Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

BSBHRM614 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Contribute to strategic workforce planning

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Issue Date: May 2024


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Unit of Competency BSBHRM614 - Contribute to strategic workforce planning
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to contribute to development, implementation and maintenance of a strategic approach to workforce planning in an organisation ensuring that there is the structure and staff in place to meet current and foreseeable organisational objectives.The unit applies to individuals employed as human resource practitioners with knowledge of human resources and organisational objectives.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.

Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry.

This includes access to:

workplace documents and resources relevant to performance evidence

relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice

business strategic and operational plan

relevant workplace policies and procedures.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities
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Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Research planning requirements
  • Analyse strategic plans to determine strategic workforce direction, objectives and targets
  • Analyse organisational environment and identifyemerging practices and trendsthat may impact on human resource management in the organisation
  • Identifyfuture labour needs, skill requirements andsources of labour supply
  • Identify new technology and its impact on job roles and job design
  • Review recent and potential changes to industrial and legal requirements
       
Element: Contribute to development of strategic workforce plan
  • Consult relevant managers about their workforce preferences
  • Agree on workforce philosophies, values and policies with relevant managers
  • Developstrategic objectives and targets for workforce services
  • Examineoptions for the provision of workforce services and analyse costs and benefits
  • Identify appropriate technology and systems to support agreed workforce programs and practices
  • Contribute input from consultation into strategic workforce plan and obtain senior management support for plan
  • Analyse risks associated with strategic workforce plan and develop risk mitigation strategies
       
Element: Support implementation of strategic workforce plan
  • Work with relevant stakeholders and ensure that plan is implemented according to organisational objectives
  • Monitor and review the plan
  • Recommend adaptions to plan to account for changing circumstances
  • Evaluate and review performance against plan objectives
       


Evidence Required

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The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

contribute to the development and implementation of at least one strategic workforce plan.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

analyse information from a range of internal and external sources to determine:

workforce strategic direction, objectives and targets

trends and emerging practices that may have an impact on workforce

relevant technology

recent and potential changes to industrial and legal requirements

future labour needs and skills requirements

options for sourcing labour

organisation’s preferences regarding workforce

consult relevant stakeholders and collaboratively develop, implement, monitor and review a strategic workforce plan including:

budget

priorities

agreed objectives, targets, programs and practices based on cost-benefit analysis

timeframes

risk management

evaluation against objectives.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

human resource practices and functions

relevant legislative, regulatory and industrial requirements for the organisation

common options for sourcing labour

impact of technology on job roles in the organisation or work area

options for sourcing labour supply

risk management plans to support the strategic workforce planning

format and features of a strategic workforce plan

modern philosophies, values and policies applicable to the human resources profession.


Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Analyse strategic plans to determine strategic workforce direction, objectives and targets 
Analyse organisational environment and identifyemerging practices and trendsthat may impact on human resource management in the organisation 
Identifyfuture labour needs, skill requirements andsources of labour supply 
Identify new technology and its impact on job roles and job design 
Review recent and potential changes to industrial and legal requirements 
Consult relevant managers about their workforce preferences 
Agree on workforce philosophies, values and policies with relevant managers 
Developstrategic objectives and targets for workforce services 
Examineoptions for the provision of workforce services and analyse costs and benefits 
Identify appropriate technology and systems to support agreed workforce programs and practices 
Contribute input from consultation into strategic workforce plan and obtain senior management support for plan 
Analyse risks associated with strategic workforce plan and develop risk mitigation strategies 
Work with relevant stakeholders and ensure that plan is implemented according to organisational objectives 
Monitor and review the plan 
Recommend adaptions to plan to account for changing circumstances 
Evaluate and review performance against plan objectives 

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