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Qualification details

MSA51108 - Diploma of Competitive Manufacturing (Release 2)

Summary

Usage recommendation:
Superseded
Mapping:
MappingNotesDate
Is superseded by and equivalent to MSS50312 - Diploma of Competitive Systems and PracticesEquivalent outcomes - increased choice of electives 01/May/2012

Releases:
ReleaseRelease date
2 (this release) 08/May/2012
(View details for release 1) 07/Apr/2011

Units of competency

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MSACMT280A - Undertake root cause analysisUndertake root cause analysisSupersededN/A
MSACMT652A - Design an experimentDesign an experimentSupersededN/A
MSACMT440A - Lead 5S in a manufacturing environmentLead 5S in a manufacturing environmentSupersededN/A
MSACMC610A - Manage relationships with non-customer external organisationsManage relationships with non-customer external organisationsSupersededN/A
MSACMT450A - Undertake process capability improvementsUndertake process capability improvementsSupersededN/A
MSACMT260A - Use planning software systems in manufacturingUse planning software systems in manufacturingSupersededN/A
MSACMT623A - Develop a levelled pull system of manufacturingDevelop a levelled pull system of manufacturingSupersededN/A
MSACMT423A - Monitor a manufacturing levelled pull systemMonitor a manufacturing levelled pull systemSupersededN/A
MSACMT230A - Apply cost factors to work practicesApply cost factors to work practicesSupersededN/A
MSACMT653A - Apply six sigma to process control and improvementApply six sigma to process control and improvementSupersededN/A
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Classifications

SchemeCodeClassification value
ANZSCO Identifier 224712 Organisation And Methods Analyst 
ASCO (occupation type) Identifier 2294-13 Organisation And Methods Analyst 
ASCED Qualification/Course Field of Education Identifier 0301 Manufacturing Engineering And Technology 
Qualification/Course Level of Education Identifier 421 Diploma 
Taxonomy - Industry Sector N/A Manufacturing Technology 
Taxonomy - Occupation N/A Senior Sustainability Technician,Production Planner,Manufacturing Supervisor 

Classification history

SchemeCodeClassification valueStart dateEnd date
ANZSCO Identifier 224712 Organisation And Methods Analyst 05/May/2010 
ASCO (occupation type) Identifier 2294-13 Organisation And Methods Analyst 05/May/2010 
ASCED Qualification/Course Field of Education Identifier 0301 Manufacturing Engineering And Technology 05/May/2010 
Qualification/Course Level of Education Identifier 421 Diploma 07/Apr/2011 
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Modification History

This qualification has been superseded by MSS50312 Diploma of Competitive Systems and Practices from MSS11v2 Sustainability Training Package. Equivalent outcomes.

Description

The Competitive Manufacturing units of competency are categorised into three groups:

  • Systems units (MSACMS)
  • Change/interpersonal units (MSACMC)
  • Tools units (MSACMT)

The Diploma requires a total of 20 units comprised of:

  • a minimum number of CM systems units from the specified list
  • a minimum number of CM change/interpersonal units from the specified list
  • a minimum number of CM tools units from the specified list
  • other CM units as specified and/or up to eight relevant units from another Training Package.

Pathways Information

Not applicable.

Licensing/Regulatory Information

Not applicable.

Entry Requirements

Not applicable.

Employability Skills Summary

EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS QUALIFICATION SUMMARY 

MSA51108 Diploma of Competitive Manufacturing 

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.

Employability Skill 

Industry /enterprise requirements for this qualification include :

Communication

  • Manage implementation of OH&S procedures and develop and distribute related safety information
  • Develop standardised documentation on behalf of an area or group of work teams
  • Share and discuss information with others about enterprise activities
  • Develop and communicate workplace procedures
  • Provide information and clarifications to team leaders and other employees on workplace procedures
  • Provide and interpret instructions, specifications, standard operating procedures and other work related documents
  • Provide assistance or information to relevant personnel
  • Debrief on workplace changes with relevant stakeholders
  • Record production or other work related information
  • Access and use workplace communication tools and equipment
  • Apply numeracy skills to work procedures
  • Provide information about team activities to managers, supervisors and customers

Teamwork

  • Identify roles of work teams where teamwork is used as the form of work organisation
  • Supervise and lead others in a production environment
  • Share production or work related information with peers including team members, supervisors and management
  • Identify hazards to employees and visitors
  • Identify the value chain and advise other employees as to how they can contribute to the final quality of the product
  • Review changes to work practices and work relationships with team leaders and other employees
  • Provide assistance with planning work operations as required
  • Seek assistance with work operations from specialists and other employees as required
  • Participate in multidisciplinary teams as required

