Unit of competency

Modification History

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to evaluate and develop enterprise systems that are cost-efficient and suitable to a company's products and goals. It also describes the skills and knowledge required to ensure products meet enterprise and customer specifications. The design of enterprise systems affects the quality of the products processed. Analysing and developing enterprise systems provides enterprises with the flexibility to become an innovative organisation, take on new opportunities and strengthen or expand their market.

At this level, individuals exercise considerable autonomy, responsibility and accountability within enterprise structures, and are required to make primary contributions to enterprise values, goals and operations. They will typically have responsibility for establishing and reviewing systems for their site or department. They may be assisted by external experts to develop plans and strategies.

This unit is suitable for senior managers, Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), Chief Finance Officers (CFOs) and directors of feedlots, meat processing and smallgoods enterprises, who seek to build a culture of innovation in a meat industry context.

This unit must be delivered in the context of Australian meat industry standards and regulations.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Pre-requisite Unit

Nil

Elements and Performance Criteria

Foundation Skills

This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential for performance in this unit of competency but are not explicit in the performance criteria.

Foundation Skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Unit Mapping Information

Links

Companion Volumes, including Implementation Guides, are available at VETNet: - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5e2e56b7-698f-4822-84bb-25adbb8443a7

Assessment requirements

Modification History

Performance Evidence

An individual demonstrating competency must satisfy all of the elements and performance criteria in this unit.

There must be evidence that the individual has evaluated and developed an enterprise system on at least one occasion, including:

• flowcharted the movement of products and resources along the chain or process line to identify strengths and weaknesses
• applied in-depth product knowledge in determining the processing requirements for species or products according to customer and enterprise requirements, including methods, technology, quality, speed of production
• analysed the organisation’s environment to assess capacity for, and potential impact of, systems and operations
• established goals and performance criteria for operation of the enterprise system
• determined criteria for evaluating alternative systems and system components, including reference to product specifications, yield and quality, technical requirements and cost
• developed data collection and recording systems linked to systems performance criteria
• analysed performance information and prepared reports for stakeholders
• developed a communication strategy for involving the workforce, negotiating changes and reporting progress
• assessed alternative configurations of technology, labour, processes, organisation and layouts for process flow effectiveness
• compared capability of existing system with market potential and capability of alternative systems
• estimated the impacts of enterprise forecasts and changes in the market and the industry (including technology) on enterprise resource requirements, operation and sales
• evaluated the consequences and change implications of adopting new, reconfigured or redesigned systems on overall operation of the plant, including the impact on personnel
• identified and applied relevant workplace health and safety, animal welfare, biosecurity, environmental and workplace and regulatory requirements
• identified and resolved industrial relations issues related to changes in systems
• prepared action plans for the implementation of new systems, including commissioning of the new system, timelines, resources, training and change facilitation strategies to assist personnel to implement new, reconfigured or redesigned systems
• prepared and justified budgets for the introduction of new systems or components, including calculating the costs of retaining the current system and the costs of setting up and operating new, reconfigured or redesigned systems, including initial costs, ongoing costs and payback periods
• prepared and presented recommendations in formats, language and styles appropriate for the audience
• presented reports according to legal and enterprise requirements
• quantified and costed the resources required for optimum operation of existing systems, including utilities and energy, personnel, equipment and stock
• researched and analysed market intelligence, trends and forecasts to identify enterprise possibilities
• researched and evaluated available systems (including technology and equipment, processing methods and techniques and work design) appropriate for enterprise product
• researched and evaluated sources of support, including government and private, financial and other support
• reviewed existing procedures and controls or developed new ones to facilitate systems operations in accordance with enterprise and regulatory requirements, including integration with enterprise quality and food safety systems
• sought external advice where appropriate (including from technology and equipment manufacturers, architects, engineers and tradespeople)
• used a range of quality and evaluative tools to analyse the capability of enterprise systems to meet future projections
• used available communication and information technology to complete forecasts, analyses and modelling, where required.

Knowledge Evidence

An individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge required to perform the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit. This includes knowledge of:

• enterprise goals and directions and their implications for enterprise operations
• budgeting strategies, including calculating the costs of maintaining the current system and the operational and set-up costs for new, reconfigured or redesigned systems, including initial costs, ongoing costs and payback periods
• report formats and styles, and their appropriateness for various audiences.

Assessment Conditions

Assessment of the skills in this unit of competency must take place under the following conditions:

• physical conditions:

• skills must be demonstrated in a meat industry workplace or an environment that accurately represents workplace conditions

• specifications:

• access to workplace documents such as policies, procedures, processes, forms.

Methods of assessment must include:

• a third-party referee report of sustained performance at appropriate level of authority and responsibility
• assignment focusing on understanding and application of principles and theory to workplace operations
• workplace projects with focus on enterprise environment and conditions.

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

Links

Companion Volumes, including Implementation Guides, are available at VETNet: - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5e2e56b7-698f-4822-84bb-25adbb8443a7