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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Analyse design objectives
   • Identify design purpose and investigate potential market for the product.
   • Analyse intended production materials and processes.
2. Determine design assessment criteria
   • Establish criteria for assessment of product material options.
   • Establish criteria for assessment of product functionality.
   • Establish criteria for assessment of production process options considering impact of these on production operations.
   • Establish criteria for assessment of safety and potential liability issues.
   • Establish criteria for assessment of costs and marketability.
   • Determine weighting of scores for each criteria according to importance of issue.
3. Apply the assessment criteria
   • Select potential and actual products competing in the market place for comparative purposes.
   • Score and grade design against established criteria and record results.
   • Score and grade competing products against established criteria and record results.
   • Record overall assessment results.
4. Establish feasibility and options
   • Analyse assessment results for the design and competing products.
   • Reject designs which show poor assessment results and provide no potential for variation.
   • Identify designs which show poor assessment results but provide potential options for variation; refer to appropriate personnel.
   • Identify designs which satisfy criteria and indicate potential for success.
   • Conditionally endorse feasible designs, record conditions and refer to appropriate personnel.
   • Record assessment outcomes, maintain and process reports in line with organisational procedures.

Range Statement

Not Applicable

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Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. If a specific volume or frequency is not stated below, then evidence must be provided that the following requirements have been performed on at least one occasion:

assess and determine the feasibility of designs for one or more of the following product types:

pallets

crates

trellises

stairs

doors

windows

frames

beams

roof trusses

floor systems

wall frames.

develop a set of assessment criteria and weighted scoring system to include details of:

functionality

safety

environmental impacts of product use

environmental impacts of product production

cost effectiveness of production

marketability

competiveness with similar products on the market

complete a detailed and accurate report for each assessment providing the outcomes.

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Knowledge Evidence

A person competent in this unit must be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

product feasibility issues, including:

environmental impacts of product use and potential to minimize

functionality – ease of use and application together with its relevance for desired purpose

safety – potential to cause danger to someone or something and potential for litigation against the enterprise

environmental impacts of product production and associated cost to the business

cost effectiveness of production

marketability - potential for sale of the product

competiveness with similar products on the market

sources of information on competitors’ current products and price structure

features, at an in-depth level of understanding, of production processes:

options for materials

construction methods and sequence

types of tools and equipment used for construction

format, content and use of criteria for assessing feasibility of designs:

qualitative and quantitative assessment criteria

scoring systems

weighting of scores according to importance of issue

organisational procedures for:

determining design assessment criteria and completing assessments

communication reporting lines

recording and reporting assessment outcomes.

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