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Title
Lead the development of a new product for a competitive
manufacturing organisation
Level
7
Purpose
Credits
20
This standard comprises this cover sheet and Australian unit of
competency MCMT675A.
People credited with this standard are able to confirm design
brief of new product in consultation with relevant people;
determine material requirements for product; determine
process requirements for product; and ensure process needs
for new product have been met in a competitive manufacturing
organisation.
Classification
Manufacturing Skills > Competitive Manufacturing
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Recommended: Unit 24784, Apply statistics to processes
manufacturing for a competitive manufacturing organisation; or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Australian Qualifications Framework Details
Unit of Competency Code
MCMT675A
Unit of Competency Name
Facilitate the development of a new product
Developer
Manufacturing Skills Australia (MSA)
Explanatory notes
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The Australian unit of competency can be accessed using this link: MCMT675A
Facilitate the development of a new product. The MCM04 Competitive
Manufacturing Training Package can be downloaded from the National Training
Information Service. This standard has been registered on New Zealand's National
Qualifications Framework (NQF) as part of the Mutual Recognition of Vocational
Education and Training Qualifications between Australia and New Zealand, and has
been endorsed by the Competitive Manufacturing Consortium in New Zealand,
established by the Forest Industries Training and Education Council (FITEC).
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Memorandum of Understanding
Manufacturing Skills Australia (MSA) acts as the secretariat for the Competitive
Manufacturing Initiative (CMI). CMI is a collaborative response from Australia’s
Manufacturing Industries Training Advisory Bodies (ITABs),who are the developers of
the CMI Training Package. A memorandum of understanding has been established
between FITEC, on behalf of the Competitive Manufacturing Consortium in New
Zealand, and MSA. The memorandum of understanding outlines the agreement
between FITEC and MSA on moderation in New Zealand, the accreditation of
providers in New Zealand, and the provision for participation of the New Zealand
industry in the review of this competency standard in the future. Further information
relating to accreditation and moderation of this standard is outlined in AMAP 0188.
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All workplace practices must meet recognised codes of practice and documented
workplace health, safety, and environmental procedures (where these exceed the
code) for personal, product, workplace health, safety, and environmental matters and
the obligations required under current legislation, including the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991, and their subsequent
amendments.
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Definition
Competitive manufacturing is used to describe a range of systematic manufacturing
practice concepts and approaches. It covers but is not limited to: lean
manufacturing; agile manufacturing; monitoring and data gathering systems, such as
Systems Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software, Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) systems, Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), and proprietary
systems, such as SAP; statistical process control systems, such as six sigma and
three sigma; just in time, kanban, and other pull-related manufacturing control
systems; supply, value, and demand chain monitoring and analysis; and other
continuous improvement systems.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
18 July 2008
31 December 2018
Review
2
21 January 2016
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0013
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
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Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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