Elements and Performance Criteria
- Satisfy quality system requirements in daily work
- Record and report quality control data in accordance with quality system
- Follow quality control procedures to ensure products or data are of a defined quality as an aid to acceptance or rejection
- Recognise and report non-conformances or problems
- Conduct work in accordance with sustainable work practices
- Promote sustainability principles and work practices to other workers
- Analyse opportunities for corrective and/or optimisation action
- Recognise variances that indicate abnormal or sub-optimal performance
- Collect and/or evaluate batch and/or historical records to determine possible causes for sub-optimal performance
- Use appropriate quality improvement techniques to rank the probabilities of possible causes
- Recommend corrective and/or optimisation actions
- Identify required changes to standards and procedures and training
- Report recommendations to designated personnel
- Participate in the implementation of recommended actions
- Implement changes to systems and procedures to eliminate possible causes
- Document outcomes of actions and communicate them to relevant personnel
- Participate in the development of continuous improvement strategies
- Identify options for removing or controlling the risk of sub-optimal performance
- Assess the adequacy of current controls, quality methods and systems
- Identify opportunities to continuously improve performance
- Develop recommendations for continual improvements of work practices, methods, procedures and equipment effectiveness
- Consult with appropriate personnel to refine recommendations before implementation of approved continuous improvement strategies
- Document outcomes of continuous improvement strategies and communicate them to relevant personnel