NZQA registered unit standard
8440 version 6
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Title
Comply with quality management procedures in an accredited
laboratory
Level
6
Purpose
Credits
10
This unit standard is intended for laboratory technicians
working in an accredited laboratory.
People credited with this unit standard are able to comply with
quality management procedures in an accredited laboratory.
Classification
Science > Science - Core
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 8441, Describe laboratory quality systems; or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
All work must be carried out in accordance with the quality management system,
documented protocol system or Standard Operating Procedures acceptable in a
commercial or research laboratory.
2
Health and Safety practices must conform to Australian/New Zealand Standard
AS/NZS 2243:2006 Set – Safety in Laboratories Parts 1, 2, 3, 7 and 10 available at
http://www.standards.co.nz and http://infostore.saiglobal.com/store.
3
Practices must also comply with the relevant parts of the Australian/New Zealand
Standard NZS ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of
testing and calibration laboratories.
4
Legislation applicable to this unit standard includes:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
5
General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories can
be found at the official website International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ)
http://www.ianz.govt.nz/.
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8440 version 6
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Glossary
Accredited laboratory refers to a laboratory accredited according to the
Australian/New Zealand Standard NZS ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements
for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Comply with quality management procedures in an accredited laboratory.
Range
document control, complaints, non-conformance processes, corrective action,
preventative action, control of records, test procedures, equipment
requirements, sampling requirements, quality of results, recording of data.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Quality management procedures are followed in accordance with the laboratory
quality management system.
1.2
The relevance of each quality management procedure to the accredited
laboratory is explained and is consistent with the laboratory quality
management system.
Planned review date
31 December 2018
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
22 December 1996
31 December 2014
Revision
2
19 February 1998
31 December 2014
Revision
3
2 November 1999
31 December 2014
Review
4
22 September 2004
31 December 2014
Review
5
21 May 2010
N/A
Rollover
6
27 January 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0152
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.
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NZQA registered unit standard
8440 version 6
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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 NZQA National Qualifications Services nqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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