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Evidence Guide: MSS015007A - Develop a business case for sustainability improvements

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MSS015007A - Develop a business case for sustainability improvements

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

Define the intended sustainability improvement project

  1. Define the purpose of the project
  2. Determine the project goals
  3. Determine regulatory requirements
  4. Determine stakeholders for project
  5. Clarify the critical success factors for the project
  6. Quantify the current state
Define the purpose of the project

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Determine the project goals

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Determine regulatory requirements

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Determine stakeholders for project

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Clarify the critical success factors for the project

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Quantify the current state

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Quantify expected benefits from the project

  1. Determine cost of any capital improvements from the project
  2. Determine production improvements
  3. Determine maintenance improvements
  4. Determine product life cycle improvements
  5. Determine regulatory health, safety and environment (HSE) improvements
  6. Estimate total benefit of proposed project
Determine cost of any capital improvements from the project

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Determine production improvements

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Determine maintenance improvements

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Determine product life cycle improvements

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Determine regulatory health, safety and environment (HSE) improvements

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Estimate total benefit of proposed project

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Determine costs required to implement project

  1. Estimate fixed capital costs required
  2. Estimate personnel costs required
  3. Estimate financial costs required
  4. Estimate time required for project and time-related costs
  5. Estimate total costs of project
Estimate fixed capital costs required

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Estimate personnel costs required

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Estimate financial costs required

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Estimate time required for project and time-related costs

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Estimate total costs of project

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Prepare a proposal justifying project

  1. Determine ROI, sustainability and other project benefits
  2. Determine costs if any of not proceeding with the project
  3. Compare benefits to costs using appropriate methods
  4. Prepare proposal for project
Determine ROI, sustainability and other project benefits

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Determine costs if any of not proceeding with the project

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Compare benefits to costs using appropriate methods

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Prepare proposal for project

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Overview of assessment

A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to prepare a business case, including appropriate analyses, for sustainability related improvements.

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

Assessors must be satisfied that the candidate can competently and consistently apply the skills covered in this unit of competency in new and different situations and contexts. Critical aspects of assessment and evidence include:

identifying sustainability goals and relating these goals to current and future states

determining costs of sustainability related improvements across an organisation’s operation or value chain

making RoI calculations

preparing project proposals that clearly define and quantify costs and benefits and presents a cogent and valid argument for proceeding with the project (or otherwise).

Context of and specific resources for assessment

This unit of competency is to be assessed in the workplace or a simulated workplace environment.

Assessment should emphasise a workplace context and procedures found in the candidate’s workplace.

This unit of competency may be assessed with other relevant units addressing sustainability at the enterprise level or other units requiring the exercise of the skills and knowledge covered by this unit.

The competencies covered by this unit would be demonstrated by an individual working alone or as part of a team.

Method of assessment

In all cases, practical assessment should be supported by questions to assess underpinning knowledge and those aspects of competency which are difficult to assess directly.

Where applicable, reasonable adjustment must be made to work environments and training situations to accommodate ethnicity, age, gender, demographics and disability.

The language, literacy and numeracy demands of assessment should not be greater than those required to undertake the unit of competency in a work-like environment.

Guidance information for assessment

Required Skills and Knowledge

Required knowledge includes:

characteristics of good project purposes and goals

regulatory environment and requirements for sustainability related project, including HSE aspects

concept of capital versus operational improvements

characteristics of good critical success factors and key performance indicators

internal and external data sources

project costing methods for capital, personnel, financial and time related costs

methods of quantifying project benefits

ROl calculations

cost-benefit calculation

relevant accounting conventions and requirements and the alternative lean view, where appropriate

AS/NZS ISO 14000 Environmental Management Standards

Required skills include:

analysing processes, logistics, material usages, costs and benefits

analysing the regulatory environment as it applies to an organisation and determining implications for products and processes

collating, interpreting, and presenting statistical data sets and other numeric information, including data series, means and averages

Range Statement

Expected benefit

Expected benefit may be a benefit against:

business

ecological

social

sustainability goals

Capital improvements

Capital improvements covers:

the purchase, installation, construction and commissioning of new equipment

alterations to existing equipment designed to improve the sustainability of the organisation’s operations and which will be classed as capital in the organisation’s balance sheet

Production improvements

Production improvements are improvements to processes such as:

work re-organisation

eliminating or changing operating steps

use of different materials, components or supplies

changing equipment and process conditions

The improvements may or may not:

involve expenditure of a capital or operating nature

Maintenance related improvements

Maintenance related improvements are changes to maintenance procedures, such as increased:

condition monitoring

maintenance frequency

designed to improve the efficiency and sustainability of operating equipment

Maintenance improvements may require:

capital or non-capital expenditure

Product life cycle improvements

Product life cycle improvements are:

improvements to the entire life cycle of a product through design, manufacture, service and disposal

Regulatory HSE improvements

Regulatory HSE improvements are:

changes designed to improve the organisation’s compliance to sustainability related Acts and regulations

Personnel costs

Personnel costs may include:

costs related to recruiting new staff, retrenchments, training and retraining and use of contract labour for sustainability related improvements

Time-related costs

Time-related costs include:

the time value of money and may also include maintenance of new plant as part of the project

ROI

ROI means return on investment and relates in this unit to assessing the returns (positive and negative) on the investment required to make sustainability improvements. The actual formula used and the definitions of factors and hurdle rates adopted should be consistent with standard practice for the organisation