Subjects
To be awarded the MSS80316 Graduate Certificate in Competitive Systems and Practices competency must be achieved in four(4) elective units of competency, as specified below: a minimum of three (3) units of competency from Group A one (1) additional unit of competency from Group A or Group B. The Group B elective unit may also be chosen from other qualifications in this Training Package, other endorsed Training Packages and accredited courses where that unit is available at Certificate IV level or above. Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) should seek a determination from Manufacturing Skills Australia (MSA) regarding the suitability of any unit proposed for use in this qualification. Note: Units with prerequisites are marked with an asterisk*. Prerequisite units must be counted in the total number of units required for achievement of the qualification. Refer to individual units for details. | ||
Elective units of competency Group A | ||
Unit code | Unit title | |
Prepare for and implement change | ||
Review operations practice tools and techniques | ||
Analyse process changes | ||
Facilitate improvements in the internal value stream | ||
Undertake a qualitative review of a process change | ||
Build relationships between teams in an operations environment | ||
Respond to a major non-conformance | ||
Capture learning from daily activities in a organisation | ||
Facilitate improvements in the external value stream | ||
Improve visual management in the workplace | ||
Manage benchmarking studies | ||
Lead a process to determine and solve root cause for a complex problem | ||
Review continuous improvement processes | ||
Develop the competitive systems and practices approach | ||
Audit the use of competitive tools | ||
Analyse data for relevance to organisation learning | ||
Group B | ||
Unit code | Unit title | Prerequisites |
Develop models of future state operations practice | ||
Develop the value stream | ||
Develop knowledge systems and learning processes for an organisation | ||
Develop and refine systems for continuous improvement in operations | ||
Develop problem solving capability of an organisation | ||
Analyse and map a value stream | ||
Manage a value stream | ||
Develop a Balanced Scorecard | ||
Introduce competitive systems and practices to a small or medium enterprise | ||
Develop quick changeover procedures | ||
Design a process layout | ||
Develop a levelled pull system for operations and processes | ||
Apply the theory of constraints | ||
Optimise cost of product or service | ||
Undertake value analysis of a product or process costs in terms of customer requirements | ||
Analyse cost implications of maintenance strategy | ||
Optimise office systems to deliver to customer demand | ||
Manage 5S system in an organisation | ||
Determine and improve process capability | * | |
Design an experiment | * | |
Manage application of six sigma for process control and improvement | * | |
Develop and manage sustainable energy practices | ||
Develop a proactive maintenance strategy | ||
Adapt a proactive maintenance strategy to the process operations sector | ||
Adapt a proactive maintenance strategy for a seasonal or cyclical business | ||
Analyse and determine organisational risk areas in sustainability | ||
Determine process loss through mass balancing | ||
Identify and respond to external sustainability factors for an organisation | ||
Lead sustainable strategy deployment | ||
Apply environmental legislation, codes and standards | ||
Develop workplace policy and procedures for environmental sustainability |