Modification History
Release 3 - inclusion of 1 new elective in Group A
Description
This qualification provides professional development training and recognition to people exercising leadership or change management functions in an organisation on sustainability, including setting of sustainability strategy and leadership and planning for the deployment of the sustainability strategy.
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 and that the learner has access to a workplace for projects.
Job roles/employment outcome
The MSS70111 Vocational Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Operations provides professional development for individuals who already have some previous training or work experience in sustainability systems and processes. It is not an entry level qualification in sustainability. In particular the qualification assumes that learners are already familiar with the basic concepts of sustainability (e.g. triple bottom line, concept of emissions, carbon and carbon equivalence, environmental impact, and so on) and are also familiar with the operations and processes used within their organisation.
Application
The qualification applies to individuals who have responsibility at a strategy level for improving sustainability within an organisation. Aspects of this responsibility may include regulatory responses, setting and monitoring of sustainability related performance indicators, liaison with stakeholders including shareholders, employees, value chain members and the local and general community. Target groups include supervisors, managers and technical experts responsible for implementing sustainability improvement strategies and practices in their organisation and/or all or part of the value chain.
The qualification has been developed with manufacturing operations as a focus. However, because of the range of organisations in a typical manufacturing value chain it may also be applied to other types of organisations.
Pathways Information
Not applicable.
Licensing/Regulatory Information
There are no specific licences that relate to this qualification.
Entry Requirements
Entrants to the MSS70111 Vocational Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Operations should have one or more of the following:
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma in a sustainability related discipline or relevant technical field, or a relevant Certificate IV or Certificate III together with significant relevant vocational practice in a relevant technical field,
- a Bachelor Degree in a relevant technical field
- another relevant higher education qualification, often with relevant vocational practice
- relevant extensive vocational practice, without formal qualifications but which result in appropriate entry level skills.
Entrants for the qualification should also possess operational or technical skills related to the organisation seeking sustainability improvements either through prior experience or previous study.
Employability Skills Summary
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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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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
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To be awarded the MSS70111 Vocational Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Operations competency must be achieved in five (5) units of competency.
Note : None of the units listed in this qualification have prerequisites. |
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Core units of competency |
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Unit code |
Unit title |
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MSS017001A |
Analyse and determine organisational risk areas in sustainability |
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MSS017004A |
Lead sustainable strategy deployment |
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Elective units of competency |
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Group A: Elective units |
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Unit code |
Unit title |
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MSS017002A |
Determine process loss through mass or energy balancing |
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MSS017003A |
Identify and respond to external sustainability factors for an organisation |
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MSS017005A |
Manage a major sustainability non-conformance |
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MSS017006A |
Identify and improve sustainability interactions relations with the community |
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MSS017007A |
Design for sustainability |
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MSS017008A |
Develop a proactive social sustainability strategy |
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MSS027002A |
Apply environmental legislation, codes and standards |
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MSS407012A |
Lead a problem solving process to determine and solve root cause |
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Group B: Elective units |
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Unit code |
Unit title |
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MSS407013A |
Review continuous improvement processes |
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MSS407001A |
Prepare for and implement change |
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MSS407002A |
Review operations practice tools and techniques |
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MSS407003A |
Analyse process changes |
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MSS407004A |
Facilitate improvements in the internal value chain |
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MSS407005A |
Undertake a qualitative review of a process change |
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MSS407006A |
Build relationships between teams in an operations environment |
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MSS407008A |
Capture learning from daily activities in an organisation |
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MSS407009A |
Facilitate improvements in the external value chain |
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MSS407010A |
Improve visual management in the workplace |
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MSS407011A |
Manage benchmarking studies |
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MSS408008A |
Analyse data for relevance to organisational learning |
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MSS408001A |
Develop the competitive systems and practices approach |
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MSS408002A |
Audit the use of competitive tools |
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MSAENV672B |
Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability |
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One (1) elective unit may be selected from this Training Package, other endorsed Training Packages and accredited courses, where that unit is available at Vocational Graduate Certificate and Vocational Graduate Diploma level. |
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Custom Content Section
Not applicable.
