Required skills

Ability to

consult with key personnel people on the floor delegates suppliers contractors and equipment manufacturers to determine appropriate maintenance strategies procedures and schedules

develop maintenance policies and strategies including establishing criteria for determining maintenance priorities and planning and scheduling routine equipment and overhead maintenance to meet quality system requirements

establish and monitor performance targets for maintenance teams within performance planning and appraisal processes

develop workforce commitment to effective maintenance strategies including implementing strategies for devolving the identification of maintenance needs to the floor developing consultative and cooperative problemsolving strategies and negotiating changes in work practices

develop secure record keeping procedures to document maintenance costs problems priorities solutions schedules and completions

apply relevant communication and mathematical skills

evaluate and recommend alternative maintenance policies and strategies including evaluation of the costs and benefits of internal and consultant service models changes in work roles and responsivepreventative models for maintenance

determine and recommend the need for capital expenditure for the replacement of plant and equipment

identify and apply relevant Occupational Health and Safety OHampS regulatory and workplace requirements

manage maintenance costs including determining total maintenance costs based on maintenance service cost and machine breakdown cost setting justifying and achieving maintenance budgets

monitor performance of the system including establishing indicators setting up data collection strategies analysing data to identify trends and isolate problems or problem areas and measuring progress against targets

prepare and implement contingency plans for dealing with risks including equipment breakdowns and failures including negotiation and planning with production personnel

present reports according to legal and enterprise requirements

review maintenance strategies and goals within the enterprise continuous improvement and planning processes

Required knowledge

Knowledge of

plant and equipment falling under the scope of the maintenance program including steam generation systems refrigeration systems water and effluent systems processing and production equipment and building

maintenance issues related to the enterprise and their impact on the productivity of the plant

cost elements in maintenance system costing and budgeting

relevant legislation and regulations eg food safety and food standards and industrial agreements and explain the implications for plant and equipment maintenance

costs resulting from poor maintenance and the benefits of a preventative maintenance system

impacts of poor maintenance on meat safety meat andor product quality occupational and environmental safety

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

Overview of assessment

The meat industry has specific and clear requirements for evidence A minimum of three forms of evidence is required to demonstrate competency in the meat industry This is specifically designed to provide evidence that covers the demonstration in the workplace of all aspects of competency over time

These requirements are in addition to the requirements for valid current authentic and sufficient evidence

Three forms of evidence means three different kinds of evidence not three pieces of the same kind In practice it will mean that most of the unit is covered twice This increases the legitimacy of the evidence

All assessment must be conducted against Australian meat industry standards and regulations

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Competency must be demonstrated through sustained performance over time at an appropriate level of responsibility and authority under typical operating and production conditions for the enterprise

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Resources may include

a real work environment

relevant documentation such as

financial data relating to maintenance costs

manufacturer instructions or operations manuals

regulatory requirements

workplace policy and procedures

relevant equipment and materials

Method of assessment

Recommended methods of assessment include

a thirdparty referee report of sustained performance at appropriate level of authority and responsibility

assignment focusing on understanding and application of principles and theory to workplace operations

workplace projects with focus on company environment and conditions

Assessment practices should take into account any relevant language or cultural issues related to Aboriginality or Torres Strait Islander gender or language backgrounds other than English Language and literacy demands of the assessment task should not be higher than those of the work role

Guidance information for assessment

A current list of resources for this unit of competency is available from MINTRAC wwwmintraccomau or telephone

Maintenance may be:

Maintenance system goals and performance indicators may include:

Stakeholders may include:

Maintenance teams may include:

Maintenance policies may include:

Devolution strategies may include:

Problem-solving strategies may include:

Maintenance problems may include:

Communication may:

Mathematical skills may relate to:

OHS requirements may include:

Regulatory requirements may include:

Workplace requirements may include:

Maintenance costs include:

Impacts of poor maintenance on meat safety and meat and product quality may include: