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BSBHRM524
Coordinate workforce plan implementation

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Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024


This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to coordinate the implementation of a workforce plan, including researching requirements, coordination of planning and implementing initiatives and monitoring trends.

The unit applies to individuals who are human resource practitioners or staff members with a role in a policy or planning unit that focuses on workforce planning.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

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Evidence Required

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The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

coordinate the implementation of a workforce plan in at least one work area.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

review relevant trends and supply and demand factors that will impact on organisation’s workforce

review and interpret information from a range of internal and external sources, in order to identify:

current staff turnover and demographics

labour supply trends factors that may affect workforce supply

organisation’s workforce requirements objectives and strategies.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

key features of external labour supply relevant to the specific industry or skill requirements of the organisation

key features of industrial relations relevant to the specific industry

labour force analysis and forecasting techniques

common programs that ensure workplace is an employer of choice

key aspects of:

staff turnover and demographics factors

sources of skilled labour

contingency plans

strategies for recruitment, training, redeployment and redundancy

strategies to assist in meeting the organisation’s workforce diversity goals

format and content of workforce plan according to organisational procedures.

Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry.

This includes access to:

workplace documentation and resources relevant to performance evidence

organisational strategic and operational plans

relevant organisational policies and procedures.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

coordinate the implementation of a workforce plan in at least one work area.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

review relevant trends and supply and demand factors that will impact on organisation’s workforce

review and interpret information from a range of internal and external sources, in order to identify:

current staff turnover and demographics

labour supply trends factors that may affect workforce supply

organisation’s workforce requirements objectives and strategies.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

key features of external labour supply relevant to the specific industry or skill requirements of the organisation

key features of industrial relations relevant to the specific industry

labour force analysis and forecasting techniques

common programs that ensure workplace is an employer of choice

key aspects of:

staff turnover and demographics factors

sources of skilled labour

contingency plans

strategies for recruitment, training, redeployment and redundancy

strategies to assist in meeting the organisation’s workforce diversity goals

format and content of workforce plan according to organisational procedures.

Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry.

This includes access to:

workplace documentation and resources relevant to performance evidence

organisational strategic and operational plans

relevant organisational policies and procedures.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.
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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Review current data on staff turnover and demographics 
Assess factors impacting workforce supply 
Establish organisation’s requirements for a skilled and diverse workforce 
Consult relevant stakeholders on organisational strategy and establish aligned objectives for modification or retention of the workforce 
Confirm objectives for workforce diversity and cross-cultural management with relevant stakeholders 
Assist determination of strategies to address high staff turnover 
Assist determination of objectives to retain relevant skilled labour 
Assist determination of strategies to source skilled labour 
Communicate plan objectives to relevant stakeholders 
Obtain agreement and endorsement for objectives and establish targets 
Support implementation of agreed objectives for recruitment, training, redeployment and redundancy 
Identify strategies to assist workforce to deal with organisational change and coordinate implementation 
Identify strategies to assist in meeting the organisation’s workforce diversity goals and coordinate implementation 
Coordinate implementation of succession planning system and ensure workers are developed and retained 
Review workforce plan against patterns in existing employee and workforce changes 
Monitor labour supply trends for areas of over and under supply in the external environment 
Monitor effects of labour trends on the demand for labour within own organisation 
Coordinate survey of organisational climate and collect worker satisfaction results 
Consult with relevant stakeholders and refine objectives and strategies in response to internal and external changes 
Monitor government policy on labour demand and supply 
Evaluate effectiveness of change processes against agreed objectives 

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