Assessment Requirements for MSS014005 Apply proactive maintenance strategies to sustainability

Release: 1

Assessment Requirements for MSS014005 Apply proactive maintenance strategies to sustainability

Modification History

Release 1. Supersedes and is equivalent to MSS014005A Apply proactive maintenance strategies to sustainability.

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include the ability, for one or more work area, to:

identify key features of maintenance strategies, including breakdown maintenance, TPM, RCM and OEE

identify current maintenance strategies and practices in a work area

analyse work area maintenance strategies and practices for sustainability related implications

develop and implement sustainability improvements.

Knowledge Evidence

Must provide evidence that demonstrates knowledge relevant to their job role sufficient to fulfil their job role independently, including:

requirements of the proactive maintenance strategy being implemented

principles of operation of the equipment/plant

likely abilities of operations personnel with regard to inspections and servicing

maintenance procedures relevant to jobs, equipment and processes

methods of making/recommending improvements

environmental impacts of materials and energy used/emitted

environmental sensitivities of all areas impacted by the work/process area (and related areas where impact spreads beyond immediate area, e.g. by loss of containment)

root cause analysis and problem solving

mitigation strategies as relevant to work/process area

sustainability issues relevant to the work/process area.

Assessment Conditions

The unit should be assessed holistically and the judgement of competence shall be based on a holistic assessment of the evidence.

The collection of performance evidence is best done from a report and/or folio of evidence drawn from:

a single project which provides sufficient evidence of the requirements of all the elements and performance criteria

multiple smaller projects which together provide sufficient evidence of the requirements of all the elements and performance criteria.

A third party report, or similar, may be needed to testify to the work done by the individual, particularly when the project has been done as part of a project team.

Assessment should use a real project where a proactive maintenance strategy is applied to improve the sustainability outcomes in an operational workplace.

Knowledge evidence may be collected concurrently with performance evidence or through an independent process such as workbooks, written assessments or interviews (provided a record is kept).

Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.

Conditions for assessment must include access to all tools, equipment, materials and documentation required including relevant workplace procedures, product and manufacturing specifications associated with this unit.

Foundation skills are integral to competent performance of the unit and should not be assessed separately.

Assessors must satisfy the assessor competency requirements that are in place at the time of the assessment as set by the VET regulator.

The assessor must demonstrate both technical competency and currency.

Technical competence can be demonstrated through:

relevant VET or other qualification/Statement of Attainment AND/OR

relevant workplace experience

Currency can be demonstrated through:

performing the competency being assessed as part of current employment OR

having consulted with an organisation providing relevant environmental monitoring, management or technology services about performing the competency being assessed within the last twelve months.

Links

MSA Training Package Implementation Guides - http://mskills.org.au/training-packages/info/