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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Identify materiel sustainment management requirements
  2. Sources of information relevant to materiel sustainment are identified and relevant information is obtained in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
  3. Currency of information is reviewed and documented in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
  4. Materiel sustainment management requirements are defined and documented in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
  5. Develop materiel sustainment management operations
  6. Consultation with stakeholders is conducted in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
  7. Materiel sustainment operations are developed and recorded taking into account materiel and/or materiel system, in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
  8. Key performance indicators are developed and documented in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
  9. Costing analysis processes are developed and documented in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
  10. Apply materiel sustainment management operations
  11. Materiel sustainment risks and impacts are identified, recorded and managed
  12. Materiel sustainment procedures are applied in accordance with legislative requirements
  13. Management operations are carried out in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
  14. Failures and variances are documented, reported and managed in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
  15. Participation and contribution to materiel sustainment activities are established and maintained
  16. Review materiel sustainment operations
  17. Performance systems and processes are monitored and analysed to assess progress in achieving plans and targets
  18. Systems, procedures and records associated with documenting performance are managed in accordance with organisational requirements
  19. Materiel sustainment operations are reviewed in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
  20. Changes required are identified and prepared in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
  21. Amendments to materiel sustainment operations are incorporated into plans and promulgated to relevant stakeholders, in accordance with organisational policy and procedures

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and include:

adhering to relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements

applying materiel sustainment and project management knowledge to relevant materiel sustainment operations

consulting and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders and resolving potential areas of conflict or concern to ensure overall objectives are achieved

displaying resilience by continuing to move forward despite criticism or setbacks

identifying and establishing materiel sustainment operation processes

identifying relationships between organisational goals and recognising how own work contributes to achieving these goals

identifying, acquiring and adjusting resources as necessary to ensure effective and efficient performance of the processes

initiating and efficiently monitoring processes

initiating remedial action required

managing obsolescence by ensuring implications of obsolescence are taken into consideration, and determining and implementing an obsolescence management strategy in accordance with policy and procedures

managing procurement activities occurring in the materiel sustainment environment

undertaking performance measurement to enable objectives to be measured against defined parameters

undertaking research and analysis to investigate internal and external factors that impact on materiel sustainment program

using appropriate information technology and software

using organisational strategic objectives to identify long-term factors and external considerations for managing materiel sustainment operations.


Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

codification and cataloguing processes

industrial base capability

legislative and regulatory environment as it pertains to materiel logistics, including environmental, sustainability issues

logistics governance

logistics support analysis principles and processes

management processes

materiel sustainment

organisational policy and procedures

organisational role relevant to materiel sustainment

performance measurement

product knowledge related to systems and/or equipment in service in the organisation

safety, legislative and statutory requirements, including relevant environmental and sustainability issues.