Modification History
Initial release
Description
The MSS30312 Certificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices specifies the competencies required to apply competitive systems and practices to one’s own work as well as, where required, to assist others to apply competitive systems and practices to their work.
This qualification provides a mixture of introductory and more advanced skills in competitive systems and practices. 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.
This qualification provides the skills needed to improve efficiency in a person’s own work role or the efficiency of a team or work area. It complements but does not duplicate qualifications supplying operational, production, maintenance, logistics, administration 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.
Job roles/employment outcomes
Job roles related to this qualification may be in small or large organisations and include individuals who must support, facilitate or lead the work of others, for example, team leaders, process or operational specialists in production, office, transport and logistics, members of project teams implementing competitive systems and practices, and other job roles which require similar skills. The qualification can also apply to tradespersons in a maintenance or production role.
Application
This qualification can apply to an individual applying competitive systems and practices to their own work or where a person has responsibility for facilitating the application of competitive systems and practices to a work area or to the work of a team. The team may be a permanent, formally designated team or be a project team implementing competitive systems and practices. For application to individual work the qualification provides the opportunity to gain a greater understanding and skill in competitive systems and practices than is available in the MSS20312 Certificate II in Competitive Systems and Practices qualification.
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 either direct entry or progression from the MSS20312 Certificate II in Competitive Systems and Practices.
Pathways from the qualification
Further training pathways from this qualification include the MSS40312 Certificate IV in Competitive Systems and Practices.
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 supply operational or technical skills that are used in conjunction with competitive systems and practices skills.
This qualification assumes that a learner has current or past work experience where operational or technical skills have already been gained and a supervisory, facilitation or similar level of responsibility exists. 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 MSS30312 Certificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices, competency must be achieved in ten (10) units of competency.
Note : Units with prerequisites are marked with an asterisk*. Prerequisite units must be counted in the total number of units required for completion of the qualification. |
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Core units of competency |
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Unit code |
Unit title |
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MSS403001A |
Implement competitive systems and practices |
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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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Group A |
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Unit code |
Unit title |
Prerequisites |
MSS403002A |
Ensure process improvements are sustained |
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MSS403005A |
Facilitate use of a Balanced Scorecard for performance improvement |
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MSS403006A |
Facilitate implementation of competitive systems and practices in an office |
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MSS403010A |
Facilitate change in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practices |
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MSS403011A |
Facilitate implementation of competitive systems and practices |
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MSS403013A |
Lead team culture improvement |
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Group B |
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Unit code |
Unit title |
Prerequisites |
MSS402030A |
Apply cost factors to work practices |
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MSS402052A |
Implement continuous improvements based on standardised work practices |
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MSS402080A |
Undertake root cause analysis |
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MSS403007A |
Map an office value stream |
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MSS403021A |
Facilitate a Just in Time system |
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MSS403023A |
Monitor a levelled pull system of operations |
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MSS403024A |
Work within a constrained process |
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MSS403030A |
Improve cost factors in work practices |
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MSS403032A |
Analyse manual handling processes |
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MSS403033A |
Map an operational process |
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MSS403034A |
Organise products into groups |
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MSS403035A |
Implement the visual workplace |
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MSS403039A |
Facilitate and improve 5S in an office |
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MSS403040A |
Facilitate and improve implementation of 5S |
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MSS403041A |
Facilitate breakthrough improvements |
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MSS403042A |
Facilitate mistake proofing in an office |
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MSS403043A |
Facilitate breakthrough improvements in an office |
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MSS403044A |
Facilitate continuous improvement through the use of standardised procedures and practices |
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MSS403051A |
Mistake proof an operational process |
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MSS403084A |
Improve changeovers |
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MSAENV472B |
Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices |
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MSAPMSUP390A |
Use structured problem solving tools |
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Group C |
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Unit code |
Unit title |
Prerequisites |
MSS402002A |
Sustain process improvements |
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MSS402010A |
Manage the impact of change on own work |
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MSS402020A |
Apply quick changeover procedures |
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MSS402021A |
Apply Just in Time procedures |
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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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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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MSS402081A |
Contribute to the application of a proactive maintenance strategy |
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A maximum of four (4) Group C units may be selected from other qualifications in this Training Package, other endorsed Training Packages and accredited courses where those units are available at Certificates III, IV or Diploma level. 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. |
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