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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify critical success factors
   • Identify and prioritise organisational objectives and legislative issues which impact on the project in question
   • Identify and document resources required to meet objectives and critical success factors
2. Analyse existing resource and competency capacities
   • Access, interpret and appraise current and valid employee data and resources
   • Ascertain and verify competency levels for personnel
3. Determine future resource requirements
   • Obtain and analyse available information on workloads to determine temporal and spatial patterns
   • Develop profile of projected resource requirements, taking into account likely impact of internal and external factors
   • Identify competency levels necessary to meet future requirements and ascertain inconsistencies in current competency levels
4. Develop plan to adapt existing capacities to meet future needs
   • Plan training requirements to ensure adequate competency levels are achieved to meet future requirements
   • Incorporate strategies to meet resource shortages into plan, and prioritise resources
   • Engage external consultants where appropriate
5. Review and evaluate plan
   • Consult all stakeholders to determine appropriateness of plan
   • Incorporate agreed modifications to plan as required

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

locate and analyse comprehensive data on organisational resources

evaluate staff competencies

develop and review effective resourcing plans.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

describe relevant industry resource planning and development strategies

describe management planning techniques and tools

outline objectives and critical success factors relevant to resource planning

explain key features of organisational policy and procedures relating to resource planning

explain key requirements of relevant legislation and regulations impacting on resource planning, including:

workplace health and safety (WHS)

equal employment opportunity (EEO)

anti-discrimination

WorkCover or equivalent

describe a range of techniques for evaluating competency of personnel.

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