FWPCOR4203 Monitor quality and product care procedures

Release: 1

FWPCOR4203 Monitor quality and product care procedures

Modification History

Release	Comment
1	Replaces equivalent unit FPICOR4203B Monitor quality and product care procedures, which was first released with FPI11 Forest and Forest Products Training Package Version 2.2. This is the first release of this unit in the new standards format.

Application

This unit of competency describes the outcomes required to coordinate, monitor and control product care and supply.

Work is completed in a variety of work settings including a forest environment, forest products factory, any type of mill or timber treatment plant.

The unit applies to a wide range of roles across all industry sectors

No licensing, legislative, regulatory, or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Pre-requisite Unit

Nil

Unit Sector

Core

Elements and Performance Criteria

ELEMENTS	PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Elements describe the essential outcomes.	Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the range of conditions.
1. Coordinate quality system practices	1.1 Communicate quality standards, policies, procedures and quality assurance monitoring activities to production personnel. 1.2 Confirm understanding, encourage and support participation in quality practices. 1.3 Monitor operational activities to ensure policies and procedures are followed and quality standards are maintained. 1.4 Check product specifications and coordinate workplace compliance. 1.5 Record and report quality and product care outcomes for all monitoring processes.
2. Monitor and control product care	2.1 Coordinate visual inspection of product before processing or completion. 2.2 Plan product recovery to optimise resource value and minimise waste. 2.3 Plan potential of materials to provide highest value added return. 2.4 Monitor assessment of species, timber structure, features and characteristics and report in line with organisational procedures. 2.5 Monitor material grading and direct to best end use in line with industry standards. 2.6 Monitor machinery and equipment maintenance and adjust to minimise production waste. 2.7 Assess problems immediately and rectify to avoid repetition of lost product.
3. Control product supply quality	3.1 Assess products against quality and customer specifications. 3.2 Monitor and control product despatch processes to prevent and minimise damage. 3.3 Ensure products are supplied on time and to customer expectations.

Foundation Skills

This section describes those core and employment skills that are essential to performance and are not explicit in the performance criteria.
Numeracy skills to:	interpret complex numerical data in quality standards, product specifications and production reports relating to dimensions, volume and grades.
Oral communication skills to:	provide clear and unambiguous information about quality standards, policies, procedures and quality assurance monitoring activities to production personnel.
Reading skills to:	interpret familiar and detailed organisational policies and procedures and complex documents: quality standards quality system monitoring records
Writing skills to:	maintain accurate comprehensive quality system records produce detailed reports on performance against quality standards.
Initiative and enterprise skills to:	generate ideas for maximising resources and minimising waste.
Planning and organising skills to:	coordinate all aspects of the organisation’s quality system using specified quality standards to guide activities.
Problem-solving skills to:	identify deficiencies in production practices and implement timely responses to ensure quality outcomes and compliance with quality standards. monitor and assess production activities and rectify problems swiftly.
Self-management skills to:	critically, rationally and logically analyse production performance against quality standards.
Teamwork skills to:	take a lead role and work as part of a team to achieve compliance with quality standards.
Technology skills to:	optimise the capabilities of machinery and equipment use: a computer, keyboard and printer the system capabilities and functions of a word processing software to produce and file quality system documents.

Range of Conditions

Not Applicable

Unit Mapping Information

FPICOR4203B Monitor quality and product care procedures

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=0d96fe23-5747-4c01-9d6f-3509ff8d3d47