The Evidence Guide provides advice to inform and support appropriate assessment of this unit. It contains an overview of the assessment requirements followed by identification of specific aspects of evidence that will need to be addressed in determining competence. The Evidence Guide is an integral part of the unit and should be read and interpreted in conjunction with the other components of competency. Assessment must reflect the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the parent Training Package.
Overview of Assessment Requirements
A person who demonstrates competence in this standard must be able to provide evidence that they are able to implement, monitor and adjust plans, processes and procedures to improve performance; they must also be able to support others to implement the continuous improvement system/processes, and be able to identify and report opportunities for further improvement.
Specific Evidence Requirements
Required knowledge and understanding include:
relevant legislation from all levels of government that affects business operation, especially in regard to occupational health and safety and environmental issues, equal opportunity, industrial relations and anti-discrimination
the principles and techniques associated with:
- continuous improvement systems and processes
- benchmarking
- best practice
- the quality approaches which the organisation may implement
- the methods that can be used in continuous improvement
- the organisation's recording, reporting and recommendation processes to facilitate continuous improvement
- change management
the benefits of continuous improvement
the barriers to continuous improvement
Required skills and attributes include:
ability to relate to people from a range of social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and physical and mental abilities
functional literacy skills to access and use workplace information
communication skills to:
- gain the commitment of individuals and teams to continuous improvement
- deal with people openly and fairly - use consultation skills effectively
- research, analysis, interpretation and reporting skills
- monitoring and evaluation skills
- skills to consolidate opportunities for improvement
- coaching and mentoring skills to provide support to colleagues
Key competencies or generic skills relevant to this unit
The seven key competencies represent generic skills considered essential for effective work participation. Innovation skills represent a further area of generic competence. The bracketed numbering indicates the performance level required in this unit:
Level (1) represents the competence to undertake tasks effectively
Level (2) represents the competence to manage tasks
Level (3) represents the competence to use concepts for evaluating and reshaping tasks. The bulleted points provide examples of how the key competencies can be applied for this unit.
Communicating ideas and information (2)
liaising with individuals and work team to improve the organisation's continuous improvement processes
communicating the organisation's continuous improvement systems and processes
ensuring the effective coaching and mentoring of team members is provided
Collecting, analysing and organising information (2)
analysing data related to progress and improvement
organising information in such a way that it is accessible to team members
making recommendations for adjustments to systems and processes
Planning and organising activities (2)
planning customer service improvements
Working in a team (2)
encouraging team members to participate in decision making processes
obtaining team feedback on further improvement initiatives
Using mathematical ideas and techniques (1)
completing calculations for work improvement
Solving problems (2)
implementing the organisation's continuous improvement processes, and investigating problems with introducing improvements
Using technology (2)
using technology to assist the management of information to aid the continuous improvement
Innovation skills (2)
developing an innovative approach to the implementation of the continuous improvement system to enhance business operations
Products that could be used as evidence include:
documentation produced in implementing continuous improvement, such as:
- contribution to organisational policies and procedures
- contribution to procedures and policies for dealing with continuous improvement processes, and relevant codes of conduct - actions for information collection, analysis and retrieval
- learning and development plans
- materials developed for coaching, mentoring and training
- induction programs developed and/or delivered
- actions taken to address internal and external information management issues
- actions taken to address issues and problems
- reviews of people management
- advice and input into management decisions related to continuous improvement
- records of people management lessons learned
Processes that could be used as evidence include:
how strategies have been implemented to encourage team members to participate in the decision making process
examples of how continuous improvement processes were communicated to all stakeholders
examples of coaching and mentoring used to support continuous improvement processes
how technology was used to monitor operational progress
recommendations for adjustments that have been made
how team members were informed of improvements/innovations
how work performance was documented to aid identification of further opportunities for improvement
how future planning has included areas which have recorded improvements
Resource implications for assessment include:
access by the learner and trainer to appropriate documentation and resources normally used in the workplace
Validity and sufficiency of evidence requires:
that this unit can be assessed in the workplace or in a closely simulated work environment
that where assessment is part of a learning experience, evidence will need to be collected over a period of time, involving both formative and summative assessment
that examples of actions taken by candidate to implement continuous improvement are provided
Integrated competency assessment means:
this unit should be assessed with other frontline management units taken as part of this qualification, as applicable to the candidate's leadership role in a work team and as part of an integrated assessment activity
The Evidence Guide provides advice to inform and support appropriate assessment of this unit. It contains an overview of the assessment requirements followed by identification of specific aspects of evidence that will need to be addressed in determining competence. The Evidence Guide is an integral part of the unit and should be read and interpreted in conjunction with the other components of competency. Assessment must reflect the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the parent Training Package.
