Modification History
Initial release
Description
The MSS20312 Certificate II in Competitive Systems and Practices provides introductory skills and specifies the competencies required to apply competitive systems and practices to a level suitable for application to an individual’s own work role.
This qualification provides the skills needed to improve efficiency in a person’s own work role. It complements but does not duplicate qualifications supplying operational, production, maintenance, logistics or other technical skills to industry. Where these skills are required appropriate qualifications from other Training Packages should be considered.
The skills in this qualification are often known in industry under a variety of titles many of which relate to manufacturing which is the origin of many competitive systems and practices. The most common term is lean manufacturing. However, other names for some of the system skills and techniques include agile manufacturing, lean operations, six sigma, lean six sigma, and so on.
The qualification packaging has been developed on an assumption that competency will be developed through a combination of on and off-the-job learning strategies.
Job roles/employment outcomes
The range of skills and knowledge supplied by this qualification does not support applying competitive systems and practices to the work of others or of leading a competitive systems and practices based change process. Typical tasks relevant to this qualification include process work, operation of equipment, individual performance of trade-related work, office work, stores work and other individually performed work requiring introductory skills and knowledge in competitive systems and practices. This qualification would also be suitable for a member of a project team implementing competitive systems and practices where introductory skills are required.
Application
This qualification provides competitive systems and practices skills that can be applied in the following organisations and environments:
- manufacturing enterprises
- mining and service organisations
- office environments
- organisations in a value chain, such as:
- suppliers
- customers
- distributors, warehouses, transport suppliers and other logistics support organisations
- professional service suppliers, for example, legal, engineering, accounting, auditing, and education and training suppliers that may be assisting other organisations in implementing competitive systems and practices
- other organisations implementing competitive systems and practices, for example, Government Departments, healthcare providers, transport organisations, and so on.
Pathways Information
Pathways into the qualification
This qualification is suitable for direct entry.
Pathways from the qualification
Further training pathways from this qualification include the MSS30312 Certificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices, or a relevant industry qualification.
Licensing/Regulatory Information
There are no specific licences that relate to this qualification.
Entry Requirements
This qualification has no formal entry requirement. However, it should be noted that this qualification is not intended to be the main qualification supplying operational or technical skills that are used in conjunction with competitive systems and practices skills although some technical competencies can be selected under the general electives provision at the end of elective group.
This qualification assumes that a learner has current or past work experience where some operational or technical skills have already been gained. The qualification is not suitable for direct entry from school.
Employability Skills Summary
The following table contains a summary of the employability skills as identified by industry for this qualification. This table should be interpreted in conjunction with the detailed requirements of each unit of competency packaged in this qualification. The outcomes described here are broad industry requirements that reflect skill requirements for this level. |
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Employability Skill |
Industry/enterprise requirements for this qualification include: |
Communication |
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Teamwork |
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Problem solving |
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Initiative and enterprise |
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Planning and organising |
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Self-management |
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Learning |
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Technology |
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Packaging Rules
To be awarded the MSS20312 Certificate II in Competitive Systems and Practices, competency must be achieved in ten (10) units of competency:
Note that no units in this qualification have prerequisite requirements. |
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Core units of competency |
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Unit code |
Unit title |
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MSS402001A |
Apply competitive systems and practices |
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MSS402010A |
Manage the impact of change on own work |
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MSAENV272B |
Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices |
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MSAPMOHS200A |
Work safely |
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Elective units of competency |
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Unit code |
Unit title |
Prerequisites |
MSS402002A |
Sustain process improvements |
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MSS402020A |
Apply quick changeover procedures |
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MSS402021A |
Apply Just in Time procedures |
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MSS402030A |
Apply cost factors to work practices |
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MSS402031A |
Interpret product costs in terms of customer requirements |
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MSS402040A |
Apply 5S procedures |
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MSS402041A |
Apply 5S in an office |
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MSS402050A |
Monitor process capability |
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MSS402051A |
Apply quality standards |
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MSS402052A |
Implement continuous improvements based on standardised work practices |
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MSS402053A |
Participate in breakthrough improvements in an office |
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MSS402060A |
Use planning software systems in operations |
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MSS402061A |
Use SCADA systems in operations |
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MSS402080A |
Undertake root cause analysis |
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MSS402081A |
Contribute to the application of a proactive maintenance strategy |
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A maximum of three (3) electives may be selected from other qualifications in this Training Package, other endorsed Training Packages and accredited courses where those units are available at Certificates II and III. Units chosen should be relevant to the workplace and would normally be drawn from the appropriate sector Training Package, or possibly the Business Services Training Package. |
Custom Content Section
Not applicable.