Elements and Performance Criteria
- Analyse the industry sector
- Develop and maintain knowledge of own and related industry sectors, products, equipment, supply chain, organisations, people, resource management processes and policies, work practices, legislation and regulations
- Identify and undertake opportunities for participation in relevant organisations
- Identify and access likely sources of credible information as required
- Recall and apply relevant historical events, sensitivities and positions of people involved
- Analyse state, territory, national and international issues for their relevance to the industry and impact on the enterprise
- Assess new developments for impact on enterprises and industry sector
- Source industry research and development information and evaluate for relevance
- Evaluate risks and opportunities of new developments in industry processes, technologies and quality and environmental requirements
- Identify emerging stakeholders and interest groups and assess for their potential benefit or impact on the enterprise and industry sector as a whole
- Analyse trends in production, marketing, resource management and research
- Identify potential impacts of proposed government initiatives and assess for significance
- Assess success and failure of relevant or related initiatives in other industries or enterprises for their relevance
- Monitor changing community and customer beliefs, attitudes and expectations
- Follow enterprise work health and safety policies
- Report on new developments
- Integrate evaluated research information in the enterprise or industry sector planning processes
- Share research information with others and explore and encourage opportunities for cooperative approaches
- Consider implications for use of research information in a wider context with other producers, associates or colleagues
- Prepare a report on new industry developments