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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Verify maintenance requirements
  2. Establish maintenance systems
  3. Organise maintenance activities
  4. Complete maintenance procedures

Required Skills

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

Required skills

Technical skills sufficient to use and maintain relevant tools machinery and equipment efficiently and safely organise enterprise maintenance programs

Communication skills sufficient to use appropriate communication and interpersonal techniques with colleagues and others

Literacy skills sufficient to record and maintain information relating to organising enterprise maintenance programs

Numeracy skills sufficient to measure estimate and calculate time required to complete a task

Problem solving skills sufficient to identify problems and equipment faults demonstrate appropriate response procedures

Required knowledge

Applicable commonwealth state or territory legislation regulations standards codes of practice and established safe practices relevant to the full range of processes for organising enterprise maintenance programs

Environmental protection requirements including the safe disposal of waste material the safe disposal of waste material including preservative treated timber the safe use and storage of chemicals the minimisation of carbon emissions and the cleaning of plant tools and equipment

Organisational and site standards requirements policies and procedures for organising enterprise maintenance programs

Environmental risks and hazards

Using energy effectively and efficiently

Using material effectively and efficiently

Costs of material consumables and labour

Maintenance procedures and methodologies

Enterprise work schedules

Established communication channels and protocols

Problem identification and resolution strategies and common fault finding techniques

Types of tools and equipment and procedures for their safe use and maintenance

Appropriate mathematical procedures for estimating and measuring including calculating time to complete tasks

Procedures for recording and reporting workplace information

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to provide evidence that they can safely and efficiently organise enterprise maintenance programs in line with organisational requirements

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

The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements of this unit and include demonstration of

following applicable commonwealth state or territory legislative and regulatory requirements and codes of practice relevant to organising enterprise maintenance programs

following organisational policies and procedures relevant to organising enterprise maintenance programs

organising enterprise maintenance programs in line with organisational requirements

Context of and specific resources for assessment

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 of required knowledge other than confirmatory questions will usually be conducted in an offsite context

Assessment is to follow relevant regulatory or Australian Standards requirements

The following resources should be made available

workplace location or simulated workplace

materials and equipment relevant to undertaking work applicable to this unit

specifications and work instructions

Method of assessment

Assessment must satisfy the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the FPI Training Package

Assessment must satisfy the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the FPI11 Training Package

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

Assessment must be by direct observation of tasks with questioning on required knowledge and it must also reinforce the integration of employability skills

Assessment methods must confirm the ability to access and correctly interpret and apply the required knowledge

Assessment may be applied under projectrelated 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 may be in conjunction with assessment of other units of competency

The assessment environment should not disadvantage the candidate

Assessment practices should take into account any relevant language or cultural issues related to Aboriginality gender or language backgrounds other than English

Where the participant has a disability reasonable adjustment may be applied during assessment

Language and literacy demands of the assessment task should not be higher than those of the work role


Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

OHS requirements:

are to be in line with applicable commonwealth, state or territory legislation and regulations, and organisational safety policies and procedures, and may include:

personal protective equipment and clothing

safety equipment

first aid equipment

fire fighting equipment

hazard and risk control

fatigue management

elimination of hazardous materials and substances

safe forest practices, including required actions relating to forest fire

manual handling including shifting, lifting and carrying

Environmental requirements may include:

legislation

organisational policies and procedures

workplace practices

Legislative requirements:

are to be in line with applicable commonwealth, state or territory legislation, regulations, certification requirements and codes of practice and may include:

award and enterprise agreements

industrial relations

Australian Standards

confidentiality and privacy

OHS

the environment

equal opportunity

anti-discrimination

relevant industry codes of practice

duty of care

Organisational requirements may include:

legal

organisational and site guidelines

policies and procedures relating to own role and responsibility

quality assurance

procedural manuals

quality and continuous improvement processes and standards

OHS, emergency and evacuation procedures

ethical standards

recording and reporting requirements

equipment use, maintenance and storage requirements

environmental management requirements (waste minimisation and disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines)

Equipment is to include:

all machinery and equipment available for production purposes

subsequent maintenance within the enterprise

Maintenance is to include:

proactive and reactive approaches to maintenance

scheduled and emergency maintenance activities

shutting down of equipment

stripping equipment

checking, repairing or replacing parts or consumables

Plan is to include:

maintenance sequence

use of consumables

labour requirements

Schedule may include:

work schedules for personnel

scheduling of processing work

scheduling of equipment downtime

Communication may include:

verbal and non-verbal language

constructive feedback

active listening

questioning to clarify and confirm understanding

use of positive, confident and cooperative language

use of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differences

control of tone of voice

Maintenance providers may include:

internal personnel, including either dedicated maintenance personnel or equipment operators allocated to routine maintenance activities

external specialist providers hired by the enterprise

Appropriate personnel may include:

supervisors

suppliers

clients

colleagues

managers

Shutdown is to include:

procedures for equipment lock-out, such as:

protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating equipment from the power source

taking equipment off-line from normal production activities

Consumables are to include:

regular replacement parts

lubricants and fluids associated with equipment

Expertise may include:

specialist maintenance organisations

maintenance consultants

environmental issues

Records and reports may include:

equipment type and size

inspection outcomes

quality outcomes

hazards

incidents

malfunctions

and may be:

manual

a computer-based system

other appropriate organisational communication system