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Level 5
Credits 20
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe organisation resources for optimum production capability and capacity; evaluate and confirm availability of organisation production resources against market requirements; confirm key elements of production planning and scheduling; and undertake analysis of production plans and identify opportunities for improvement.
Subfield Wood Manufacturing - Generic Skills
Domain
Status
Status date
Date version published
Wood Manufacturing Coordination
Registered
18 December 2006
18 December 2006
Planned review date
Entry information
31 December 2011
Open.
Accreditation Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB) Competenz
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0173
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1 Definition
Worksite documentation refers to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
(including the application of legislation to worksite situations) which are formally documented, and are available for reference at the worksite. Examples are standard operating procedures, specifications, manuals, and manufacturer's information.
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2 The following apply to the performance of all elements of this unit standard: a All work practices must meet recognised codes of practice and documented worksite health and safety and environmental procedures (where these exceed the code) for personal, product and worksite health and safety, and must meet the obligations required under current legislation, including the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, the Resource Management Act 1991, and their subsequent amendments. b All work practices must meet documented worksite operating procedures. This includes the recording (by electronic or non-electronic means) of activities, events, and decisions. c All evidence of communications gathered in relation to this unit standard must be in accordance with worksite procedures for content, recipient, timing and method.
Element 1
Describe organisation resources for optimum production capability and capacity.
Performance criteria
1.1 Minimum staffing, expertise requirements and essential services are described for each workstation.
1.2 Capability and capacity of fixed/mobile plant or equipment are described.
Range includes but is not limited to – set-up and processing schedules, product requirements, turn around timetables, optimum processing, workflow relationships, materials handling factors.
1.3 Minimum operating stock inventory and storage requirements at each workstation are described for each product.
1.4
Element 2
Minimum operating equipment and materials requirements over a variety of product runs are described.
Evaluate and confirm availability of organisation production resources against market requirements.
Performance criteria
2.1 Available staff resource over the production period is evaluated and confirmed.
Range includes but is not limited to
– staff availability and capability, back-up, special authorisation/approval.
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2.2 Available plant, machine and equipment capacities are evaluated and confirmed.
Range includes but is not limited to
– operating status/constraints, availability timetable, normal production outputs, production timetable allowances.
2.3 Production stock inventory requirement at each workstation over the production period is confirmed.
Range includes but is not limited to
– current committed and uncommitted stock levels and condition status, production stock, stock in process, buffer stocks, stock storage requirements and availability, stock rotation.
2.4
3.2
Minimum operating equipment and materials at each workstation are confirmed to meet production and customer requirements.
2.5 Production contingency plans are prepared.
3.1
Range includes but is not limited to
– staff back-up, breakdowns, essential maintenance, material shortages, replacement sources and timetables, contingency options.
Element 3
Confirm key elements of production planning and scheduling.
Performance criteria
Purpose of a production plan is explained in terms of balancing market requirements, organisation resources and profitability.
Key considerations required of customer order sequencing are described in accordance with worksite documentation.
Range includes but is not limited to – prioritisation factors, product commonality, product processing mixes, batching economics, order profit margins, customer information and response, production lead times, workload spread, over-commitment influences.
3.3 Key elements of production scheduling are described in accordance with worksite documentation.
Range includes but is not limited to – prioritisation requirements, downtime, material availability, time utilisation, workload fluctuations, balanced workloads and optimum workflows.
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3.4 Considerations necessary for balancing resources and customer needs in a production plan are described.
Range customer orders, prioritisation, resource availability, costs.
3.5 Production schedules are planned and coordinated to optimise machine capability, capacity and output productivity.
3.6 The cost effectiveness of accepting a customer order is evaluated.
Element 4
Undertake analysis of production plans and identify opportunities for improvement.
Performance criteria
4.1 Achievements and shortfalls against target are identified, evaluated, and corrective action identified.
Range includes but is not limited to – manufacturing costs, breakdowns, out-of-specification product, staff factors, customer satisfaction, product returns, inventory management.
4.2 Continuous improvement opportunities are identified and evaluated.
Range includes but is not limited to people – staff training and development programmes, performance measures and standards, job descriptions, time management, suggested opportunities; systems – standard operating procedures, maintenance schedules, multi-purpose production log books, production schedule, workflow design, inventory management; plant – replacement, modification; management
– development of organisation culture, leadership, motivation, cost interpretation and control, productivity increases, self-development.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 the Qualifications Authority 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.
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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 Competenz at info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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