This two-day, hands-on Writing a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) course is intended for anyone who needs to write QAPPs for projects, without spending excessive hours writing and revising an unnecessarily complicated planning document. Attendees will learn and become comfortable with the concepts, structures, and background materials needed for composing the QAPP, and the tools to turn what might be an overwhelming task into one that can be completed in a reasonable amount of time with a reasonable amount of effort. This course is also conveniently available online.
With the instructor’s help, participants will perform customized exercises, working through a QAPP template for water quality monitoring that was distributed during the Alaska Forum on the Environment. The instructor will share tips and tricks that go far beyond available on-line guidance; students will learn how to efficiently complete the template. This hands-on approach, with plenty of opportunities for questions and personalized answers, will help students come up to speed quickly without the doubts, slow responses, and steep learning curves inherent in self-taught or even the best on-line class systems.
Students are expected to come to the class with a basic understanding of the role of quality assurance and quality control in developing and conducting an environmental program for water quality monitoring. Comfort in using programs such as Microsoft Word and Excel will be beneficial in getting the most of the class.
Who Should Take this Writing a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) Course?
- Quality Assurance Personnel
- Facility Managers
- Laboratory Personnel
- Project Managers
- Site Assessment Managers
- Enforcement Personnel
- State and Tribal Regulators
Topics to be Covered:
- Common Elements of the UFP and EPA QAPP Structures
- QAPP Drivers
- Understanding Data Quality Indicators
- Collection Foundation Materials
- Measurement Performance Criteria
- Implementation
- Organizational Efficiency
- Performing Data Assessments
Note: A webcam and headset with microphone is recommended to online attendees to that they may interact live with instructors and other attendees.
Syllabus
Quality Management Planning and Implementation
- Quality Assurance Overview
- Common Elements of the UFP and EPA QAPP Structures
- QAPP Drivers
- Understanding Data Quality Indicators
Efficiently Writing the QAPP
- Collecting Foundation Materials
- Measurement Performance Criteria
- Implementation of Drivers into the QAPP
- The Devil is in the Details
Making the QAPP Work for You
- Organizational Efficiency
- Communication Pathways
- Bottle Orders
- Performing Data Assessments
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