NZQA registered unit standard
17273 version 5
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Title
Trial and evaluate cleaning agents
Level
4
Credits
Purpose
4
This unit standard is for people in the cleaning industry.
People credited with this standard are able to: define and
design trials of cleaning agents; manage implementation of
trial; and evaluate and determine application of trial results.
Classification
Cleaning and Caretaking > Cleaning Services Administration
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Competence demonstrated during assessment against this standard must comply
with the requirements of:
Employment Relations Act 2000;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Resource Management Act 1991.
2
Equipment and cleaning agents must be used in accordance with manufacturer's
instructions.
3
Definition
Cleaning agents and products are consumable chemical agents used to support
cleaning processes.
4
Competence in assessment against this standard will require at least four cleaning
agents or products to be trialled and evaluated.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Define and design trials of cleaning agents.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Objectives of trial are stated in performance terms and clearly identify the
outcomes to be measured.
1.2
The range and extent of work to be covered by the trial are documented.
Range
duration, size, variables.
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1.3
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Procedures to be used in management of the trial are documented for
reference.
Range
controls, recording patterns and methods, evaluation procedures.
1.4
Trial design adopted enables valid conclusions to be reached.
1.5
Occurrences which would make the trial invalid are determined, and procedures
required to minimise or manage them are defined for implementation.
Outcome 2
Manage implementation of trial.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Management procedures adopted ensure that conditions and procedures
established for the trial are maintained.
2.2
Management procedures adopted ensure that all personnel involved in the trial
are aware of the trial arrangements.
Range
direct involvement in the trial, indirect involvement in the trial,
confidentiality, recording of information, conditions of employment.
2.3
Provisions made for recording unplanned influences on the trial identify all
significant details of those occurrences.
2.4
Information recorded during trial conforms to defined trial requirements.
Outcome 3
Evaluate and determine application of trial results.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Information recorded during trial is assembled in a format which enables results
to be evaluated against stated trial objectives and performance criteria.
3.2
Information is collected from other appropriate sources to support the
evaluation.
Range
3.3
sources include – cleaning operatives, supervisors, managers,
clients, industry organisations, industry publications, suppliers,
results of other trials.
Application options selected reflect adoption of trial results.
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Planned review date
17273 version 5
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31 December 2017
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
27 April 2000
31 December 2014
Revision
2
8 February 2001
31 December 2014
Review
3
27 February 2006
31 December 2014
Revision
4
26 March 2007
31 December 2014
Review
5
18 October 2012
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0004
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR 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
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info@careerforce.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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