Problem-solving

  • Monitor production and maintenance activities
  • Analyse inconsistencies, non-compliances, faults or hazards
  • Identify factors within work area that are a constraint to work efficiency or reaching of production outcomes
  • Identify essential and non-essential practices
  • Implement methods of increasing features/benefits of products or processes
  • Monitor responsibilities of teams and make improvements to work organisation
  • Identify process steps which cause a problem and implement improvement processes
  • Monitor OH&S performance and implement OH&S improvement processes
  • Compare shift or area required performance with actual performance
  • Identify situations where compliance to specifications or safety standards is unlikely
  • Identify. recommend and implement improvements
  • Distinguish between random and identifiable causes of work problems
  • Identify causes of identified faults and take appropriate action
  • Investigate causes of quality deviations
  • Undertake root cause analysis
  • Identify deviations and fault patterns

Initiative and enterprise

  • Mange procedures and systems for optimum outcomes
  • Analyse feedback on procedures and systems
  • Analyse problems, implications or suggestions for improvements
  • Adjust work activities according to changes in customer requirements
  • Identify methods of increasing contribution of work teams to the value chain
  • Identify and implement changes and improvements
  • Monitor processes and equipment to ensure cost efficiency
  • Manage 5 S procedures
  • Implement and monitor work practices to reduce waste
  • Participate in multidisciplinary teams to develop new products or processes

Planning and organising

  • Plan work of teams to meet required standards
  • Ensure work areas comply with OH&S procedures
  • Identify and manage processes, tools and materials
  • Implement improvements in accordance with procedures
  • Monitor and adjust production/process
  • Distinguish between essential and non-essential practices
  • Implement use of planning tools within work of teams
  • Monitor implementation of 5 S procedures in teams
  • Determine and prioritise required actions
  • Collect, organise and analyse information from work activities
  • Monitor work activities according to safety and workplace standards
  • Set production targets and outcomes
  • Interpret data and information as required by own job
  • Ask questions to ensure there is understanding of work requirements in teams and among other employees

Self-management

  • Recommend methods of increasing own contribution to the value chain
  • Adjust work processes according to procedures and customer requirements
  • Identify and manage impact of change in own work
  • Minimise waste in own work activity
  • Assess own work performance
  • Set personal objectives for work performance
  • Manage own time

Learning

  • Identify skill requirements of self and team members
  • Arrange skill development training for self and others
  • Adapt to changing work requirements
  • Ask questions to aid learning of others
  • Identify personal skill gaps and additional skills needs
  • Ask questions to ensure understanding of own work requirements
  • Monitor own work and identify areas for improvement
  • Seek feedback on work performance
  • Provide feedback on work performance to team leaders and team members

Technology

  • Monitor technology to ensure safety according to legislative requirements and workplace standards
  • Identify equipment and processes appropriate for jobs and skill levels of employees
  • Provide appropriate equipment to ensure safety and efficiency according to skill levels of employees
  • Assess operational efficiency of technology within own skill level and that of team members
  • Act on reports of faulty operation of equipment
  • Analyse data and other information from equipment reports
  • Conduct failure mode effects analyses
  • Use information technology appropriate for job
  • Manage maintenance procedures appropriate to job and processes according to skill levels of team members

Packaging Rules

Packaging Rules 

To be awarded a Diploma of Competitive Manufacturing, competency must be achieved in 20 elective units of competency chosen as specified from the groups listed below.

Note that units with an asterisk have prerequisite requirements. The prerequisites for these units are to be counted in the total number of units. Refer to the prerequisite table or the individual units.

