NWPCAD009 — Monitor and implement dam maintenance
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What an assessment for NWPCAD009 must cover
42 assessable components: 3 elements (8 performance criteria), 15 performance evidence and 19 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Prepare for dam maintenance
- 1.1Prepare for dam maintenance according to workplace procedures and operational requirements
- 1.2Inspect dam and develop a maintenance plan according to workplace procedures
2 Implement dam maintenance plans
- 2.1Schedule dam maintenance works and communicate with relevant personnel
- 2.2Maintain civil and mechanical dam assets according to workplace procedures
- 2.3Operate and test equipment relevant to dam maintenance
3 Compile maintenance and inspection reports
- 3.1Collect required data from inspections, measurement instruments and relevant personnel
- 3.2Collate, process, evaluate, validate, record and store data according to workplace procedures
- 3.3Record and report structural, material and/or equipment problems and recommend remedial action to relevant personnel
Performance evidence
- analysing and processing data
- collecting and evaluating technical information
- conducting inspections
- coordinating maintenance activities
- identifying and correcting maintenance problems
- identifying security and access maintenance issues
- inspecting and operating relevant equipment and instruments
- interpreting plans, drawings, instructions, workplace procedures, policies and standards
- interpreting technical documentation
- monitoring and implementing dam maintenance
- performing or coordinating maintenance on at least one of the following types of dams and associated equipment: concrete, embankment
- preparing required reports
- proposing and justifying maintenance activities
- using relevant tools and machinery
- using safety, rescue and personal protective equipment
Knowledge evidence
- concrete structure, strengths and deterioration
- control systems
- dam construction procedures
- dam design principles
- dam failure and safety mechanisms
- dam maintenance principles and practices
- effects of weather and conditions on assets
- environmental aspects of maintenance
- equipment operation including: flow control devices, lifting equipment, hazardous materials handling
- historic dam information
- lock out procedures for mechanical and electrical installations
- maintenance procedures
- materials science
- principles of hydraulics
- principles of soil mechanics
- relevant legislation, regulations and workplace procedures
- relevant utilities and service bodies
- risk factors and potential hazards of maintenance of dam assets
- system layout
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Questions about assessing NWPCAD009
What does an assessment tool for NWPCAD009 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for NWPCAD009 needs to address all 42 unit components: 3 elements with 8 performance criteria, 15 performance evidence requirements, 19 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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- NWPCAD005 — Monitor, inspect and report catchment areas
- NWPCAD006 — Monitor and coordinate catchment operations
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- NWPCAD008 — Monitor and control dam operations
- NWPCAD010 — Inspect and report on concrete dam safety
- NWPCAD011 — Inspect and report on embankment dam safety
- NWPCAD012 — Route floods through storages
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