Application
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to manage a production facility in a textiles, clothing and footwear (TCF) workplace.
The unit requires judgement in planning, technical and supervisory activities related to operations and processes in substantially non-routine situations. Work is performed under limited guidance in line with a broad plan, budget or strategy as part of the major functional area or in highly specialised situations requiring a range of skills. Work may be conducted in small to large scale workplaces in all sectors of the TCF industry and may involve individual and team activities.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements | Performance Criteria | |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. | |
1. Review production scheduling | 1.1 | Review production schedule to determine effective machinery operation, time and cost efficiency in the use of facilities, and suitable use of personnel |
1.2 | Make recommendations for improvement and change | |
1.3 | Modify schedule according to recommendations, production requirements and workplace procedures | |
2. Facilitate resolution of work flow problem | 2.1 | Facilitate meetings to identify methods to solve process and work flow problems |
2.2 | Use knowledge of process improvement and efficient production techniques and systems to assist in identifying and resolving process and work flow problems | |
2.3 | Negotiate options to resolve production problems with team | |
2.4 | Implement recommended problem-resolution option, in line with work health and safety (WHS) practices | |
3. Monitor production improvements and variations | 3.1 | Monitor improvements and variations to production to ensure outcomes meet specifications, production schedule, workplace requirements, according to WHS requirements |
3.2 | Collate and analyse data to evaluate effectiveness of production improvements and variations | |
3.3 | Make decisions on improvements and variations to production within limits of own responsibility | |
4. Create records and reports | 4.1 | Maintain management records and prepare reports |
4.2 | Make presentations on production performance and developments at management meetings | |
Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance but not explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Oral communication skills to initiate actions and build positive relationships
Numeracy skills to analyse trends in production data
Teamwork skills to motivate, lead and stretch a production team to achieve agreed outcomes
Problem solving skills to develop creative solutions to complex problems
Other foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit.
Sectors
Generic