Modification History
New unit, superseding MSACMT620A Develop quick changeover procedures - Equivalent
Unit Descriptor
This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to develop/improve changeovers for equipment, processes or operations. It includes critically analysing existing changeovers, applying quick changeover principles, and developing improved changeover procedures.
Application of the Unit
This unit applies to managers, technical specialists or similar in an organisation that has adopted or is adopting a quick changeover approach to its changeovers. The changeovers may be to equipment, processes or operations. This unit applies to the structured development and/or improvement of the changeover procedures.
This unit requires the application of skills associated with communication, problem solving, initiative, enterprise, planning and organising in order to analyse and determine changeover procedures. This unit also requires aspects of self-management and learning to ensure feedback and new learning is integrated into the development of procedures.
Licensing/Regulatory Information
Not applicable.
Pre-Requisites
Not applicable.
Employability Skills Information
This unit contains employability skills.
Elements and Performance Criteria Pre-Content
Elements describe the essential outcomes of a unit of competency. |
Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the required skills and knowledge section and the range statement. Assessment of performance is to be consistent with the evidence guide. |
Elements and Performance Criteria
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Analyse changeover |
1.1 |
Critically observe changeover process |
1.2 |
Identify steps in changeover |
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1.3 |
Identify start situation and required finish situation for changeover |
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Apply quick changeover principles |
2.1 |
Identify changes to the start situation and required finish situation which are possible |
2.2 |
Identify internal and external changeover activities |
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2.3 |
Identify activities which could be improved/eliminated |
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2.4 |
Eliminate/reduce adjustments required after changeover |
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2.5 |
Develop improved changeover process and recommendations for implementation procedure |
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2.6 |
Liaise with relevant people to validate recommendations |
3 |
Assess and minimise risks in changeover |
3.1 |
Analyse hazards and risks from all steps in changeover |
3.2 |
Apply ergonomic principles and hierarchy of control to each equipment and manual hazard |
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3.3 |
Assess any regulatory risk in changeover |
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3.4 |
Minimise hazards during changeover ensuring final risk profile is acceptable |
4 |
Implement improved changeover |
4.1 |
Acquire any required resources and approvals |
4.2 |
Organise trials of improved changeover |
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4.3 |
Monitor trial |
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4.4 |
Make adjustments to changeover process |
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4.5 |
Implement improved changeover process |
Required Skills and Knowledge
This section describes the skills and knowledge required for this unit. |
Required skills |
Required skills include:
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Required knowledge |
Required knowledge includes:
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Evidence Guide
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package. |
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Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit |
A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to provide evidence of their ability to:
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Context of and specific resources for assessment |
Assessment of performance must be undertaken in a workplace using or implementing one or more competitive systems and practices. Access may be required to:
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Method of assessment |
A holistic approach should be taken to the assessment. Competence in this unit may be assessed by using a combination of the following to generate evidence:
In all cases it is expected that practical assessment will be combined with targeted questioning to assess underpinning knowledge. Where applicable, reasonable adjustment must be made to work environments and training situations to accommodate ethnicity, age, gender, demographics and disability. |
Guidance information for assessment |
Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and appropriate to the oracy, language and literacy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed. |
Range Statement
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
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Competitive systems and practices |
Competitive systems and practices may include, but are not limited to:
Competitive systems and practices should be interpreted so as to take into account:
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Changeover |
Changeover may refer to:
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Quick changeover |
Quick changeovers may be known by a number of alternative titles depending on the industry sector. In manufacturing quick changeovers may be referred to as:
While the term die is the traditional term, organisations that require changeovers using other equipment are also covered by this unit. This unit may not be applicable to a totally continuous operation producing only the one product, or simultaneous range of products. This is not applicable to a maintenance/pressure vessel inspection (PVI) shutdown as experienced by the continuous process manufacturers. However, where there are continuous operations on a campaign basis, it may be applied to the development of changeover procedures between campaigns or similar changeovers |
Set-up work |
Set-up time is the work required to change over a machine or process from one item or operation to the next item or operation. It can be divided into two types:
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Principles |
The principles of quick changeover include:
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Improved/eliminated |
Activities which should be improved/eliminated include:
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Hazards and risks |
Hazards and risks include those related to:
An acceptable risk profile for changeovers is one which, at the minimum, meets regulatory and organisation requirements and does not increase the current risk profile |
Procedures |
Procedures may include:
Procedures may be:
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Unit Sector(s)
Unit sector |
Competitive systems and practices |
Custom Content Section
Not applicable.