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Elements and Performance Criteria
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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 diagramsoverall equipment effectiveness (OEE)takt 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 enterprisethe work organisation, culture, regulatory environment and the industry sector |
Waste | Waste (also known as muda in the Toyota Production System and its derivatives) is any activity which does not contribute to customer benefit/features in the product.Within operations, categories of waste include:excess production and early productiondelaysmovement and transportpoor process designinventoryinefficient performance of a processmaking defective itemsactivities which do not yield any benefit to the organisation or any benefit to the organisations customers |
Necessary waste | Necessary waste is:any activity or cost which does not contribute directly to customer benefit/feature in the product, and which cannot be avoided (e.g. regulatory compliance and fixed costs). Necessary waste cannot be eliminated but should be managed |
Unnecessary waste | Unnecessary waste is:any activity or cost which does not contribute directly to customer benefit/features in the product and can be avoided. Unnecessary waste should be eliminated as quickly as practical |
Energy | Energy includes:all sources of energy used by the process be it electricity, gas or mobile transport fuelThe uses of the energy will also be potentially wide and include:heating and coolingmoving materials (e.g. pumps and conveyors)modifying materials (e.g. cutting, forming, weaving, knitting, reacting, moulding, extruding and mixing)generating pressure/vacuum or providing motive power for equipment and transport |
Energy trading | Energy trading means both formal trading where the organisation investigates alternatives to:the buying of energy through alternative suppliers and tender processesselling of excess energy produced by the organisation to energy companies or other producersandinternal trading of excess energy from one area to an energy consuming area elsewhere in the organisation |