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Evidence Guide: MSS015004 - Design sustainable product or process

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MSS015004 - Design sustainable product or process

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Define parameters of new/improved product

  1. Consult with relevant stakeholders to determine required function, performance and aesthetics of new product.
  2. Identify market, expected time to market and cost constraints of product and production process.
  3. Identify requirements with possible high sustainability impacts.
  4. Negotiate requirements to achieve desired sustainability impacts.
  5. Develop agreed definition of product requirements.
Consult with relevant stakeholders to determine required function, performance and aesthetics of new product.

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Identify market, expected time to market and cost constraints of product and production process.

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Identify requirements with possible high sustainability impacts.

Completed
Date:

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Negotiate requirements to achieve desired sustainability impacts.

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Develop agreed definition of product requirements.

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Develop alternative product and process designs

  1. Identify alternative resource requirements.
  2. Identify alternative processes.
  3. Determine the possible sustainability impacts of different combinations of resources and processes.
  4. Test alternative product and process designs against original product requirement definitions.
  5. Identify product requirements which may be causing significant sustainability impacts.
  6. Renegotiate, where possible, product requirements to lessen sustainability impacts.
  7. Short-list preferred resources and processes.
Identify alternative resource requirements.

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Identify alternative processes.

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Determine the possible sustainability impacts of different combinations of resources and processes.

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Test alternative product and process designs against original product requirement definitions.

Completed
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Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify product requirements which may be causing significant sustainability impacts.

Completed
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Renegotiate, where possible, product requirements to lessen sustainability impacts.

Completed
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Short-list preferred resources and processes.

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Evaluate life cycle impacts

  1. Estimate life cycle sustainability impacts for each short-listed alternative.
  2. Identify process steps with greatest sustainability impact.
  3. Evaluate process steps for alternatives/modifications with lower impact.
  4. Select alternative which best meets requirements and has the lowest sustainability impact.
Estimate life cycle sustainability impacts for each short-listed alternative.

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Identify process steps with greatest sustainability impact.

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Evaluate process steps for alternatives/modifications with lower impact.

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Select alternative which best meets requirements and has the lowest sustainability impact.

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Confirm design

  1. Develop selected design as required.
  2. Confirm life cycle sustainability impacts.
  3. Review design against product requirements.
  4. Obtain required authorisations.
  5. Document design in the required form.
Develop selected design as required.

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Confirm life cycle sustainability impacts.

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Review design against product requirements.

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Obtain required authorisations.

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Document design in the required form.

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Prepare for implementation

  1. Consult with key stakeholders.
  2. Identify key measures for monitoring implementation of design.
  3. Identify data sources required by key measures.
  4. Organise for data to be captured and manipulated, as required.
Consult with key stakeholders.

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Identify key measures for monitoring implementation of design.

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Identify data sources required by key measures.

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Organise for data to be captured and manipulated, as required.

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1

Define parameters of new/improved product

1.1

Consult with relevant stakeholders to determine required function, performance and aesthetics of new product.

1.2

Identify market, expected time to market and cost constraints of product and production process.

1.3

Identify requirements with possible high sustainability impacts.

1.4

Negotiate requirements to achieve desired sustainability impacts.

1.5

Develop agreed definition of product requirements.

2

Develop alternative product and process designs

2.1

Identify alternative resource requirements.

2.2

Identify alternative processes.

2.3

Determine the possible sustainability impacts of different combinations of resources and processes.

2.4

Test alternative product and process designs against original product requirement definitions.

2.5

Identify product requirements which may be causing significant sustainability impacts.

2.6

Renegotiate, where possible, product requirements to lessen sustainability impacts.

2.7

Short-list preferred resources and processes.

3

Evaluate life cycle impacts

3.1

Estimate life cycle sustainability impacts for each short-listed alternative.

3.2

Identify process steps with greatest sustainability impact.

3.3

Evaluate process steps for alternatives/modifications with lower impact.

3.4

Select alternative which best meets requirements and has the lowest sustainability impact.

4

Confirm design

4.1

Develop selected design as required.

4.2

Confirm life cycle sustainability impacts.

4.3

Review design against product requirements.

4.4

Obtain required authorisations.

4.5

Document design in the required form.

5

Prepare for implementation

5.1

Consult with key stakeholders.

5.2

Identify key measures for monitoring implementation of design.

5.3

Identify data sources required by key measures.

5.4

Organise for data to be captured and manipulated, as required.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1

Define parameters of new/improved product

1.1

Consult with relevant stakeholders to determine required function, performance and aesthetics of new product.

1.2

Identify market, expected time to market and cost constraints of product and production process.

1.3

Identify requirements with possible high sustainability impacts.

1.4

Negotiate requirements to achieve desired sustainability impacts.

1.5

Develop agreed definition of product requirements.

2

Develop alternative product and process designs

2.1

Identify alternative resource requirements.

2.2

Identify alternative processes.

2.3

Determine the possible sustainability impacts of different combinations of resources and processes.

2.4

Test alternative product and process designs against original product requirement definitions.

2.5

Identify product requirements which may be causing significant sustainability impacts.

2.6

Renegotiate, where possible, product requirements to lessen sustainability impacts.

2.7

Short-list preferred resources and processes.

3

Evaluate life cycle impacts

3.1

Estimate life cycle sustainability impacts for each short-listed alternative.

3.2

Identify process steps with greatest sustainability impact.

3.3

Evaluate process steps for alternatives/modifications with lower impact.

3.4

Select alternative which best meets requirements and has the lowest sustainability impact.

4

Confirm design

4.1

Develop selected design as required.

4.2

Confirm life cycle sustainability impacts.

4.3

Review design against product requirements.

4.4

Obtain required authorisations.

4.5

Document design in the required form.

5

Prepare for implementation

5.1

Consult with key stakeholders.

5.2

Identify key measures for monitoring implementation of design.

5.3

Identify data sources required by key measures.

5.4

Organise for data to be captured and manipulated, as required.

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include the ability, for one or more product or process, to:

identify design parameters of new/improved product/process

develop and test alternative designs

estimate life cycle sustainability aspects

confirm design with relevant personnel

document design and prepare for implementation.

Must provide evidence that demonstrates sufficient knowledge to interact with relevant personnel and be able to redesign an existing, or design a new, product or process to achieve optimal sustainability outcomes, including knowledge of:

sustainability impacts from using different materials and different processes and to produce products of different specifications and life cycle outcomes

alternative sources of materials and components and the sustainability differences of each

alternative processes and the sustainability differences of each, including expression in terms of carbon equivalence

product and process design

design documentation

methods of monitoring of product development and manufacture.

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Parameters of new product include one or more of

function

form

market

desired sustainability performance

cost.

Sustainability impact includes one or more of

resource footprint (e.g. carbon and water) of product and process

current and future availability of raw materials

current and future availability of energy

waste generation and disposal

efficiency of process

the extent to which the production process and product affects the environment (e.g. climate, quality of local air and water, ecology, noise)

relationship with the local and broader community, (e.g. effect of operations on aesthetic appearance, preservation of heritage, and proximity to schools and religious facilities)

extent of regulatory oversight and cost of compliance.

Review design includes all of

ensuring product and process meets requirements

analysis to identify further improvements.