Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

ICPSU487C Mapping and Delivery Guide
Analyse manual handling processes

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Issue Date: March 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency ICPSU487C - Analyse manual handling processes
Description This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to analyse manual handling in terms of its efficiency and safety.
Employability Skills This unit contains employability skills.
Learning Outcomes and Application In a typical scenario a team leader or senior team member examines the manual handling component of a job and improves it in terms of safety, effort required and efficiency. This may be conducted for a job performed by others in the team, or it may be for the person's own job. This unit comes from the Competitive Manufacturing Initiative group of competency standards.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field Support
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities
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Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Assess manual handling risks
  • Identify manual handling hazards in work area
  • Assess risks arising from those hazards
       
Element: Analyse physical effort requirements of job
  • Determine basic manual handling requirements of job
  • Analyse requirements in terms of components such as lift, move, place, hold
  • Analyse items to be handled in terms such as weight, size, shape or other hazards
       
Element: Determine time/effort components of physical effort
  • Break required movement pattern down into movement components
  • Determine time and effort requirements for movements
  • Develop alternative movement patterns
  • Determine time and effort requirements for alternative movements
  • Determine handling aids required to assist movement
  • Determine preferred movement pattern(s)
       
Element: Analyse the ergonomics of physical effort
  • Analyse the ergonomics of the preferred movement pattern
  • Develop substitute movements for any movement which is not ergonomically sound
  • Determine handling aids required to improve ergonomics of required movements
       
Element: Optimise application of physical effort
  • Select movement patterns which are ergonomically sound and time and effort efficient
  • Train all relevant people to use these methods
  • Ensure procedures and practices reflect the optimum methods
       


Evidence Required

List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.

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

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

Evidence of the ability to:

the competent team leader/senior operator will be able to examine any job for its physical components and then determine a better way of doing it. As a side benefit they will become more aware of poor manual handling practice and raise an alert to it. Evidence should be available of the analysis and improvements of the physical/manual handling aspects of jobs in the workplace

where evidence is from continuous improvement activities, then a range of such improvements needs to be considered to provide sufficient evidence. Where evidence is coming from one, complex improvement activity then it may provide sufficient evidence.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure:

assessment should use evidence from the analysis of real jobs or an appropriate simulation

access to a workplace which will allow the improvement of physical actions.

Method of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:

direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of on-the-job performance by the candidate.

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended.


Submission Requirements

List each assessment task's title, type (eg project, observation/demonstration, essay, assignment, checklist) and due date here

Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.

Required skills

OHS in relation to operating machinery such as safely switching off machinery before cleaning is started

communication of ideas and information by determining time/effort components of physical effort

collecting, analysing and organising information by determining time/effort components of physical effort

planning and organising activities by selecting movement patterns which are ergonomically sound and time and effort efficient

teamwork when determining time/effort components of physical effort

mathematical ideas and techniques by optimising application of physical effort

problem-solving skills by optimising application of physical effort

use of technology by optimising application of physical effort

Required knowledge

communication

analysis

teamwork

basic mathematics

problem solving

relevant OHS acts and regulations as applied to manual handling

principles of efficient movement

principles of efficient job and work method design

principles of work analysis

principles of ergonomics/safe movement

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.

Manual handling hazards may include:

manual handling hazards need to be defined in terms of the relevant OHS acts, regulations, codes of practice, industry standards and best practice.

Procedures may include:

all work instructions, standard operating procedures, formulas/recipes, batch sheets, temporary instructions and similar instructions provided for the smooth running of the plant. They may be written, oral, computer-based or in some other form

good operating practice as may be defined by industry codes of practice (eg Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Responsible Care) and government regulations.

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Identify manual handling hazards in work area 
Assess risks arising from those hazards 
Determine basic manual handling requirements of job 
Analyse requirements in terms of components such as lift, move, place, hold 
Analyse items to be handled in terms such as weight, size, shape or other hazards 
Break required movement pattern down into movement components 
Determine time and effort requirements for movements 
Develop alternative movement patterns 
Determine time and effort requirements for alternative movements 
Determine handling aids required to assist movement 
Determine preferred movement pattern(s) 
Analyse the ergonomics of the preferred movement pattern 
Develop substitute movements for any movement which is not ergonomically sound 
Determine handling aids required to improve ergonomics of required movements 
Select movement patterns which are ergonomically sound and time and effort efficient 
Train all relevant people to use these methods 
Ensure procedures and practices reflect the optimum methods 

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