This section describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit

Required skills

Collect organise and understand information related to job functions and the management of personal work

Communicate ideas and information to enable confirmation of work requirements and specifications cooperation with other workers and customers and the reporting of work outcomes and problems

Work with others and in a team by recognising dependencies and using cooperative approaches to optimise work flow productivity quality and cost controlswaste avoidance

Use checking techniques to anticipate or clarify problems to avoid interruptions to work flowsprocesses and to avoid reworking and wastage

Identify and respond to nonachievement of performance indicators

Recognise and respond to circumstances outside instructions or personal competence

Be proactive in influencing and achieving work goals

Apply enterprise best practice and quality systems

Plan and organise activities including the preparation and layout of the worksite and the obtaining of equipment and materials to avoid any back tracking work flow interruptions or wastage

Apply mathematical ideas and techniques to correctly complete measurements calculate quantities and monitor usage rates

Clarify and confirm work instructions

Plan work within given task parameters

Accept responsibility for given tasks

Set monitor and satisfy personal work goals

Required knowledge

Relevant Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental regulations and enterprise policies and procedures needed to carry out work in a manner which ensures the safety of people equipment and the environment The specific regulations will vary according to the area of operation

Enterprise technical work documentation covering procedures specifications schedules and work plans or equivalent

Enterprise quality system documentation covering instructions procedures performance indicators and review processes or equivalent

Enterprise cost minimisationwaste avoidance policies procedures and practices

Established communication channels and protocols

Problem identification and resolution techniques

Communicationfeedback methods written verbal

Enterprise systems processes and work quality requirements

The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria Required Skills and Knowledge the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the following is essential

Compliance with relevant legislative regulations standards codes of practice and establish safe practices and enterprise policies and procedures for managing personal work priorities

Monitoring existing operations and identifying areas for improvement

Identifying procedural changes to improve productivity

Recommending equipmentprocesses which will enhance productivity

Working and communicating effectively and positively with others involved in the work

Applying within authority the requirements of the job or work role in relation to

achieving production goals

achieving work quality goals

responding positively to changing work requirements

contributing effectively to improving workplace productivity

effectively applying problem solving techniques

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Underpinning skill knowledge and attitudes for each unit of competency in each work area and for specific job roles within work areas will differ between enterprises and will alter from time to time depending on factors such as changes in equipment technology and culture

Before skill knowledge and attitudes development and assessment of the trainee begins key operators in the area in conjunction with trainers union representatives and other stakeholders must list the underpinning knowledge skill and attitudes required to perform the unit competently to standard This will be used as a guide for training and assessment

The application of competency is to be assessed in the workplace or realistically simulated workplace

Assessment is to occur under standard and authorised work practices safety requirements and environmental constraints

Assessment is to comply with relevant regulatory or Australian Standards requirements

Assessment of the underpinning knowledge should be combined with assessment of the skill

Assessment of the underpinning knowledge may take place on or offthejob

Assessment of the competency should take place in a safe working environment in a passenger motor vehicle manufacturing plant or simulated environment using toolsequipmentmachinery required for the production process without undue disruption to the production process

Method of assessment

Assessment must take place in accordance with the endorsed Assessment Guidelines for the Automotive Industry

Assessment methods must confirm consistency and accuracy of performance over time and in a range of workplace relevant contexts together with application of underpinning knowledge

Assessment methods must be by direct observation of tasks and include questioning on underpinning knowledge to ensure its correct interpretation and application

Assessment may be applied under project related conditions real or simulated and require evidence of process

Assessment must confirm a reasonable inference that competency is able not only to be satisfied under the particular circumstance but is able to be transferred to other circumstances

Assessment should be in conjunction with assessment of other units of competency

Legislative requirements and procedures may include:

OH&S requirements and procedures may include:

Enterprise requirements and procedures may include:

Job context may include:

Work quality goals may include:

Changed work requirements may include:

Cost reduction initiatives may include:

Sources of information may include:

Resources may include: