Control project progress against agreed quality standards
Overview
"This standard is about implementing specified operational quality assurance, implementing control processes and procedures and making improvements as a result of monitoring and collecting feedback from others in accordance with current organisational requirements which are equal to or exceed current statutory and legislative requirements.
This standard is for people working in the occupational area of construction site management which is defined as the management of multiple construction trades and disciplines and can be used by supervisors and managers"
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
"P1 identify and interpret quality standards from available
information and ensure their implementation before work
commences
P2 specify roles and responsibilities and allocate these to
individuals to maintain quality standards, and contribute
towards a site quality plan or procedure
P3 establish systems to inspect and control the quality of the
work and record the systems adopted
P4 regularly check that inspections are carried out to ensure that
work conforms to the specified quality standards
P5 identify and record any work which fails to meet the
requirements and specified quality standards, implement
corrective action and ensure records are kept
P6 inform stakeholders about variations in quality standards,
record and recommend solutions and actions for the following
6.1 effects of quality on the programme
6.2 effects of quality on safety
6.3 effects of quality on finished product
P7 identify conflicts between quality standards and refer them to
stakeholders for resolution
P8 identify improvements from analysing feedback received and
record and recommend them to stakeholders"
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
"Performance Criteria 1
Identify and interpret quality standards
K1 how to identify and interpret quality standards, including but
not limited to the following
K1.1 current legislation
K1.2 project specifications
K1.3 British Standards
K1.4 International standards
K1.5 Codes of Practice
K1.6 organisation standards
K1.7 trade advisory guidance and best practice
K1.8 benchmarking
K2 how to ensure the project’s quality standards are issued to
the workforce before starting work on a contract
Performance Criteria 2
Specify responsibilities
K3 how to allocate and specify the roles and responsibilities to
maintain quality standards
K4 why it is important to specify and allocate the roles and
responsibilities to maintain quality standards
K5 how to contribute to a site quality plan or procedure in
accordance with the project’s quality standards
Performance Criteria 3
Establish quality control systems
K6 how to establish the following systems for inspecting,
controlling and recording the quality of work relating to
methods of construction, materials, components and their use
K6.1 visual inspection
K6.2 comparison with design requirements
K6.3 comparison with standard documentation
K6.4 checking manufacturer’s documentation
K6.5 checking delivery notes
K6.6 sampling and mock ups
K6.7 testing
K6.8 site inspection reports
K6.9 contractor reports
K6.10 site meetings
K7 why it is important to establish systems for inspecting,
controlling and recording the quality of work relating to
methods of construction and materials, components and their use
Performance Criteria 4
Check standards of work
K8 how to check that work relating to methods of construction
and materials, components and their use conforms to design
requirements and the specified project quality standards
Performance Criteria 5
Identify non-conformance
K9 how to identify and record work relating to methods of
construction, materials, components and their use that fail to
meet the requirements and specified project quality standards
K10 how to inform stakeholders following the organisational non
conformance procedures regarding methods of construction,
materials, components and their use that fail to meet the
requirements and specified project quality standards
K11 why it is important to identify, record and report work relating
to methods of construction, materials, components and their
use, that fail to meet the requirements and specified project
quality standards
K12 how to implement corrective action where work relating to
methods of construction, materials, components and their use
fails to meet the requirements and specified project quality
standards
K13 why it is important to implement corrective actions in cases of
non-conformance
Performance Criteria 6
Inform of variations
K14 how to inform stakeholders about variations in project quality
standards, safety implications and the finish to the product
that may affect the programme
K15 how to recommend solutions to stakeholders on the actions
required to correct variations
K16 how to recommend improvements to stakeholders
K17 why it is important to recommend solutions and
improvements
Performance Criteria 7
Conflicts
K18 how to identify conflicts between the project’s quality
standards
K19 how to refer conflicting quality standards to stakeholders for
resolution
K20 why it is important to identify and report conflicting quality
standards
Performance Criteria 8
Identify improvements from feedback
K21 how to identify improvements in project quality standards
from feedback
K22 how to recommend improvements to decision-makers
K23 why it is important to identify and recommend
improvements to the project quality standards
K24 how to agree and record amendments to the project quality
standards with stakeholders"