Modification History
Release 1. Qualification code changed. Qualification description changed. Unit codes and titles updated. Packaging rules changed. Core units changed. Elective banks changed. Supersedes and is not equivalent to MSS30316 Certificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices.
Qualification Description
This qualification applies to individuals who apply competitive systems and practices to their own work, contribute to identifying improvements and, where required, assist others to apply competitive systems and practices to their work.
This qualification provides a mixture of fundamental and more advanced skills in competitive systems and practices. It can also provide skills in guiding and assisting others in the competitive systems and practices environment.
This qualification complements but does not duplicate qualifications which cover the specific operational or technical skills required in an industry or job role. The qualification is an add-on, or overlay, for a person who has existing skills in their work for example in production, logistics, administration, healthcare, maintenance, financial services, warehousing, agribusinesses or other industries or job roles.
Where the person does not hold those skills the appropriate qualifications from other Training Packages should be considered.
The qualification is not suitable for direct entry from school.
The qualification assumes that the person has current or past work experience where operational or technical skills have already been gained with sufficient expertise to enable them to take some facilitation, guidance or similar responsibility for team members.
The skills in this qualification may be known under a variety of titles and use of these titles can be confusing. Some titles refer to manufacturing, which is the origin of many competitive systems and practices. Other titles refer to specific techniques and still others to approaches which apply a range of their own techniques and techniques adapted from other approaches. The titles may also reference other, for example, lean manufacturing, lean six sigma, lean operations, agile project management and so on. These terms have changed over time and the practices are now being applied across a wide variety of industries.
Therefore ‘Competitive Systems and Practices’ is not an approach or system in its own right. It is a broad collective term intended to encompass the flexible application of various tools, techniques, systems and approaches that have synergies around continuous improvement, efficiency, business improvement and similar goals.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Entry Requirements
Nil.
Packaging Rules
Total number of units = 12
- four (4) core units of competency
- eight (8) elective units of competency, as specified below:
- at least two (2) unit of competency from Group A
- at least three (3) units of competency from Group B
- the balance of three (3) elective units of competency may be selected in any combination from:
- Group A, B or C
- any endorsed Training Package qualification or accredited course at Certificate III, IV or Diploma level.
All electives chosen must contribute to a valid, industry-supported vocational outcome.
Note: Prerequisite units must be counted in the total number of units required for achievement of the qualification. Refer to individual units for details.
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Core Units |
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Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Prerequisites |
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MSMWHS200 |
Work safely |
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MSS402003 |
Apply competitive systems and practices |
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MSS402084 |
Undertake root cause analysis |
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MSS403003 |
Contribute to improvements in competitive systems and practices |
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Group A
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Elective Units |
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Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Prerequisites |
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MSS402004 |
Sustain process improvements |
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MSS402011 |
Manage the impact of change on own work |
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MSS402032 |
Interpret cost and waste in terms of customer value |
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MSS402055 |
Apply quality standards |
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MSS402057 |
Participate in breakthrough improvements |
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MSS403009 |
Facilitate implementation of competitive systems and practices in a service environment |
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Group B
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Elective Units |
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Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Prerequisites |
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MSS402022 |
Apply quick changeover procedures |
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MSS402023 |
Apply Just in Time procedures |
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MSS402042 |
Apply 5S procedures |
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MSS402054 |
Monitor process capability |
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MSS402056 |
Apply and improve standardised work practices |
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MSS402062 |
Use SCADA systems in operations |
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MSS402085 |
Contribute to the application of a proactive maintenance strategy |
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MSS402086 |
Use planning software systems in operations |
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MSS402087 |
Apply cost factors to work practices |
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MSS403004 |
Contribute to Agile work practices |
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MSS403025 |
Monitor a levelled pull system of operations |
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MSS403026 |
Work within a constrained process |
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MSS403031 |
Analyse and improve manual handling processes |
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MSS403057 |
Map an operational process |
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MSS403080 |
Improve changeovers |
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MSS403082 |
Improve cost factors in work practices |
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Group C
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Elective Units |
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Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Prerequisites |
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MSMENV472 |
Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices |
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MSMSUP390 |
Use structured problem solving tools |
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MSS403014 |
Facilitate team engagement with competitive systems and practices |
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MSS403022 |
Facilitate a Just in Time system |
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MSS403036 |
Identify product groups to inform improvement priorities |
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MSS403037 |
Implement the visual workplace |
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MSS403045 |
Facilitate and improve 5S |
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MSS403056 |
Map an internal value stream |
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MSS403058 |
Facilitate breakthrough improvements |
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MSS404051 |
Mistake proof a process |
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Qualification Mapping Information
Release 1. Supersedes and is not equivalent to MSS30316 Certificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices
Links
The MSS Sustainability Companion Volume Implementation Guides are available from VETNet: - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5b04f318-804f-4dc0-9463-c3fb9a3fe998
