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Obtain financial, physical, and human resources for
telecommunications projects, and programmes
Level
6
Credits
6
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who currently work, or intend to work, in jobs
which require securing and evaluating financial, physical, and human
resources for plans, projects, and programmes.
People assessed as competent in this unit standard are able to prepare
business cases, identify all specific requirements and present the plan to gain
approval, and negotiate with other stakeholders to engender support and
evaluate the approved resources.
Subfield
Telecommunications
Domain
Telecommunications - Management and Operational
Support
Status
Registered
Status date
28 July 1995
Date version published
25 January 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0003
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Underpinning skills and knowledge should be gained from relevant workplace
experience.
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General Range
Business cases: comprehensive proposals for plans, projects and programmes to
achieve investment opportunities;
Financial resources: e.g. site costs, salaries, wages, fees, travel, transport,
accommodation, tax, interest, purchase and or lease of material, plant, equipment,
maintenance;
Physical resources: e.g. offices, worksites, supplies, material, plant, equipment,
vehicles; includes quality specifications;
Human resources: e.g. staff numbers, competence standards, compliance with
company values, training, pay rates; availability of current workforce, recruitment
strategies; permanent and temporary staff.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify financial, physical, and human resources requirements for plans, projects, and
programmes.
Performance criteria
1.1
Desired outcomes of plans, projects, and programmes are identified within
agreed timeframes and recorded.
Range
1.2
products, services, company strategic goals (marketing, human
resources, financial, operational).
Reliable feasibility investigation reports on proposed plans, projects, and
programmes are completed within agreed timeframes.
Range
scope, timeframe, estimated financial, physical and human
resource requirements, technology current and new, potential
return on investment.
1.3
Financial resources required to achieve agreed outcomes are identified for each
phase of plans, projects, and programmes, and are accurate and complete and
recorded.
1.4
Potential sources of financing are identified, and negotiations with other
stakeholders maximise opportunities to secure financial resources.
Range
1.5
financing sources – internal, external (local or international);
negotiations – co-leasing, co-site, use of spare capacity, joint
operations;
stakeholders – suppliers, other project managers, complementary
businesses.
Physical and human resources required to achieve agreed outcomes are
identified for each phase of projects and programmes, and are accurate and
complete and recorded.
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1.6
Quality standards for completed outcomes are identified, are accurate and
complete, comply with company policy and identified external requirements, and
are recorded.
Range
1.7
external requirements – relevant standards bodies, legislation.
Identification of financial, physical, and human resource requirements is
comprehensive, accurate, and complete, and agreed by accountable senior
manager.
Element 2
Prepare business cases.
Performance criteria
2.1
Business cases for projects, plans, and programmes are prepared within agreed
timeframes and provide comprehensive, accurate, and complete information to
allow investment decisions to be made promptly.
Range
financial, physical and human requirements, workforce
requirements over time, required contracts, cost-benefit analysis,
return on investment.
2.2
Cost-benefit analysis of agreed financial, physical, and human resource
requirements is included in prepared business cases, and is accurate,
complete, and complies with required return on investment and company policy.
2.3
Support for business case proposal is engendered through consultation with
workforce and key contributors, and innovative options for achieving agreed
outcomes within desired budget and timeframes are identified.
Range
2.4
Potential constraints to completion of plans, projects, and programmes within
agreed timeframes and budgets are identified and contingencies are defined.
Range
2.5
key contributors – end-users, approved suppliers, consultants;
options – materials, processes, technology.
physical safety, legal, financial, workforce.
Documentation relating to preparation of business cases is accurate, complete,
and is filed in the correct place by the agreed time.
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Element 3
Secure financial, physical, and human resources for plans, projects, and programmes.
Performance criteria
3.1
Financial, physical, and human resources required over the life of plans,
projects, and programmes are secured within agreed timeframes and in
compliance with agreed business case plans.
3.2
Funding for plans, projects, and programmes is identified, agreed, and secured
in compliance with policy and legal requirements, and are signed by authorised
representatives of the contracting companies in agreed timeframes.
3.3
Agreed internal financial resources for plans, projects, and programmes are
authorised by accountable managers and allocated within agreed timeframes.
3.4
Accounting systems for expenditure are established prior to commencement of
plans, projects, and programmes.
Range
3.5
Physical and human resources are available in the correct place when required,
are fit for use, and comply with agreed specifications.
Range
3.6
Chart of Accounts, billing system, stock control.
people, plant, equipment, raw materials, purchase, lease,
reallocate capacity, transport.
Contracts for required human and physical resources are offered and agreed
prior to commencement of plan, projects, and programmes.
Element 4
Evaluate financial, physical, and human resources for plans, projects, and programmes.
Performance criteria
4.1
Project development is evaluated at agreed intervals for cost-effective use of
financial, physical, and human resources, and corrective action is taken in a
timeframe to maximise advantage to company.
4.2
Strengths and weaknesses of resources procurement are identified, and
suggestions for future improvement are received by authorised persons
promptly.
Range
4.3
authorised persons – manager with budget accountability, relevant
finance, human resources and operations personnel.
Financial structure of plans, projects, and programmes is reviewed at agreed
intervals, and corrective action is taken in a timeframe to maximise advantage
to the company.
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Range
4.4
revenue sources, return on investment, interest, debt/equity
gearing.
Workforce is evaluated for compliance with identified human resource
requirements, and corrective action is taken in a timeframe to maximise
advantage to the company.
Range
corrective action – competence development, training, job rotation,
release, recruitment.
4.5
Physical resources are evaluated at agreed intervals for compliance with
identified requirements, and corrective action is taken in a timeframe to
maximise advantage to the company.
4.6
Contractors meet agreed quality standards for procedures and material.
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 the ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation
reviewcomments@etito.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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