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Create and maintain telecommunications production schedules
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who currently are, or will be, working in a
manufacturing environment and creating production schedules.
People assessed as competent in this unit standard are able to create
schedules for gathered information, and maintain schedules to ensure
production of telecommunications goods and services is by the agreed time.
Subfield
Telecommunications
Domain
Telecommunications - Provide Goods and Services
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 and
industry.
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
None.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Create production schedules.
Performance criteria
1.1
Production requirements are identified from customer orders and in-house
forecasts.
Range
1.2
Draft production schedule is determined from identified production
requirements, raw material stock levels, lead times, and manufacturing capacity.
Range
1.3
materials, code numbers, supplier's references, including supply
dates.
Anticipated constraints to production schedule are identified and contingencies
are developed, agreed, and implemented when required to optimise production
performance.
Range
1.6
management, head of production, sales and marketing, other
relevant parties affected by production schedule.
Requisitions for identified material requirements are received by authorised
purchasing personnel by the agreed time.
Range
1.5
includes material requirements, completion dates, and delivery
response times; labour, materials, machinery, time.
Draft production schedule is agreed with relevant authorised personnel prior to
development of master production schedule.
Range
1.4
products, volumes, quantities, delivery dates.
material shortages, outages, raw materials out of specification,
resources, power failures, delivery problems.
Master production schedule is current, accurate, complete and available to
authorised personnel by the agreed time.
Range
management, production staff.
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Element 2
Monitor and maintain production schedules.
Performance criteria
2.1
Variations to production schedules are identified and causes for variation are
recorded in the agreed format.
Range
delays, disruptions;
causes – material shortages, labour constraints, machinery
breakdown, human error, customer requirements or changes to
specifications, quantity or delivery.
2.2
Contingency plans for identified causes of variations are developed, agreed,
and implemented promptly.
2.3
Master production schedule is revised and includes supplementary material
requirements.
2.4
Purchase requisitions for supplementary materials are raised and received by
purchasing promptly.
2.5
Revised master production schedule is available to authorised personnel
promptly.
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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