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Evidence Guide: MSS015013A - Conduct a sustainability related transport audit

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MSS015013A - Conduct a sustainability related transport audit

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

Identify all transport used

  1. Define boundaries of value chain or part of value chain to be analysed
  2. Identify all transport to a site
  3. Identify all transport within a site
  4. Identify all transport from a site
Define boundaries of value chain or part of value chain to be analysed

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Identify all transport to a site

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Identify all transport within a site

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Identify all transport from a site

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Analyse transport requirements

  1. Identify current specifications for required transport
  2. Identify transport that is not essential to product or process as defined from the perspective of a customer
  3. Identify transport arrangements used which are inefficient
  4. Determine transport required to increase utility
Identify current specifications for required transport

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Identify transport that is not essential to product or process as defined from the perspective of a customer

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Identify transport arrangements used which are inefficient

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Determine transport required to increase utility

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Determine total cost of transport

  1. Calculate direct financial cost of transport
  2. Determine emissions from transport
  3. Calculate working capital costs of transport
  4. Calculate cost impost of transport which does not meet requirements
  5. Calculate costs of transport which does not increase utility
Calculate direct financial cost of transport

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Determine emissions from transport

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Calculate working capital costs of transport

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Calculate cost impost of transport which does not meet requirements

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Calculate costs of transport which does not increase utility

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Develop strategies for reducing the use of the resource/material

  1. Rank transport by total costs
  2. Rank unnecessary transport by total costs
  3. Develop strategies to reduce total transport costs
Rank transport by total costs

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Rank unnecessary transport by total costs

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Develop strategies to reduce total transport costs

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Prepare a recommendation for a resource use reduction strategy

  1. Consult with key stakeholders
  2. Identify strategies required to meet regulatory or similar requirements
  3. Rank strategies by benefit/cost ratio
  4. Short-list preferred transport improvement strategies
  5. Prepare recommendations for improving transport
Consult with key stakeholders

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Identify strategies required to meet regulatory or similar requirements

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Rank strategies by benefit/cost ratio

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Short-list preferred transport improvement strategies

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Prepare recommendations for improving transport

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Overview of assessment

A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to conduct a sustainability related transport audit, including calculation of transport related emissions and preparation of recommendations for improved resource use.

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:

mapping of transport use to part of value chain to be analysed

applying concept of utility to transport

ranking of transport by cost and utility

developing transport improvement strategies.

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:

value chain and transport within the value chain

modes of transport used within and external to site

alternative modes of transport which could achieve same outcomes

requirements of transport to meet required outcomes (transport specifications)

waste (muda) as used in competitive manufacturing/lean manufacturing

utility as a concept and as applied to transport

transport costs and emissions

working capital, including inventory costs of transport

methods of calculation of costs

strategies for reducing transport and transport costs

cost-benefit calculation

AS/NZS ISO 14000 Environmental Management Standards

Required skills include:

negotiating with relevant stakeholders

calculating, manipulating and interpreting numerical data, including establishing series, means, correlations and rates of change

analysing and ranking options

consulting with technical and operative staff

preparing recommendations

Range Statement

Transport

Transport includes:

transport used in a value chain whether by vehicle, ship/boat, train, aeroplane, conveyor or other means

Financial costs

Financial costs include:

purchase, lease, and hire costs and maintenance costs where these are included in a lease or hire agreement

Utility

Utility is:

the economic usefulness of the transport from a customer’s perspective i.e. does the transport add value from a customer perspective (e.g. transporting from plant to consumer increases the utility from the customer’s perspective whereas moving between one process and another does not)

Transport arrangements

Transport arrangements include:

departure, arrival and waiting times, and choice of equipment, fuel and mode

Inefficient transport

Inefficient transport is:

transport which uses more time, fuel or larger capacity of transport than is needed or causes more stock to be held than is necessary, such as:

not travelling by the most direct route

taking more time than necessary

not correctly matching load to capacity of transport vehicle

not correctly matching delivery and pick up times to production requirements

Essential transport

Essential transport is:

the minimum transport requirements needed to transport goods as defined by the customer

Muda cost

Muda cost includes:

transport that does not meet specification required, or that does not increase utility

Unnecessary transport

Unnecessary transport is:

transport which does not increase utility and therefore would be classified as muda or waste in a lean manufacturing analysis