NZQA registered unit standard
23592 version 2
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Title
Undertake demand management analysis for infrastructure assets
Level
5
Purpose
Credits
10
This unit standard is for people who work within the
infrastructure asset management sector.
People credited with this unit standard are able to explain
demand management practices for infrastructure assets, and
produce a demand management analysis report for an
infrastructure asset group.
Classification
Infrastructure Civil Engineering > Infrastructure Asset
Management
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open.
Explanatory notes
1
The following requirements apply to this unit standard: the ethical codes and
standards relevant to a professional body or bodies; and legislative requirements
which may include but are not limited to: Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, Health and
Safety at Work Act 2015, Resource Management Act 1991, Health Act 1956, Building
Act 2004, Copyright Act 1994, Local Government Act 2002, Public Works Act 1981,
and Land Transport Management Act 2003.
2
Assessment against this unit standard must be based on evidence from the
workplace context.
3
Definitions
Demand management is as explained in IIMM (see definition below) and includes
supply-side management.
IIMM refers to the current version of the International Infrastructure Management
Manual, available from NAMS (National Asset Management Steering Group) at
http://www.nams.org.nz.
Infrastructure asset management is the combination of management, financial,
economic, engineering, and other practices applied to infrastructure assets with the
Infrastructure ITO
SSB Code 101813
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NZQA registered unit standard
23592 version 2
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objective of providing the required levels of service in the most cost effective and
sustainable manner.
Infrastructure assets typically refer, but are not limited, to asset groups such as roads
and bridges, airports, railways, ports, parks and recreation facilities, water supply
systems, stormwater systems, wastewater systems, flood and land drainage
systems, solid waste management, telecommunications, energy, and infrastructure
buildings and facilities.
Organisational requirements refer to strategies, policies, procedures, and
requirements of the candidate’s organisation.
Organisation refers to the business entity and can cover a variety of types and forms
of organisation, whether profit or non-profit, in private, public, or voluntary sectors,
including business units, iwi, and other special purpose bodies.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain demand management practices for infrastructure assets.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Explanation of demand management practices for infrastructure assets is in
accordance with Section 3.2 of IIMM.
Range
considerations may include but is not limited to – current use,
timeframe, future use, intervention strategies, valuation of options,
acceptability, stakeholder response, corporate strategies, future
capital works programme, demographics.
Outcome 2
Produce a demand management analysis report for an infrastructure asset group.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Demand management analysis report for an infrastructure asset group is clear,
and concise, meets organisational requirements, and is consistent with Section
3.2 of IIMM.
Planned review date
Infrastructure ITO
SSB Code 101813
31 December 2020
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NZQA registered unit standard
23592 version 2
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
26 March 2007
31 December 2017
Review
2
19 May 2016
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0101
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 (CMR). 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
Please contact the Infrastructure ITO qualifications@infrastructureito.org.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Infrastructure ITO
SSB Code 101813
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016