Assessment Requirements for NWPSOU023 Monitor and implement dam maintenance

Release: 1

Assessment Requirements for NWPSOU023 Monitor and implement dam maintenance

Modification History

Release	Comments
1	These Assessment Requirements were released in NWP Water Training Package release 1.0 and meet the Standards for Training Packages. Assessment Requirements created drawing upon specified assessment information from superseded unit

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. The candidate must be assessed in at least one type of dam listed in the Range of Conditions. If not otherwise specified the candidate must demonstrate evidence of performance of the following on at least one occasion.

identifying and correcting maintenance problems

identifying security and access maintenance issues

conducting inspections

coordinating maintenance activities

interpreting plans, drawings, instructions, standard operating procedures, policies and standards

using safety, rescue and personal protective equipment

using relevant tools and machinery

identifying safety hazards

carrying out maintenance of specified assets

proposing and justifying maintenance activities

analysing and processing data

inspecting and operating relevant equipment and instruments

monitoring and implementing dam maintenance

interpreting technical documentation

collecting and evaluating technical information

preparing required reports

Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the depth of knowledge demonstrated must be appropriate to the job context of the candidate.

dam design principles

risks to dams

historic dam information

potential earthquake effects

properties of stored water

dam maintenance principles and practices

basic materials science

basic principles of hydraulics

system layout

environmental aspects of maintenance

lock out procedures for mechanical and electrical installations

control systems

equipment operation

relevant utilities and service bodies

hazardous materials handling

effects of weather and conditions on bulkwater assets

basic principles of soil mechanics

basic concrete structure, strengths and deterioration

basic dam construction procedures

dam failure mechanisms

risk management techniques

WHS

risk factors and potential hazards of maintenance of dam assets

maintenance standard operating procedures

organisational and statutory requirements

Assessment Conditions

Competency should be assessed in an actual workplace or in a simulated environment, with access to equipment and infrastructure appropriate to the outcome. Competency should be demonstrated over time to ensure the candidate is assessed across a variety of situations.

Assessors must satisfy the NVR/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=26336bc0-04e5-49d9-8c31-46c49b6a0037

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=26336bc0-04e5-49d9-8c31-46c49b6a0037

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=26336bc0-04e5-49d9-8c31-46c49b6a0037

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=26336bc0-04e5-49d9-8c31-46c49b6a0037