Diploma of Competitive Systems and Practices - MSS50312

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Description

The MSS50312 Diploma of Competitive Systems and Practices specifies the competencies required by managers, technical specialists or those in similar job roles that are responsible for the implementation of competitive systems and practices in an organisation.

This qualification provides the skills and knowledge required by a manager or technical specialist to determine and supervise the strategy for implementing competitive systems and practices in an organisation and the organisation’s value chain. The qualification packaging has been developed on an assumption that competency will be developed through a combination of on and off-the-job learning strategies.

This qualification provides the skills needed to improve efficiency in an organisation through the implementation of competitive systems and practices. It complements but does not duplicate qualifications supplying operational, production, maintenance, logistics 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.

Job roles/employment outcomes

The main target job roles related to this qualification are:

people with operating responsibility for a whole area, site or organisation who are managing the implementation of competitive systems and practices

technicians and other specialists providing high-level support and supervision of the implementation of competitive systems and practices across an organisation or site.

The target job roles may be in small or large organisations in production or operations, office maintenance, transport and logistics, and other job roles requiring the skills delivered by completing the qualification.

Application

The primary application of this qualification is where an individual has responsibility for determining, implementing and managing the implementation of competitive systems and practices across an organisation. Responsibilities may also include liaison with the organisation’s value chain on implementing and measuring the performance of competitive systems and practices.

This qualification provides competitive systems and practices skills that can be applied in the following organisations and environments:

manufacturing enterprises

mining and service organisations

office environments

organisations in a manufacturing value chain, such as:

suppliers

customers

distributors, warehouses, transport suppliers and other logistics support organisations

professional service suppliers, for example, legal, engineering, accounting, auditing, and education and training suppliers that may be assisting other organisations in implementing competitive systems and practices

other organisations implementing competitive systems and practices, for example, Government Departments, healthcare providers, transport organisations, and so on.

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Student Outcomes

Students who graduate from VET courses are surveyed approximately 6 months after they have completed their training. For more information on the statistics provided in this section, including the different levels (course, field of education, all fields of education) of data available please select the Learn more button below.

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Satisfied with Training

Percentage of graduates in the Engineering and Related Technologies field who were satisfied with the training (Diploma).

Improved Work Status

Percentage of graduates in the Engineering and Related Technologies field who started/expanded a business or who have a new job, more highly skilled work, a promotion or higher pay (Diploma).

Salary

The middle of the range of salaries earned by graduates in the Engineering and Related Technologies field starting their first ever full-time job after graduating (Diploma).

Jobs

Graduates of the Engineering and Related Technologies field (Diploma) are most often employed as:

32.2%

Technicians and Trades Workers

27.4%

Professionals

9.5%

Labourers

Industries

Graduates of the Engineering and Related Technologies field (Diploma) are most often employed in:

19.3%

Transport, Postal and Warehousing

13.4%

Mining

12%

Manufacturing

All statistics are supplied by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research.

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Units & Packaging

To be awarded the MSS50312 Diploma of Competitive Systems and Practices, competency must be achieved in twenty (20) units of competency. three (3) core units of competency a minimum of three (3) units of competency from the Group A electives listed below a minimum of five (5) units of competency from the Group B electives listed below the balance of nine (9) elective units of competency may be selected in any combination from Group A, Group B and Group C (a maximum of two (2) of these units may be chosen from units with the code sequence MSS402...). Note: Units with prerequisite requirements are marked with an asterisk*. Prerequisite units must be counted in the total number of units required for completion of the qualification.