Elective units 

Group A  - CM Systems 

A minimum of one of the following CM Systems units must be chosen:

MSACMS600A

Develop a competitive manufacturing system

MSACMS601A

Analyse and map a value chain

*

MSACMS602A

Manage a value chain

*

MSACMS603A

Develop manufacturing related business plans

MSACMS604A

Manage competitive manufacturing processes in a jobbing shop environment

*

MSACMS605A

Develop a balanced score card for use in competitive manufacturing

*

MSACMS606A

Introduce competitive manufacturing to a small or medium enterprise

Group B  - CM Change /interpersonal 

A minimum of one of the following units must be chosen:

MSACMC610A

Manage relationships with non-customer external organisations

MSACMC611A

Manage people relationships

MSACMC612A

Manage workplace learning

MSACMC613A

Facilitate holistic culture improvement in a manufacturing enterprise

MSACMC614A

Develop a communications strategy to support production

Group C  - CM Tools 

A minimum of two of the following units must be chosen:

MSACMT452A

Apply statistics to processes in manufacturing

MSACMT620A

Develop quick changeover procedures

MSACMT621A

Develop a Just in Time (JIT) system

*

MSACMT622A

Design a process layout

MSACMT623A

Develop a levelled pull system of manufacturing

MSACMT630A

Optimise cost of product

*

MSACMT631A

Undertake value analysis of product costs in terms of customer requirements

*

MSACMT632A

Analyse cost implications of maintenance strategy

MSACMT640A

Manage 5S system in a manufacturing environment

MSACMT641A

Implement a continuous improvement system

MSACMT650A

Determine and improve process capability

*

MSACMT652A

Design an experiment

*

MSACMT653A

Apply six sigma to process control and improvement

*

MSACMT660A

Develop the application of enterprise systems in manufacturing

MSACMT661A

Determine and establish information collection requirements and processes

MSACMT662A

Develop a documentation control strategy for a manufacturing enterprise

MSACMT670A

Develop and manage sustainable energy practices

MSACMT671A

Develop and manage sustainable environmental practices

MSACMT675A

Facilitate the development of a new product

*

MSACMT681A

Develop a proactive maintenance strategy

MSACMT682A

Adapt a proactive maintenance strategy to the process manufacturing sector

*

MSACMT683A

Adapt a proactive maintenance strategy for a seasonal or cyclical manufacturing operation

*

MSAENV672B

Develop workplace policy and procedures for environmental sustainability

Group D  - Balance of units 

The balance of units (up to a maximum of 16) may be drawn from any combination of:

  • the CM units listed above
  • a maximum of 10 units from the other CM elective units listed below (note that only two of the 10 can be chosen from the 200 series units)
  • units from other qualifications in this Training Package, other endorsed Training Packages and accredited courses, as specified below.

Other CM elective units 

MSACMC210A

Manage the impact of change on own work

MSACMC410A

Lead change in a manufacturing environment

MSACMC411A

Lead a competitive manufacturing team

MSACMC413A

Lead team culture improvement

MSACMS200A

Apply competitive manufacturing practices

MSACMS201A

Sustain process improvements

MSACMS400A

Implement a competitive manufacturing system

MSACMS401A

Ensure process improvements are sustained

MSACMS405A

Lead a manufacturing team using a balanced score card approach

MSACMT220A

Apply quick changeover procedures

MSACMT221A

Apply Just in Time (JIT) procedures

MSACMT230A

Apply cost factors to work practices

MSACMT231A

Interpret product costs in terms of customer requirements

MSACMT240A

Apply 5S procedures in a manufacturing environment

MSACMT250A

Monitor process capability

MSACMT251A

Apply quality standards

MSACMT260A

Use planning software systems in manufacturing

MSACMT261A

Use SCADA systems in manufacturing

MSACMT270A

Use sustainable energy practices

MSACMT271A

Use sustainable environmental practices

MSACMT280A

Undertake root cause analysis

MSACMT281A

Contribute to the application of a proactive maintenance strategy

MSACMT421A

Facilitate a Just in Time (JIT) system

MSACMT423A

Monitor a manufacturing levelled pull system

MSACMT430A

Improve cost factors in work practices

MSACMT432A

Analyse manual handling processes

MSACMT440A

Lead 5S in a manufacturing environment

MSACMT441A

Facilitate continuous improvement in manufacturing

MSACMT450A

Undertake process capability improvements

*

MSACMT451A

Mistake proof a production process

MSACMT453A

Use six sigma techniques

*

MSACMT460A

Use planning software systems in manufacturing

*

MSACMT461A

Facilitate SCADA systems in manufacturing team or work area

*

MSACMT481A

Undertake proactive maintenance analyses

MSACMT482A

Assist in implementing a proactive maintenance strategy

MSACMT483A

Support proactive maintenance

MSAENV272B

Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices

MSAENV472B

Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

MSAPMSUP390A

Use structured problem solving tools

A maximum of eight relevant units may be selected from other qualifications in this Training Package, other endorsed Training Packages and accredited courses where those units are available at Certificate IV, Diploma or Advanced Diploma. 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.