NWPCAD013 — Conduct and report dam safety instrumentation monitoring
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What an assessment for NWPCAD013 must cover
36 assessable components: 3 elements (11 performance criteria), 13 performance evidence and 12 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 safety monitoring
- 1.1Identify workplace procedures and guidelines for dam safety monitoring
- 1.2Identify and apply operational procedures determining the techniques, methods and equipment used for dam safety monitoring
- 1.3Organise work activities according to workplace requirements and data collection equipment and methods
2 Conduct dam safety monitoring
- 2.1Implement dam safety monitoring procedures and practices including unusual events
- 2.2Ensure equipment is functioning and fit for purpose
- 2.3Record dam instrumentation readings according to workplace procedures
- 2.4Recognise and report monitoring data outside the expected range to relevant personnel
3 Report on dam safety monitoring
- 3.1Add newly recorded information on dam behaviour to historical monitoring information
- 3.2Prepare and submit monitoring instrumentation data
- 3.3Report deviations outside approved limits including potential causes and make recommendations for follow up action
- 3.4Report faulty monitoring equipment to relevant personnel
Performance evidence
- collecting and processing data
- following instructions, operating procedures, policies and standards for dam safety monitoring and instrumentation
- identifying faults, changes and failure indicators
- inspecting and operating monitoring equipment and instruments
- interpreting a range of workplace documents
- preparing monitoring activity
- producing dam instrumentation monitoring reports
- reading and interpreting plans, drawings and charts
- recording and reporting monitoring and safety information
- reporting deviations and faults in equipment and data
- reporting on dam safety monitoring outcomes
- setting up relevant instrumentation
- using mathematical calculations to collect and process data on dam safety
Knowledge evidence
- dam safety performance indicators
- faulty equipment or instruments
- instructions for the operation of monitoring equipment
- principles of dam design and construction
- purpose of monitoring and instrumentation used and linkage to dam safety
- relationship between the impact of unusual events on dam safety and monitoring post event
- relationship of monitoring and causes of dam failures and incidents
- relevant legislation, regulations and workplace procedures
- requirements for installation of instruments and instrument failure
- statutory requirements and workplace procedures related to monitoring and reporting dam safety
- types of instrumentation and their application
- WHS procedures related to dam monitoring
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Questions about assessing NWPCAD013
What does an assessment tool for NWPCAD013 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for NWPCAD013 needs to address all 36 unit components: 3 elements with 11 performance criteria, 13 performance evidence requirements, 12 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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