Modification History
Release 1. Qualification code changed. Qualification description changed. Unit codes and titles updated. Packaging rules changed. Core units changed. Elective banks changed. Workplace outcome changed. Supersedes and is not equivalent to MSS40316 Certificate IV in Competitive Systems and Practices.
Qualification Description
This qualification applies to team leaders or others who are responsible for facilitating and monitoring the implementation of competitive systems and practices to improve efficiency in a team or work area and own work role. Individuals apply broad knowledge and analytical skills to facilitate change and improve efficiency.
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 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 each 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 or 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
- 3 core units
- 9 elective units, as specified below:
- at least 2 units from Group A
- at least 5 units from Group B
- the balance of 2 units may be selected in any combination from:
- Groups 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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MSS403003 |
Contribute to improvements in competitive systems and practices |
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MSS403012 |
Facilitate change in a competitive systems and practices environment |
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MSS403057 |
Map an operational process |
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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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MSS403008 |
Facilitate use of a Balanced Scorecard for performance improvement |
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MSS403014 |
Facilitate team engagement with competitive systems and practices |
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MSS403058 |
Facilitate breakthrough improvements |
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MSS403081 |
Ensure process improvements are sustained |
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MSS405018 |
Implement competitive systems and practices in a one-off or small batch environment |
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MSS405047 |
Undertake analysis of cost and waste in terms of customer value |
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MSS405078 |
Lead and manage people within competitive systems and practices |
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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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MSMENV472 |
Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices |
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MSMSUP390 |
Use structured problem-solving tools |
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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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MSS403059 |
Facilitate continuous improvement through the use of standardised procedures and practices |
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MSS404001 |
Lead Agile processes |
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MSS404051 |
Mistake proof a process |
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MSS404055 |
Use DMAIC techniques |
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MSS404056 |
Apply statistics to operational processes |
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MSS404062 |
Facilitate the use of planning software systems in a work area or team |
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MSS404063 |
Facilitate the use of SCADA systems in a team or work area |
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MSS404080 |
Undertake process capability improvements |
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MSS404088 |
Undertake proactive maintenance analyses |
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MSS404089 |
Assist in implementing a proactive maintenance strategy |
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MSS404090 |
Support proactive maintenance |
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MSS405039 |
Implement and optimise levelled pull system |
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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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MSMENV672 |
Develop workplace policy and procedures for environmental sustainability |
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MSMWHS200 |
Work safely |
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MSS402032 |
Interpret cost and waste in terms of customer value |
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MSS402084 |
Undertake root cause analysis |
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MSS403009 |
Facilitate implementation of competitive systems and practices in a service environment |
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MSS403026 |
Work within a constrained process |
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MSS403082 |
Improve cost factors in work practices |
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MSS405017 |
Develop business plans in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practices |
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MSS405028 |
Develop a communications strategy to support operations |
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MSS405056 |
Use three or six sigma processes to determine and improve process capability |
MSS404056 Apply statistics to operational processes |
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MSS405065 |
Develop the application of enterprise control systems in an organisation |
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MSS405066 |
Establish data collection and processing protocols |
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Qualification Mapping Information
No equivalent qualification.
Links
Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5b04f318-804f-4dc0-9463-c3fb9a3fe998
