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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Monitor information and control needs of organisation
   • Check the use of current information.
   • Check the operation of current control systems.
   • Communicate regularly with key information users regarding any new or changed information control needs, including information needs from and to value stream.
   • Identify short comings in information and control provision.
   • Take action on information and control needs to meet organisational needs.
2. Check the current system against organisation needs
   • Check the routine use of the system.
   • Check any system alarm or non-conformance notification and control operation.
   • Communicate regularly with key stakeholders about current system use and application.
   • Determine effect of non-conformance on enterprise system.
   • Identify problems/issues.
   • Take action on problems and issues.
3. Determine developments needed in a new or significantly modified system
   • Identify needs requiring a new system or development of modifications to the current system.
   • Draft scope, specifications and outcomes required.
   • Liaise with key stakeholders and relevant technical experts to refine scope, specifications and outcomes needed in new or modified system.
   • Agree final scope, specifications and outcomes.
4. Develop system
   • Develop project plan.
   • Ensure ongoing consultation with all relevant stakeholders.
   • Manage development project.
   • Manage trialling of modified system.
   • Ensure modified system meets organisational requirements.

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.
Competitive systems and practices include one or more of:	lean operations agile operations preventative and predictive maintenance approaches 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.
SCADA refers to:	a number of systems which automatically collect critical process data, perform required mathematical manipulations on it and then make control decisions and/or give required information personnel for action In the continuous operations sector, the SCADA system is sometimes integrated into other sophisticated computer control systems, such as distributed control system (DCS) and indeed these systems do merge in advanced systems. These organisations may simply refer to their SCADA as the DCS or other similar term (such as the proprietary name of the computer system).
Stages where value stream actions may occur include one or more of:	sales outlet/representative information gathering, data analysis and research product design raw material sourcing intermediate processing final assembler/collation/preparation support services (e.g. accounting, finance and legal) storage and delivery to customer after market support.
Items in the value stream include one or more of:	physical elements of the production system, such as sites, workstations, equipment and material, including stock, work in progress and finished products information needed to meet customer requirements, such as designs, drawings, work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs), standards, material lists and pricing information not directly related to current customer requirements but required by the organisation.

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include the ability, across an organisation or department/section, to:

analyse organisation needs and match to enterprise control system features

determine critical features required in enterprise control system

modify system/have system modified as a result of trials or changing needs.

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Knowledge Evidence

Must provide evidence that demonstrates sufficient knowledge to interact with relevant personnel and be able to develop and implement new enterprise control systems, including knowledge of:

capability of resource planning/SCADA systems, as appropriate

information and control needs of organisation/process

project management

support/training/skill development mechanisms available for access by personnel.

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