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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Record changeover process
   • Identify customer requirements and other specifications for required product or service.
   • Identify last off good product or service and check against customer requirements and specifications.
   • Identify likely start and required finish situations for last off or first off good product or service.
   • Process map required steps in changeover.
   • Identify any optional or alternative process steps.
   • Record times and other relevant data on map.
   • Confirm changeover map with relevant people.
2. Identify waste in changeover map
   • Identify all muda (waste) in changeover map.
   • Identify internal and external changeover activities.
   • Propose changes to reduce changeover time.
3. Make quicker changeover
   • Obtain any required authorisations and resources for proposed changes.
   • Check there are no adverse quality, health, safety and environment (HSE) implications.
   • Try out proposed changeover.
   • Standardise improvement in accordance with procedures.

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.
Competitive systems and practices include one or more of:	lean operations agile operations preventative and predictive maintenance approaches 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.
Changeover requires one or more of:	a change of equipment or parts changing (computer or paper) files changing computer software or templates other changes.
Muda (waste) includes all of:	overproduction waiting transporting inappropriate processing unnecessary inventory excess motion defects underutilised employees having no-one follow.

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include the ability, for at least two (2) changeovers, to:

follow process maps

categorise changeover steps as either internal or external

perform changeovers in accordance with procedures

recommend improvements to the changeover procedure.

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Knowledge Evidence

Must provide evidence that demonstrates knowledge relevant to their job role sufficient to fulfil their job role independently, including:

equipment and processes subject to changeover in own area

drawing and interpretation of process maps

principles and purpose of quick changeover

authorisation processes for change.

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