Unit of competency Outline

Date retreived
23/07/2026 12:53 AM AWST

Whilst all efforts are made to provide accurate and timely information from the relevant source/documentation, please be aware that the information supplied may not be the most current version. The accuracy of the detail has not been confirmed by the Department and therefore should not be relied upon without first confirming the contents.

Plan and manage materials supply for an engineering project or manufacturing operation

Plan and manage materials supply for an engineering project or manufacturing operation

Unit of competency
National Code
MEM234027
State Code
OEU23
TGA Status
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
19/12/2022
View on TGA
State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
19/04/2023
Field of Education
030101 - Manufacturing Engineering
Original Release Date
19/04/2023
Nominal Hours
36
Description
This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to plan and manage all aspects of the supply of materials to an engineering project or manufacturing operation. This includes managing supplier identification and negotiations, purchasing and scheduling, including the interpretation of client, design, marketing, sales and production requirements to enable matching to available resources, budgets, workforce and contractors. It also includes the control of processes, physical resources, workforce skills and resources to enable the use of assets within budget requirements.This unit applies to people who require significant engineering skills and knowledge. Typical applications would include situations that involve:many material inputs, major assembly lines or manufacturing cells such as whitegoods and vehicle manufacturingheavy and light fabrication involving significant use of materialrequirements to either determine, select or interpret technical specifications and standards for purchasing, scheduling and production planning.The unit can support technical support training where the planning, scheduling and purchasing is done in an engineering or manufacturing organisation following lean principles. In this situation it is recommended that the unit be co-delivered with the appropriate competitive systems and practices units from the MSS Sustainability Training Package.Individuals completing this work either already have or are developing skills and experience in personal and digital communication, self-directed and group activities, planning and scheduling, performance analysis, process control and improvement, along with an understanding of technology, skills and techniques, and quality aspects of operations.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Identify and verify production or fabrication requirements
  • 1.1 Identify parameters, context and objectives of project or operation
  • 1.2 Verify that key stakeholders, labour and skills distribution, information and reporting channels and operational procedures are appropriate for project or operation objectives
  • 1.3 Review operations planning and management and confirm compatible scheduling, purchasing and production control measures
  • 1.4 Confirm reporting and technical support arrangements
  • 1.5 Verify facilities, services, plant, tooling and software, process layout and use of automation are appropriate to product manufacturability
  • 1.6 Confirm that compliance requirements of work health and safety (WHS) regulations, codes of practice, standards, risk assessment and registration requirements for manufacturing plant are observed
2. Develop the production or project plan
  • 2.1 Participate in development of demand forecast
  • 2.2 Prepare production or project plan in consultation with relevant stakeholders to meet quality, demand and delivery timelines within capacity and budget constraints
  • 2.3 Manage preparation of purchasing schedules based on scope of project or operation
  • 2.4 Manage or assist in preparation of production schedules within scope of own job role
  • 2.5 Develop contingency arrangements suited to production parameters
  • 2.6 Review final proposals with relevant stakeholders
  • 2.7 Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) for materials supply
3. Implement the plan
  • 3.1 Delegate responsibilities for purchasing and detailed scheduling and communicate priorities and key performance indicators (KPIs)
  • 3.2 Manage materials and product flow and transfer operations, buffer and emergency stocks, warehousing, stores and logistics
  • 3.3 Coordinate quality and process control procedures
  • 3.4 Coordinate and monitor physical, human and financial resources and budget to achieve production plan
  • 3.5 Communicate and maintain information and reporting procedures, and participate, cooperate and negotiate with relevant stakeholders
  • 3.6 Co-ordinate continuous improvement, problem-solving and decision-making, address systems constraints and contingencies, adjust short-term planning and reschedule, as necessary
4. Monitor operational performance
  • 4.1 Review actual materials supply against key performance indicators (KPIs)
  • 4.2 Contribute to review of manufacturing operations against plan and other key performance indicators (KPIs)
  • 4.3 Participate in continuous improvement procedures implemented in the organisation
  • 4.4 Review options and implementation of software options including enterprise resource planning (ERP), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and spreadsheets
  • 4.5 Contribute to risk management procedures and system maintenance in accordance with organisational procedures
  • 4.6 Report progress against plan in accordance with organisational procedures
  • 4.7 Provide required documentation, data entry and analysis
No information
No information
Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
S8122 MEM234027A Plan and manage materials supply for an engineering project or manufacturing operation Unit of competency