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Produce a final report on, and communicate, drinking-water supply
inspection findings
Level
6
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: review the findings of a
drinking-water supply inspection, identify non-compliance and nonconformance, and clarify with drinking-water supplier; record and collate
observations and conclusions; and produce a provisional report for the water
supplier, and describe appeal procedures and the procedures and
requirements for peer review.
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 18444.
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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Definitions
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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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.
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References
Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand, Ministry of Health, Wellington, 2000 and
2005.
National Drinking-Water Technical Manual, available to Drinking-Water Assessors
through the local District Health Board, Public Health Unit.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Review the findings of a drinking-water supply inspection, identify non-compliance and
non-conformance, and clarify with drinking-water supplier.
Performance criteria
1.1
Findings of the inspection are checked, and any areas of non-compliance and
non-conformance are identified, in accordance with the National Drinking-Water
Technical Manual.
Element 2
Record and collate observations and conclusions.
Performance criteria
2.1
Inspection findings are recorded in accordance with the National Drinking-Water
Technical Manual.
Range
2.2
examples – summary of observations, conditions experienced,
corrective or preventive action agreed, matters for follow up,
analysis results.
Provisional assessment of compliance with drinking-water supplier’s Public
Health Risk Management Plan (PHRMP) and the Drinking-Water Standards for
New Zealand is carried out in accordance with the National Drinking-Water
Technical Manual.
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Element 3
Produce a provisional report for the water supplier, and describe appeal procedures and
the procedures and requirements for peer review.
Performance criteria
3.1
A provisional report is compiled, structured, produced, formatted, and
transmitted in accordance with the National Drinking-Water Technical Manual.
Range
includes but is not limited to – record of inspection findings,
provisional assessment of compliance.
3.2
Report includes reasons for non-compliance in accordance with the National
Drinking-Water Technical Manual.
3.3
Report includes summary of compliance agreement in accordance with the
National Drinking-Water Technical Manual.
3.4
Appeal procedures in the event of failure to reach agreement are described in
accordance with Ministry of Health requirements.
3.5
Peer review is described in terms of the procedures and situations where it may
be required in accordance with organisational procedures.
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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