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Required Skills

Required skills

Required knowledge includes

locating and using information

identifying downstream and final customer requirements and relating requirements to own work and work of others

identifying variability through monitoring against performance indicators

identifying standards and procedures relevant to jobs

communicating with relevant people

prioritising and planning tasks related to encouraging and improving use of standardised procedures

negotiating with others to resolve conflicts and gain commitment to standardised procedures

facilitating other employees in improvement activities

Required knowledge

Required knowledge includes

range of procedures available and their application to different jobs

applicability of takt time and muda to jobs

identification and possible causes of variability in jobs

continuous improvement process for organisation

questioning techniques

methods of conceiving improvements

suggestion and try out procedures

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

assist others to follow standard procedures and practices

assist others make improvement suggestions

standardise and sustain improvements

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 studies 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

Customer

Customer may be:

internal or external

Procedures

Procedures may include:

work instructions

standard operating procedures

work manuals

operating protocols

formulas/recipes

batch sheets

temporary instructions and similar instructions provided for the smooth running of the operation or process

good operating practice as may be defined by industry codes of practice (e.g. good manufacturing practice (GMP) and responsible care)

government regulations

Procedures may be:

written, verbal, computer based or in some other format

Takt time

Takt time is the time required to complete one job cycle if the customer’s time and volume expectations are to be met (i.e. the available time divided by the number of units required) and may include, but is not limited to):

time per piece where applied to piece work

time per tonne or litre when applied to bulk product

time per work item when applied to an office or service environment

deadlines required to meet delivery dates when applied to project work

Conflicts arising from job

Conflicts arising may include, but are not limited to:

cycle time (mean time taken to actually do the job) is longer than takt time

multiple jobs required in the same timeframe (i.e. priority conflict)

takt time cannot be met with resources available

takt time is longer than available time

Variability

Variability means any change which occurs in the job and may include, but is not limited to:

different times taken to do the same thing

different effort taken to do the same thing

different results from applying the same effort (i.e. variation in quality)

amount of rework required

Muda

Muda is usually defined by the ‘seven wastes’ which may include, but is not limited to:

overproduction

waiting

transporting

inappropriate processing

unnecessary inventory

excess motion

defects

underutilised employees