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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 operationsagile operationspreventative and predictive maintenance approachesmonitoring 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 sigmaJust in Time (JIT), kanban and other pull-related operations control systemssupply, value, and demand chain monitoring and analysis5S continuous improvement (kaizen)breakthrough improvement (kaizen blitz)cause/effect diagramsOEEtakt timeprocess mappingproblem solving run chartsstandard procedurescurrent reality treeCompetitive systems and practices should be interpreted so as to take into account:the stage of implementation of competitive systems and practicesthe size of the enterprise, the work organisation, cultureregulatory environment and the industry sector |
TPM | TPM is an application of total quality management to maintenance with the intention of increasing reliability, getting it right first time and increasing OEE |
RCM | RCM moves maintenance from reactive, or even planned/programmed, towards a focus on uptime and OEE |
Similar strategies | Similar strategies may include:mean time between failure (MTBF) which is one key measure of the effectiveness of a maintenance procedure, and is an indicator as to whether root causes are being found and resolved. If MTBF is reducing, then it is an indicator that the maintenance regime is failingfailure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) which is a systematic approach that identifies potential failure modes in a system, product, or equipment based operations caused by either design or operation/process deficiencies. It also identifies critical or significant design or process characteristics that require special controls to prevent or detect failure modes. FMEA is a tool used to prevent problems from occurringindustry sectors have highly adapted forms of FMEA and which may practice traditional FMEA in say their routine maintenance while using another technique, such as Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP) for design and modification. HAZOP is a form of FMEA which has been practiced by the process industries for over 30 years and examines the implications of changes in process conditions to process stabilitycondition monitoring which often involves quite sophisticated monitoring of equipment, including such things as vibration monitoring, instrumental analysis of lubricating oil, and so on, to determine the current state of the equipment, monitor the change in this condition and predict when it needs servicing/maintenance to maintain reliability. |
OEE | OEE is the combination of the main factors causing loss of productive capacity from equipment/plant and is:OEE = availability x performance x quality ratewhere:availability takes into account losses due to breakdown, set-up and adjustmentsperformance takes into account losses due to minor stoppages, reduced speed and idlingquality rate takes into account the losses due to rejects, reworks and start-up waste |
Uptime | Uptime refers to the overall availability of the plant (it is the inverse of downtime) or the unavailability of the plant. Ideal uptime is 100% |
Inspection | Inspection may include:reading dials, gauges and metersobservations, including those using sight, hearing, smell and feelobservations of product quality/faults/rejects |
Servicing | Servicing may include:cleaninglubricatingtopping upadjusting |
Procedures | Procedures may include:work instructionsstandard operating proceduresformulas/recipesbatch sheetstemporary instructions and similar instructions provided for the smooth running of the plantgood operating practice as may be defined by industry codes of practice (e.g. good manufacturing practice (GMP) and responsible care) government regulationsProcedures may be:written, verbal, computer based or in some other format |