The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Competitive systems and practices | Competitive systems and practices may include, but are not limited to: lean operations agile operations preventative and predictive maintenance approaches monitoring and data gathering systems, such as Systems Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Materials Resource Planning (MRP) and proprietary systems statistical process control systems, including six sigma and three sigma Just in Time (JIT), kanban and other pull-related operations control systems supply, value, and demand chain monitoring and analysis 5S continuous improvement (kaizen) breakthrough improvement (kaizen blitz) cause/effect diagrams overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) takt time process mapping problem solving run charts standard procedures current reality tree Competitive systems and practices should be interpreted so as to take into account: the stage of implementation of competitive systems and practices the size of the enterprise the work organisation, culture, regulatory environment and the industry sector |
Quality parameters | Quality parameters may include: finish size durability product or process variations materials alignment colour damage and imperfections time |
Quality checks | Quality checks are against set parameters for the process or product. Examples include: visual inspection physical measurements chemical tests checks against patterns, templates and guides processing time |
Materials | Materials may include: physical raw materials orders, forms and other documentation services required for undertaking an operation (e.g. power, water, compressed air and fuel) |
Measure | Measure includes: those measurements which may be taken by the employee in the workplace/at their work station |
Procedures | Procedures may include: work instructions standard operating procedures formulas/recipes batch sheets temporary instructions and similar instructions provided for the operation of the plant good operating practice as may be defined by industry codes of practice (e.g. good manufacturing practice (GMP) and responsible care) government regulations Procedures may be: written, verbal, computer-based or in some other format |
Indicators of production performance | Indicators of production performance may include: number of items/production rate delays and causes of delays (where known) other information as specified in the procedures |
Data entry/recording | Data entry/recording may include: keyboard written (including ticks or signs) verbal |
Sources of information/ documents | Sources of information/documents may include: quality and Australian standards and procedures work instructions, patterns, designs and recipes organisation work procedures manufacturer instructions for materials and equipment organisational or external personnel customer requirements |
Investigate and report | Investigate and report includes: following set procedures defined for such investigations Set procedures may include: verbal instructions documented procedures other quality procedures as implemented within an organisation or work environment |
Workplace context | Workplace context includes: work organisation procedures and practices relating to the manufacture and quality outcomes for products conditions of service, legislation and industrial agreements, including: workplace agreements and awards federal or state/territory legislation standard work practice |
Reporting/communication | Reporting/communication may include: verbal and written communication in accordance with organisational policies and procedures oral, written or visual communication and may include simple data |
Being responsible for the maintenance of own work quality | Being responsible for the maintenance of own work quality may include: contributing to the quality improvement of team or section output, where necessary, in accordance with workplace procedures following safety, environmental, housekeeping and quality procedures as specified by materials/machine/equipment manufacturers, regulatory authorities and the organisation |
Applicable regulations and legislation | Applicable regulations and legislation may include: OHS legislation relevant to workplace activities workers compensation legislation |