.
Range
includes but is not limited to – drinking-water supply management
and operation.
3.3
Incidents of non-compliance and non-conformance with Drinking-Water
standards, or failure to implement the PHRMP are identified in accordance with
the PHRMP and Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand.
3.4
Observations are recorded according to the National Drinking-Water Technical
Manual.
Element 4
Determine and document areas of compliance and non-compliance of the water supply
with the drinking-water supplier’s PHRMP and the Drinking-Water Standards for New
Zealand, and inform the drinking-water supplier of the inspection findings.
Range
includes but is not limited to – compliance, non-compliance, non-conformance.
Performance criteria
4.1
Observations are documented, and non-compliance or non-conformance
situations requiring immediate action are identified in accordance with the
National Drinking-Water Technical Manual.
4.2
The drinking-water supplier is verbally informed by exit meeting, of immediate
inspection findings in accordance with the National Drinking-Water Technical
Manual.
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.
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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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