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Demonstrate and apply knowledge of mechanical engineering
operations management
Level
6
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate and apply
knowledge of: principles of mechanical engineering operations management;
and strategies to assist mechanical engineering operations management.
Subfield
Mechanical Engineering
Domain
Applied Principles of Mechanical Engineering
Status
Registered
Status date
27 October 2005
Date version published
19 March 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Entry information
Recommended: Unit 21777, Apply knowledge of quality
and reliability for mechanical engineering production, or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Competenz
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0013
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
All activities must comply with: any policies, procedures, and requirements of the
organisations involved; the ethical codes and standards of relevant professional bodies;
and any relevant legislative and/or regulatory requirements which may include but are not
limited to the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent and
delegated legislation.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate and apply knowledge of principles of mechanical engineering operations
management.
Performance criteria
1.1
Principles of operations and productivity are described.
Range
1.2
Principles of work and method study are described and applied.
Range
1.3
functions and objectives, operation management tasks, operation
strategies, productivity measurement, productivity improvement.
charting and recording techniques, questioning and analysis
techniques, motion economy, workstation design and layout.
Principles of work measurement are described and applied.
Range
may include but is not limited to – activity sampling, estimating,
work distribution analysis, time study, standard times, incentive
schemes.
Element 2
Demonstrate and apply knowledge of strategies to assist mechanical engineering
operations management.
Performance criteria
2.1
Principles of process strategy and capacity planning are described and applied.
Range
2.2
Location strategies are described in terms of productivity requirements.
Range
2.3
process focus, repetitive focus, product focus, process analysis
and design, capacity, forecasting, decision trees, managing
demand, breakeven analysis, investment decisions.
objectives, criteria and driving factors, evaluation methods.
Layout strategies are described in terms of productivity requirements.
Range
layouts for – production, materials handling, workshop, office and
retail;
production layouts – fixed position or jobbing, process or batch,
flexible cells, product layouts.
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2.4
Materials handling strategies are described in terms of productivity
requirements.
Range
objectives, materials handling equipment, effects of workplace
layout.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Competenz info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the
content of this unit standard.
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