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Elements and Performance Criteria
- Contribute to the identification and investigation of commercialisation opportunities
- Opportunities are evaluated to determine impact on current business and customer base
- Assessment of external factors, costs, benefits, risks, market opportunities and potential competitors is undertaken to determine the potential viability of opportunities
- Return on investment is determined in accordance with workplace procedures
- Design brief commercialisation opportunities for the product/application/service is developed in a team environment
- Approval for design brief is obtained from relevant person/s
- Prepare to develop a product/application/service
- Product/application/service is developed in consultation with relevant production personnel
- Development procedure is formulated to meet quality outcomes and manufacturer instructions for tooling, process, materials and equipment in accordance with work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements and relevant industry standards
- Approval of development procedure is obtained from relevant person/s
- Contribute to the development of design
- Development of a product/application/service product is coordinated in accordance with the design brief and workplace procedures
- Development results are recorded in accordance with workplace procedures
- Development results and characteristics outside of design and development specifications are analysed and identified
- Changes are recommended, as required, to achieve product/application/service quality and production requirements
- Approval of changes is obtained from relevant person/s
- Product/application/service is revised, as required, to achieve quality and production requirements
- Document and report development outcomes
- Product/application/service development reporting requirements are completed in accordance with workplace procedures
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Performance Evidence
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: |
products/applications/services commercialisation and safe working practices, including:work in a team encompassing:types of teams - managerial, administrative, project-based, commercial and socialroles, responsibilities and accountabilities of team members - the role, responsibility and accountability of individuals, teams, organisational management and clients working in a team - identification and utilisation of team member skills and knowledge; maximising benefits of team diversity; team planning; team commitment and cooperation; improving/maximising team performance to achieve goals; team monitoring and adjustment; plain English literacy and communication; leading, facilitating, participating, coaching and mentoringworking with clients - client relations, client liaison and the practice of working with clients conflict resolution – personality analysis tools and strategies for dealing with difficult people intellectual property concepts encompassing:intellectual property and Australian law - the place of intellectual property in Australian law, past cases and outcomes, and necessary considerations the nature of intellectual property - what is intellectual property? what isn’t intellectual property? why is intellectual property relevant? what can intellectual property rights do? what can’t intellectual property rights do?intellectual property rights - patents, copyright, designs, confidential information and other specialty rights managing intellectual property - identifying intellectual property; deciding what to protect; strategies for managing intellectual property; how intellectual property rights work together; intellectual property versus time, effort and finances; sources of assistance, including publications, intellectual property professionals, lawyers, business advisors and marketing consultants enforcement of intellectual property - the enforcement process, the role of lawyers and resolutionthe changing face of intellectual property - development of intellectual property right laws; changes to intellectual property right laws; extensions of intellectual property rights into non-traditional areas, including cultural, property arenas and the global marketplace commercialisation concepts encompassing:commercialisation - definition of commercialisation; triggers for commercialisation; past commercialisation successes; past commercialisation failures; triggers for commercialisation; methods for identifying a good product/idea/service/application; sources of assistance in regard to commercialisation, including documents, lawyers, business advisors and marketing consultantsthe commercialisation process - the concept; does the concept fit with the organisation’s goals? is there a market? what is the market? will the product meet the market requirements? can the product be sold? how can the product be sold? can the product be produced? how can the product be produced? can the production be repeated?commercialisation arrangements - sole ventures, joint ventures, licensing and legal aspects of commercialisationcommercialisation planning - costing, marketing, production/development, distribution and salescompetition - who are the competitors? what are they doing and how quickly? and internal development relevant to competitioncritical analysis of the commercialisation process for continuous improvement - successes, opportunities for improvement, controllable influences, uncontrollable influences and formulation of recommendationsWHS/OHS principles and fundamentals encompassing:underlying principles of WHS/OHSgeneral aims and objectives of the relevant state or territory legislation relating to WHS/OHSemployer and employee responsibilities, rights and obligationsmajor functions of safety committees and representativespowers given to WHS/OHS inspectorshousekeeping and potential hazards in relation to improper housekeepingselecting appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) given hazardous situationsthe work environment encompassing:typical hazards associated with a range of work environmentsprocedures used to control the risks associated with these hazardsprinciples of risk assessment/management and state the purpose of eachhierarchy of WHS/OHS hazard control measuresrequired documentation for risk assessmentcommonly used workplace safety signsworkplace emergencies that pose a threat to health and safety and suitable procedure for an emergency workplace evacuationappropriate fire extinguisher for a given type of firerequirements for the location, mounting and maintenance of portable fire extinguishersbasic process of fighting a firesafe premises, buildings and security are important in an industrial setting and the consequences of non-compliance with thesestandard work procedure is and why they are required in some circumstancesmanual handling encompassing:typical manual handling injuries and the effect they can have on lifestylesituations that may cause manual handling injuriescorrect procedures for lifting and carrying to prevent manual handling injurieschemicals in the workplace encompassing:hazardous substances and dangerous goodsclassification of chemicals as hazardous substances and/or dangerous goodsrequirements for labelling of chemicals in the workplacesafe storage procedures for chemicalspurpose of and interpretation of SDS/MSDSworking at heights encompassing:dangers associated with working on ladders and scaffoldsidentification of work area as a height risk and use of appropriate safety equipment to prevent a fallselecting an appropriate ladder for a given situation and perform a safety check before useprecautions that should be taken when ascending and working off a ladderprecautions that should be taken when working on and around a scaffold and elevated platformsconfined spaces encompassing:hazards associated with working in a confined spaceidentifying workplace situations that could be classified as a confined spacecontrol measures for working in a designated confined spacephysical and psychological hazards encompassing:short and long-term effects of excessive noise and techniques to avoid damage to hearing due to excessive noiseeffects of vibration on the human body and work practices to protect against vibrationeffects of thermal stress on the human body and work practices to protect against thermal stresseffects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation on the human body and work practices to protect against UV radiationdangers associated with laser operated equipment and tools and suitable protective measures to overcome the dangeroccupational overuse syndrome, state examples of how it occurs and describe means to overcome itfactors that cause stress in the workplace, symptoms of a person suffering from stress and personal stress management techniquesdetrimental effects and dangers of drug and alcohol use in the workplaceworking safely with electricity encompassing:effects of electric shock on the human bodycommon causes of electrical accidentsprecautions that can minimise the chance of electric shock (earthing, extra-low voltage (ELV), fuses, circuit breakers and residual current devices (RCDs))protection offered by RCDsneed for ensuring the (safe) isolation of an electrical supplyappropriate method of removing an electric shock victim from a live electrical situationlife support - cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the workplace encompassing:first aidresponsibilities of the first aiderpriorities of first aid management for any accident or injuryprocedures required at an accident scenelegal and ethical issues, which may impact on the management of careduty of careexamination of a casualty for injurieseffect of cardiopulmonary arrest on the bodymanaging simulated conditions of airway obstruction; respiratory arrest and cardiopulmonary arrestsingle and two-person CPRsigns and symptoms of an altered level of consciousnessmanagement of simulation of a casualty with an altered level of consciousnesssigns and symptoms of shockmanagement of simulation of a casualty in shockcommercialisationdesign briefrelevant industry standardsrelevant manufacturer specifications and operating instructionsrelevant WHS/OHS legislated requirementsrelevant workplace documentationrelevant workplace quality, policies and procedures. |