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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Choose an improvement project
   • Review a process/value stream map
   • Identify areas in need of improvement
   • Select a process/value stream area for analysis and improvement
   • Determine the objective of the experiment in consultation with relevant stakeholders

Required Skills

Required skills

Required skills include analysing existing statistics and other data for relevance to the experiment determining where additional data is required and developing strategies for acquisition undertaking selfdirected problem solving and decisionmaking solving problems communicating complex issues and techniques to stakeholders documenting procedures and results producing a range of charts and generating and validating required data for inclusion using statistics packs

Required knowledge

Required knowledge includes charting such as Pareto charts main effects plots scatter plots interaction plots contour plots response surface plots statistical principles and analysis such as analysis of means ANOM prediction equations analysis of variance ANOVAoneway ANOVA desirability function hit a target advanced graphical data analysis multivariate planning variation trees and funneling hypothesis testing central limit theorem statistical analysis roadmap analysis for means and ttest correlation and regression factorial analysis principles and methods such as multivariate analysis Taguchi SN ratios level factorial Taguchi L half fraction PlackettBurman run full factorial acceptance criteriaconfidence levels

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 their ability to design an experiment relevant to improvement strategies and targets of the organisation conduct an experiment confirm results including conduct of confirming experiments
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

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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 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
Improvement	Improvement includes: an improvement in performance of an area/section or the whole enterprise as measured in terms of customer features/benefits
Objective of the experiment	Objective of the experiment may include: screen factors to find the critical few optimise a few critical factors solve process problems reduce waste increase reliability
Factorial design	Factorial design may include: 2/3 level factorial Taguchi L8 2/4-1 half fraction Plackett-Burman 8-run full factorial
Signal-to-noise ratio	Signal-to-noise ratio may be estimated from: previous experiment design experience previous process capability studies statistical process control data estimated from other sources
Resolution	Resolution is typically: Resolution III design: A design where main factor effects are confounded with two factor and higher order interactions Resolution IV design: A design where main effects are confounded with three factor and higher order interactions and all two factor interactions are confounded with two factor interactions and higher order interactions Resolution V design: A design where main effects are confounded with four factor and higher order interactions and two factor interactions are confounded with three factor interactions and higher order interactions
Sequential series of experiments	A typical series of experiments consists of: a screening design (fractional factorial) to identify the significant factors a full factorial or response surface design to fully characterise or model the effects confirmation runs to verify results
Required metrics	Required metrics may include: quantitative measures normally associated with the process other quantitative measures relevant to the experiment ranking systems for normally qualitative measures, such as defectives
Statistics pack	Typical statistics packs include: minitab JMP spreadsheets, such as Excel, particularly with specific add-ons, such as Sigma XL, Analyse It or other add-ons

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