Overview of Assessment Requirements
A person who demonstrates competence in this standard must be able to provide evidence that they are able to implement, monitor and adjust plans, processes and procedures to improve performance; they must also be able to support others to implement the continuous improvement system/processes, and be able to identify and report opportunities for further improvement.
Specific Evidence Requirements
Required knowledge and understanding include:
relevant legislation from all levels of government that affects business operation, especially in regard to occupational health and safety and environmental issues, equal opportunity, industrial relations and anti-discrimination
the principles and techniques associated with:
- continuous improvement systems and processes
- benchmarking
- best practice
- the quality approaches which the organisation may implement
- the methods that can be used in continuous improvement
- the organisation's recording, reporting and recommendation processes to facilitate continuous improvement
- change management
the benefits of continuous improvement
the barriers to continuous improvement
Required skills and attributes include:
ability to relate to people from a range of social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and physical and mental abilities
functional literacy skills to access and use workplace information
communication skills to:
- gain the commitment of individuals and teams to continuous improvement
- deal with people openly and fairly - use consultation skills effectively
- research, analysis, interpretation and reporting skills
- monitoring and evaluation skills
- skills to consolidate opportunities for improvement
- coaching and mentoring skills to provide support to colleagues
Key competencies or generic skills relevant to this unit
The seven key competencies represent generic skills considered essential for effective work participation. Innovation skills represent a further area of generic competence. The bracketed numbering indicates the performance level required in this unit:
Level (1) represents the competence to undertake tasks effectively
Level (2) represents the competence to manage tasks
Level (3) represents the competence to use concepts for evaluating and reshaping tasks. The bulleted points provide examples of how the key competencies can be applied for this unit.
Communicating ideas and information (2)
liaising with individuals and work team to improve the organisation's continuous improvement processes
communicating the organisation's continuous improvement systems and processes
ensuring the effective coaching and mentoring of team members is provided
Collecting, analysing and organising information (2)
analysing data related to progress and improvement
organising information in such a way that it is accessible to team members
making recommendations for adjustments to systems and processes
Planning and organising activities (2)
planning customer service improvements
Working in a team (2)
encouraging team members to participate in decision making processes
obtaining team feedback on further improvement initiatives
Using mathematical ideas and techniques (1)
completing calculations for work improvement
Solving problems (2)
implementing the organisation's continuous improvement processes, and investigating problems with introducing improvements
Using technology (2)
using technology to assist the management of information to aid the continuous improvement
Innovation skills (2)
developing an innovative approach to the implementation of the continuous improvement system to enhance business operations
Products that could be used as evidence include:
documentation produced in implementing continuous improvement, such as:
- contribution to organisational policies and procedures
- contribution to procedures and policies for dealing with continuous improvement processes, and relevant codes of conduct - actions for information collection, analysis and retrieval
- learning and development plans
- materials developed for coaching, mentoring and training
- induction programs developed and/or delivered
- actions taken to address internal and external information management issues
- actions taken to address issues and problems
- reviews of people management
- advice and input into management decisions related to continuous improvement
- records of people management lessons learned
Processes that could be used as evidence include:
how strategies have been implemented to encourage team members to participate in the decision making process
examples of how continuous improvement processes were communicated to all stakeholders
examples of coaching and mentoring used to support continuous improvement processes
how technology was used to monitor operational progress
recommendations for adjustments that have been made
how team members were informed of improvements/innovations
how work performance was documented to aid identification of further opportunities for improvement
how future planning has included areas which have recorded improvements
Resource implications for assessment include:
access by the learner and trainer to appropriate documentation and resources normally used in the workplace
Validity and sufficiency of evidence requires:
that this unit can be assessed in the workplace or in a closely simulated work environment
that where assessment is part of a learning experience, evidence will need to be collected over a period of time, involving both formative and summative assessment
that examples of actions taken by candidate to implement continuous improvement are provided
Integrated competency assessment means:
this unit should be assessed with other frontline management units taken as part of this qualification, as applicable to the candidate's leadership role in a work team and as part of an integrated assessment activity