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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Establish production requirements
   • Analyse workplace health and safety (WHS), environmental and regulatory requirements for production.
   • Interpret data from sales and market forecasts for inclusion in production plan.
   • Analyse specifications and supporting data.
   • Project requirements for product quantity, raw materials, quality and performance characteristics.
   • Analyse and check production capacity of machines and personnel.
   • Assess resources, including raw material supply requirements for production line.
2. Prepare production plan
   • Review production procedures for suitability to planned schedule.
   • Source and check information to include in production plan.
   • Prepare production plan in line with organisational formats.
   • Evaluate inefficiencies and constraints and amend final plan to incorporate improvements.
3. Monitor implementation and modify plan
   • Obtain and record production output details in line with organisational procedures.
   • Monitor and evaluate production and output against plan to ensure production performance is efficient and effective.
   • Record and action process improvements based on construction plans, components and hardware utilised.
   • Modify plans to reflect stock, machine and human resource requirements or variations.
   • Coordinate implementation of plan variations to ensure changed instructions and specifications are followed.
   • Maintain production planning records and complete 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:

develop and document whole of organisation comprehensive written production plans for a timber manufacturing facility

evaluate production and output against productions plans, produce written records of issues and develop modified plans where required.

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Knowledge Evidence

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

applicable commonwealth, state, territory or local government regulations relevant to production

production planning and evaluation processes

features, at an in-depth level of understanding, of timber products subject to production planning:

product purpose

quantity and quality of materials

construction componentry and standards

construction methods and sequence

types of tools and equipment used for construction

labor requirements

impacts of production process on the environment and environmental protection practices for:

reducing water and energy use

cleaning of plant, tools and equipment

disposing of, recycling and reusing timber and other waste

organisational production capacity of machines and labor

format, content and use of:

sales and market forecasts

production plans

data required for development of production plans:

reports and information on production times

output

employment costs including overtime

business overheads

projected orders

material costs, supply, contractual arrangements and preferred supplier arrangements

distribution times and costs

methods for evaluating production and output against plans and issues to be considered:

speed of output, effective or slow

quality of completed product; finish and dimensional consistency

cost against budgets

labor and machine capacity

out-of-stock and overstock situations

management of suppliers to maintain efficient supply

organisational procedures for documenting plans and reports.

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