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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Interpret Balanced Scorecard results

Required Skills

Required skills

Required skills include

identifying KPIs and their application to own work and the work of other employees

analysing Balanced Scorecard results and determining implications for a work area

solving problems associated with use or interpretation of Balanced Scorecard

planning strategies for use of Balanced Scorecard including

required communication with others

negotiations if any required with internal and external suppliers customers and delegates

analysis of any skill gaps in self and others

required training

data collection

work organisation and procedure changes

risk identification and contingency measures

communicating effectively in informal and formal meetings and with personnel at all levels

providing effective feedback

Required knowledge

Required knowledge includes

components of the Balanced Scorecard including perspectives feedback loops targets and metrics and reporting systems

responsibilities of self and others in a Balanced Scorecard strategy

health safety and environment HSE principles and requirements for area of responsibility

change implementation contacts and procedures relevant to work area

employee assistance mechanisms in the organisation

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

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

A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to provide evidence of the ability to

interpret Balanced Scorecard results

review KPIs in the Balanced Scorecard

review related reporting systems

lead improvement to team performance

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment of performance must be undertaken in a workplace using or implementing one or more competitive systems and practices

Access may be required to

workplace procedures and plans relevant to work area

specifications and documentation relating to planned currently being implemented or implemented changes to work processes and procedures relevant to the assessee

documentation and information in relation to production waste overheads and hazard controlmanagement

reports from supervisorsmanagers

case study and scenarios to assess responses to contingencies

Method of assessment

A holistic approach should be taken to the assessment

Competence in this unit may be assessed by using a combination of the following to generate evidence

demonstration in the workplace

workplace projects

suitable simulation

case studiesscenarios particularly for assessment of contingencies improvement scenarios and so on

targeted questioning

reports from supervisors peers and colleagues thirdparty reports

portfolio of evidence

In all cases it is expected that practical assessment will be combined with targeted questioning to assess underpinning knowledge

Where applicable reasonable adjustment must be made to work environments and training situations to accommodate ethnicity age gender demographics and disability

Guidance information for assessment

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and appropriate to the oracy language and literacy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed


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.

Competitive systems and practices

Competitive systems and practices may include, but are not limited to:

lean operations

agile operations

preventative and predictive maintenance approaches

monitoring and data gathering systems, such as Systems Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Materials Resource Planning (MRP) and proprietary systems

statistical process control systems ,including six sigma and three sigma

Just in Time (JIT), kanban and other pull-related operations control systems

supply, value, and demand chain monitoring and analysis

5S

continuous improvement (kaizen)

breakthrough improvement (kaizen blitz)

cause/effect diagrams

overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)

takt time

process mapping

problem solving

run charts

standard procedures

current reality tree

Competitive systems and practices should be interpreted so as to take into account:

the stage of implementation of competitive systems and practices

the size of the enterprise

the work organisation, culture, regulatory environment and the industry sector

Team

Team includes:

all individuals in the target work area who are involved in the implementation and use of the Balanced Scorecard

The team may or may not be a formally designated team working to a team leader

Balanced Scorecard

The Balanced Scorecard refers to:

an approach to competitive systems and practices that sets out an organisations vision and strategy by establishing and measuring enterprise activity in a number of different perspectives in addition to the normal financial perspective

Perspective areas include:

customer

environmental

internal business process

learning and growth

For each perspective area the Balanced Scorecard emphasises establishing and measuring performance (metrics)

KPIs

KPIs may include:

financial and non-financial performance measures against targets within the Balanced Scorecard

other performance indicators not contained with the Balanced Scorecard for the team but relevant for informing the teams activities (e.g. performance indicators for other areas or sections, suppliers or customers)

Actions indicated

Actions indicated may include:

corrective action for poor results

confirming action for acceptable results

taking steps to ensure actions for good results are consistently maintained

changes to performance indicators or performance measurement