Ability to: identify trial objectives and information requirements, including clarifying reporting requirements and formats identify trial participants, including clarifying roles, responsibilities and levels of authority (participants may include technical experts, related functions such as planning, quality assurance and engineering and trial process operators) establish and maintain effective communication processes to meet the information requirements of all stakeholders assess final product specifications against recipe/formulation and processing method to confirm capability identify production targets and timeframes against equipment and process capability confirm availability of resources to meet trial schedule, such as stock levels, equipment availability and capacity, personnel and storage capacity identify competencies required by trial operators and confirm availability, such as arranging training prior to trial confirm that all hazards have been identified and appropriate methods of control are in place to control environmental, food safety and OHS hazards (control methods should be selected consistent with the control hierarchy) establish a detailed trial schedule to manage the process ensure that relevant documentation is available in appropriate formats, including product specifications/recipe formulations, process parameters and operating procedures monitor trial progress against detailed plan to identify variances and identify factors that may need to be adjusted to achieve schedule, which may require consultation with operators and other experts investigate and report on causes of variation and identify opportunities for improvement, such as participating in/facilitating problem solving processes use project planning, scheduling and monitoring skills, such as use of relevant software applications collect and evaluate trial information, such as participating in/facilitating an evaluation team report on trial outcomes and related improvement opportunities to meet reporting requirements of the trial process use communication skills to interpret and complete work information to support operations of work team or area demonstrate and support cooperative work practices within a culturally diverse workforce |