Assessor Resource
PMC557001A
Manage trials
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024
This unit of competency requires the application of technical knowledge about the subject of the trial along with a critical evaluation or trial outcomes. It may include aspects of project management and people and process management in order for the trial to be completed. This unit could apply to any sector in the industry and it may be appropriate to consider relevant technical units concurrently.
Trialling may refer to:
the scale-up and other development steps required to take a new product or process from its design/laboratory trials to full commercial operation on a plant
direct trialling of the proposed new material, method, process, plant or equipment
large scale pilot plant, demonstration plant or full scale plant trials.
This unit of competency applies to individuals who will be managing a trial. They will typically be the sole manager of the trial or a co-manager with a defined scope of responsibility. The trials will involve liaising with various technical experts and stakeholders and coordinating the work of people at all levels in order to complete the trial.
This unit may apply to individuals working for the organisation conducting the trial, a consulting organisation or a customer or supplier organisation conducting the trials on behalf of their customer or supplier.
This unit of competency covers the managing of trials of new/modified materials, process, methods, equipment and/or plant. The trial is aimed at determining suitability or checking performance. It will result in a report which may include recommendations for a new trial and/or for improvement or may result in a recommendation to accept the subject of the trial.
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