Core units of competency

Unit code	Unit title
MSS405001A	Develop competitive systems and practices for an organisation
MSS405013A	Facilitate holistic culture improvement in an organisation
MSAENV472B	Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

Elective units of competency

Group A

Unit code	Unit title	Prerequisites
MSS405002A	Analyse and map a value stream
MSS405003A	Manage a value stream
MSS405004A	Develop business plans in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practices
MSS405005A	Manage competitive systems and practices responding to individual and unique customer orders
MSS405006A	Develop a Balanced Scorecard
MSS405007A	Introduce competitive systems and practices to a small or medium enterprise
MSS405010A	Manage relationships with non-customer external organisations
MSS405011A	Manage people relationships
MSS405012A	Manage workplace learning
MSS405014A	Develop a communications strategy to support operations

Group B

Unit code	Unit title	Prerequisites
MSS404052A	Apply statistics to operational processes
MSS405020A	Develop quick changeover procedures
MSS405021A	Develop a Just in Time system
MSS405022A	Design a process layout
MSS405023A	Develop a levelled pull system for operations and processes
MSS405024A	Apply the theory of constraints
MSS405030A	Optimise cost of product or service
MSS405031A	Undertake value analysis of a product or process costs in terms of customer requirements
MSS405032A	Analyse cost implications of maintenance strategy
MSS405033A	Optimise office systems to deliver to customer demand
MSS405040A	Manage 5S system in an organisation
MSS405041A	Implement improvement systems in an organisation
MSS405050A	Determine and improve process capability	*
MSS405052A	Design an experiment	*
MSS405053A	Manage application of six sigma for process control and improvement	*
MSS405060A	Develop the application of enterprise control systems in an organisation
MSS405061A	Determine and establish information collection requirements and processes
MSS405062A	Develop a documentation control strategy for an organisation
MSS405070A	Develop and manage sustainable energy practices
MSS405075A	Facilitate the development of a new product	*
MSS405081A	Develop a proactive maintenance strategy
MSS405082A	Adapt a proactive maintenance strategy to the process operations sector	*
MSS405083A	Adapt a proactive maintenance strategy for a seasonal or cyclical business	*
MSAENV672B	Develop workplace policy and procedures for environmental sustainability

Group C

Unit code	Unit title	Prerequisites
MSS402010A	Manage the impact of change on own work
MSS402030A	Apply cost factors to work practices
MSS402031A	Interpret product costs in terms of customer requirements
MSS402080A	Undertake root cause analysis
MSS403001A	Implement competitive systems and practices
MSS403002A	Ensure process improvements are sustained
MSS403005A	Facilitate use of a Balanced Scorecard for performance improvement
MSS403006A	Facilitate implementation of competitive systems and practices in an office
MSS403007A	Map an office value stream
MSS403010A	Facilitate change in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practices
MSS403011A	Facilitate implementation of competitive systems and practices
MSS403013A	Lead team culture improvement
MSS403021A	Facilitate a Just in Time system
MSS403023A	Monitor a levelled pull system of operations
MSS403030A	Improve cost factors in work practices
MSS403032A	Analyse manual handling processes
MSS403033A	Map an operational process
MSS403034A	Organise products into groups
MSS403035A	Implement the visual workplace
MSS403039A	Facilitate and improve 5S in an office
MSS403040A	Facilitate and improve implementation of 5S
MSS403041A	Facilitate breakthrough improvements
MSS403042A	Facilitate mistake proofing in an office
MSS403043A	Facilitate breakthrough improvements in an office
MSS403044A	Facilitate continuous improvement through the use of standardised procedures and practices
MSS403051A	Mistake proof an operational process
MSS403084A	Improve changeovers
MSS404050A	Undertake process capability improvements	*
MSS404053A	Use six sigma techniques	*
MSS404060A	Facilitate the use of planning software systems in a work area or team
MSS404061A	Facilitate the use of SCADA systems in a team or work area
MSS404081A	Undertake proactive maintenance analyses
MSS404082A	Assist in implementing a proactive maintenance strategy
MSS404083A	Support proactive maintenance
MSS014003A	Optimise sustainability of a process or plant area
MSS014004A	Develop team strategies for more sustainable use of resources
MSS015002A	Develop strategies for more sustainable use of resources
MSS015015A	Evaluate sustainability impact of a process
MSS015004A	Design sustainable product or process
MSS024003A	Apply an understanding of environmental principles to a site
MSAPMSUP390A	Use structured problem solving tools
A maximum of eight (8) 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 Certificate IV, Diploma or Advanced 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

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