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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Assess operational requirements
   • Analyse enterprise directions, goals and forecasts to establish the parameters of enterprise operations
   • Gather and analyse industry, market and enterprise information to determine short and medium term implications for enterprise operations
   • Prepare operational budgets and strategies to achieve forecasts and obtain resource requirements
   • Determine operational productivity and performance measures to meet enterprise goals
2. Plan operations for optimum efficiency and effectiveness
   • Review work organisation and performance patterns for safety, efficiency and maximisation of team contribution and satisfaction
   • Develop systems and technologies to facilitate cost efficient and effective operations and to meet production, quality, waste, environmental and safety targets
   • Review product/process flows for optimum performance
   • Establish systems monitoring and control procedures to maximise performance
   • Prepare contingency plans
   • Identify operational assets and recommend asset management strategies
   • Prepare action plans to implement change
3. Manage operations
   • Identify operational requirements for inputs, personnel, equipment and transport
   • Prepare plans and schedules to meet customer requirements
   • Implement systems to control costs, energy consumption, waste, environmental impact, and food safety and quality
   • Plan and review work organisation strategies in consultation with the workforce
   • Identify and evaluate opportunities to maximise yield and gain commercial value from total production
   • Monitor and adjust operations, in accordance with operational plans and budgets
   • Use consultation and collaboration strategies to identify and resolve problems promptly, efficiently and effectively
4. Evaluate performance
   • Collect and analyse data to determine achievement of operational performance targets
   • Convey performance information and implications to stakeholders
   • Include recommendations and outcomes in the review of enterprise business plans, directions and goals
   • Review systems and procedures to facilitate the achievement of enterprise plans and goals
5. Assess operational requirements
   • Analyse enterprise directions, goals and forecasts to establish the parameters of enterprise operations
   • Gather and analyse industry, market and enterprise information to determine short and medium term implications for enterprise operations
   • Prepare operational budgets and strategies to achieve forecasts and obtain resource requirements
   • Determine operational productivity and performance measures to meet enterprise goals
6. Plan operations for optimum efficiency and effectiveness
   • Review work organisation and performance patterns for safety, efficiency and maximisation of team contribution and satisfaction
   • Develop systems and technologies to facilitate cost efficient and effective operations and to meet production, quality, waste, environmental and safety targets
   • Review product/process flows for optimum performance
   • Establish systems monitoring and control procedures to maximise performance
   • Prepare contingency plans
   • Identify operational assets and recommend asset management strategies
   • Prepare action plans to implement change
7. Manage operations
   • Identify operational requirements for inputs, personnel, equipment and transport
   • Prepare plans and schedules to meet customer requirements
   • Implement systems to control costs, energy consumption, waste, environmental impact, and food safety and quality
   • Plan and review work organisation strategies in consultation with the workforce
   • Identify and evaluate opportunities to maximise yield and gain commercial value from total production
   • Monitor and adjust operations, in accordance with operational plans and budgets
   • Use consultation and collaboration strategies to identify and resolve problems promptly, efficiently and effectively
8. Evaluate performance
   • Collect and analyse data to determine achievement of operational performance targets
   • Convey performance information and implications to stakeholders
   • Include recommendations and outcomes in the review of enterprise business plans, directions and goals
   • Review systems and procedures to facilitate the achievement of enterprise plans and goals

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

Evidence must demonstrate the candidate's consistency of performance over time.

The candidate must:

analyse enterprise forecasts for orders, livestock and raw material availability and prices, and determine the operational requirements to achieve enterprise goals

analyse performance data to determine achievement of targets

analyse the implications of blockages or stoppages (including breakdowns, no stock or materials and staff shortages) at particular points in the process flow, including upstream and downstream effects and costs

outline enterprise directions, goals and ethical standards and analyse the implications for enterprise operations

assess current operational capability to achieve enterprise goals, including through analysis of current technology, configurations, mixes of personnel and process and review of procedures to identify gaps or shortfalls

apply methods and theories of workplace or work team organisation and job design, and review to enterprise operations

apply relevant communication skills

apply scheduling techniques and principles to enterprise operations

consult, collaborate and negotiate with personnel from all levels and areas of the plant

maintain currency of knowledge through independent research and/or professional development

develop action plans to implement changes to improve performance

evaluate and recommend strategies for achieving enterprise goals and forecasts, including assessment of alternative configurations/mixes of personnel, processes and work organisation structures and calculating the impact changes in operations have on the productivity of the enterprise/department and the preparation of resource proposals

evaluate the costs, benefits, consequences and implications of adopting alternative risk management strategies and make recommendations to senior management

identify and apply relevant workplace health and safety and workplace requirements

manage operations for area of responsibility, including developing operational strategies and schedules in response to short, medium and long term enterprise plans; obtaining and scheduling required resources, including raw materials, personnel, equipment, refrigeration, storage and transport; and monitoring product or process flow

maximise value of enterprise operations, including identifying opportunities for gaining commercial value from co-products and by-products, evaluating relative returns on enterprise products to determine overall impact on profitability, and control of waste and energy consumption

minimise workplace conflict and build positive relationships using consultation, negotiation and problem-solving strategies

monitor enterprise performance, including developing productivity and operational performance measures for enterprise operations, linking monitoring systems to quality requirements and performance measures, interpreting performance information and taking/authorising corrective action

prepare and monitor operational budgets, including identification of operational cost components, calculation of resource requirements, calculation of cost per unit of finished product monitoring of costs, adjusting budget variations and including budget requirements and projections in enterprise financial planning

prepare contingency plans to minimise disruption to production

present reports according to legal and enterprise requirements

research and evaluate available technologies and systems for suitability in accordance with enterprise directions, plans and products

use detailed product knowledge to describe processing or production requirements necessary for maintenance of quality of enterprise products (including handling, processing methods, equipment, and storage for different species and breeds)

use mathematical skills to analyse performance in relation to cost, waste, production level, and yield

use available information and communications technology, including productivity analysis and scheduling software

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate an in depth technical and theoretical knowledge of:

enterprise operational scope

enterprise budget planning and management processes and cycles

regulatory requirements affecting enterprise operations

impact of operational changes on personnel and need to develop strategies minimising negative effects on individual, team and enterprise operations

factors which affect the productivity of the enterprise, including workforce costs, capital investment, materials, waste and overheads

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