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Elements and Performance Criteria
Required Skills
Evidence Required
Range Statement
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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. |
Reason contact | Contacts may be made for the purpose of research, innovation, mutual cooperation, strategic alliances, computer (or other) technology, emergency response etc. |
Waste | Waste (also known as muda in the Toyota Production System and its derivatives) is any activity which does not contribute to customer benefit/features in the product. Within manufacturing, categories of waste include:excess production and early productiondelaysmovement and transportpoor process designinventoryinefficient performance of a processmaking defective items.Waste for this unit may include activities which do not yield any benefit to the organisation or any benefit to the organisations customers. |
Necessary waste | Necessary waste is any activity or cost which does not contribute directly to customer benefit/feature in the product, and which cannot be avoided (for example regulatory compliance and fixed costs). Necessary waste cannot be eliminated but should be managed. |
Unnecessary waste | Unnecessary waste is any activity or cost which does not contribute directly to customer benefit/features in the product and can be avoided. Unnecessary waste should be eliminated as quickly as practical. |