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Certificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices

Certificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices

Qualification
National Code:
MSS30316
State Code:
BCV1
TGA Status:
Replaced
DTWD Status:
Replaced
National Endorsed, State Implementation and Classification
Field of Education
0301 - Manufacturing Engineering And Technology
Original TGA Release Date
22/06/2016
Approved Date
08/08/2016
Stream of Study
Initial Vocational (3100 - 3600)
VET Act Classifier
B
Nominal Hours
370
Duration
1 Semester
Current Release Number
3.00
Current Release Date
25/06/2019
VET Act Conditions
Releases
Release Version Release Date TGA Status DTWD Status
3.00 25/06/2019 Current Approved
2.00 22/10/2018 Replaced Approved
1.00 22/06/2016 Replaced Approved
Description

The MSS30316 Certificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices specifies the competencies required to apply competitive systems and practices to one’s own work as well as, where required, to assist others to apply competitive systems and practices to their work.
This qualification provides a mixture of introductory and more advanced skills in competitive systems and practices.
This qualification provides the skills needed to improve efficiency in a person’s own work role or the efficiency of a team or work area. It complements but does not duplicate qualifications supplying operational, production, maintenance, logistics, administration or other technical skills to industry. Where these skills are required appropriate qualifications from other Training Packages should be considered.
The skills in this qualification are often known in industry under a variety of titles many of which relate to manufacturing which is the origin of many competitive systems and practices. The most common term is lean manufacturing. However, other names for some of the system skills and techniques include agile manufacturing, lean operations, six sigma, lean six sigma, and so on.
This qualification is not intended to supply operational or technical skills that are used in conjunction with competitive systems and practices skills.
This qualification assumes that a learner has current or past work experience where operational or technical skills have already been gained and a supervisory, facilitation or similar level of responsibility exists. The qualification is not suitable for direct entry from school.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

Schedule
Packaging Rules
To be awarded the MSS30316 Certificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices, competency must be achieved in ten (10) units of competency.
- three (3) core units of competency
- seven (7) elective units of competency, as specified below:
- a minimum of one (1) unit of competency from Group A
- a minimum of two (2) units of competency from Group B
- the balance of four (4) elective units of competency may be selected from:
- Group A, not previously selected
- Group B, not previously selected
- Group C units listed below.

A maximum of four (4) Group C units may be selected from other qualifications in this Training Package, other endorsed Training Packages and accredited courses where those units are available at Certificates III, IV or Diploma level. Units chosen should be relevant to the workplace and would normally be drawn from the appropriate sector Training Package, or possibly the Business Services Training Package.

Note: Units with prerequisites are marked with an asterisk*. Prerequisite units must be counted in the total number of units required for achievement of the qualification. Refer to individual units for details.
1. Core Units

All three (3) units must be completed.

State Code National Code Title Hours Type
AWC13 MSMENV272 Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices 20 Unit of competency
BAK38 MSS403001 Review competitive systems and practices 50 Unit of competency
AWC15 MSMWHS200 Work safely 26 Unit of competency
2. Elective Units - Group A

Seven (7) electives must be completed, with at least one (1) unit selected from the list below.
Please refer to the packaging rules for the full details of available options.

State Code National Code Title Hours Type
OAF92 MSS403085 Ensure process improvements are sustained 50 Unit of competency
BAK32 MSS403010 Facilitate change in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practices 50 Unit of competency
BAJ96 MSS405013 Facilitate holistic culture improvement in an organisation 60 Unit of competency
BAK33 MSS403011 Facilitate implementation of competitive systems and practices 40 Unit of competency
BAK35 MSS403006 Facilitate implementation or review of competitive systems and practices in an office 40 Unit of competency
BAK36 MSS403005 Facilitate use of a Balanced Scorecard for performance improvement 40 Unit of competency
3. Elective Units - Group B

Seven (7) electives must be completed, with at least two (2) units selected from the list below.
Please refer to the packaging rules for the full details of available options.

State Code National Code Title Hours Type
BAK26 MSS403032 Analyse manual handling processes 50 Unit of competency
OAF04 MSS402082 Apply cost factors to work practices 35 Unit of competency
BAK30 MSS403021 Facilitate a Just in Time system 50 Unit of competency
BAK22 MSS403039 Facilitate and improve 5S in an office 50 Unit of competency
BAK21 MSS403040 Facilitate and improve implementation of 5S 50 Unit of competency
OAS74 MSS403054 Facilitate breakthrough improvements 40 Unit of competency
BAK18 MSS403043 Facilitate breakthrough improvements in an office 40 Unit of competency
OAS83 MSS403055 Facilitate continuous improvement through the use of standardised procedures and practices 50 Unit of competency
BAK20 MSS403042 Facilitate mistake proofing in an office 40 Unit of competency
AWC68 MSMENV472 Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices 40 Unit of competency
BAK45 MSS402052 Implement continuous improvements based on standardised work practices 40 Unit of competency
BAK23 MSS403035 Implement the visual workplace 40 Unit of competency
BAK15 MSS403084 Improve changeovers 40 Unit of competency
OAF31 MSS403086 Improve cost factors in work practices 50 Unit of competency
OAS89 MSS403052 Map an office value stream 60 Unit of competency
OAS71 MSS403053 Map an operational process 60 Unit of competency
OAF26 MSS403087 Mistake proof an operational process 50 Unit of competency
BAK29 MSS403023 Monitor a levelled pull system of operations 50 Unit of competency
BAK24 MSS403034 Organise products into groups 20 Unit of competency
BAK40 MSS402080 Undertake root cause analysis 30 Unit of competency
AWC19 MSMSUP390 Use structured problem-solving tools 40 Unit of competency
BAK28 MSS403024 Work within a constrained process 30 Unit of competency
4. Elective Units - Group C

Up to four (4) units may be completed.
Please refer to the packaging rules for the full details of available options.

State Code National Code Title Hours Type
BAK47 MSS402041 Apply 5S in an office 30 Unit of competency
BAK48 MSS402040 Apply 5S procedures 30 Unit of competency
BAK51 MSS402021 Apply Just in Time procedures 30 Unit of competency
BAK44 MSS402051 Apply quality standards 30 Unit of competency
BAK52 MSS402020 Apply quick changeover procedures 30 Unit of competency
BAK39 MSS402081 Contribute to the application of a proactive maintenance strategy 30 Unit of competency
BAK50 MSS402031 Interpret product costs in terms of customer requirements 30 Unit of competency
BAK53 MSS402010 Manage the impact of change on own work 40 Unit of competency
BAK46 MSS402050 Monitor process capability 30 Unit of competency
BAK43 MSS402053 Participate in breakthrough improvements in an office 10 Unit of competency
BAK54 MSS402002 Sustain process improvements 40 Unit of competency
OAE95 MSS402083 Use planning software systems in operations 30 Unit of competency
BAK41 MSS402061 Use SCADA systems in operations 30 Unit of competency
Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
J129 MSS30312 Certificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices Qualification
Replaced By
State Code National Code Title Type
BIR6 MSS30322 Certificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices Qualification
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Entry Requirements

There are no entry requirements for this qualification.

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