Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to complete tasks individually or in a team context. The tasks involve established routines and procedures using allocated resources with access to readily available procedures and advice. Work plans may need to be modified with supervisor/team leader agreement to suit changing conditions and priorities.
Team leaders and Quality Assurance (QA) Officers in the meat industry are required to implement a wide variety of work plans such as schedules, work instructions, customer orders and daily plans. They will be required to interpret, prioritise, communicate and implement plans in the context of a team environment.
Work and tasks may be allocated through managers, supervisors, work schedules or plans. They may be individual tasks and jobs or team function work schedules.
All work should be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, customer requirements and product specifications.
This unit applies to individuals who work under broad direction and take responsibility for their own work including limited responsibility for the work of others. They provide and communicate solutions to a range of predictable problems.
No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Element | Performance criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element |
1. Identify work activities | 1.1 Identify team tasks 1.2 Identify work activities that are allocated to the individual 1.3 Prioritise work activities as directed |
2. Organise daily work activities | 2.1 Break work activities down into small achievable components 2.2 Identify hazards and implement required controls 2.3 Identify regulatory and workplace health and safety requirements 2.4 Identify relevant workplace requirements 2.5 Record activities |
3. Follow work plan | 3.1 Locate relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and work instructions 3.2 Undertake tasks in accordance with schedule/plan 3.3 Maintain output in accordance with schedule/plan 3.4 Follow prescribed and routine work related sequences |
4. Modify work plan | 4.1 Identify changing needs/conditions 4.2 Identify the safety and production implications of changes 4.3 Seek assistance from relevant personnel when difficulties arise 4.4 Review tasks and priorities in line with changing needs/conditions with a change of instruction from appropriate personnel 4.5 Update work plan taking account of safety and production implications and communicate to appropriate personnel |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must develop, implement and modify a work plan to suit their daily work activities.
The candidate must:
use communication skills appropriate to the task, including reading, writing, numeracy, listening and speaking skills
identify and control hazards
interpret work schedules and follow instructions
follow relevant procedures
effectively and efficiently utilise resources and time
recognise potential disruptions or changed circumstances and modify work plans in conjunction with relevant personnel
seek assistance from relevant personnel when difficulties arise
apply problem-solving skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
interpret and apply enterprise's standard operating procedures, work instructions and relevant regulatory requirements
use appropriate methods and techniques for obtaining and interpreting feedback
work effectively with individuals who have diverse work styles, aspirations, cultures and perspectives
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:
enterprise quality, operational and safety procedures
regulatory requirements and customer specifications
importance of workplace documentation
routine work planning processes
potential safety implications of modifying the work plan
job outcomes, standards and priorities
equipment and processes used in the workplace
hazards associated with the process
methods of controlling the hazards according to procedures
Assessment Conditions
Assessment will require access to an operating plant over an extended period of time, or a suitable method of gathering evidence of operating ability over a range of situations.
A minimum of three different forms of assessment must be used.
Assessors must satisfy the current standards for RTOs.
Foundation Skills
Foundation Skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.