Not applicable.

Not applicable.

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Industry/enterprise requirements for this qualification include: 

Communication

• Manage implementation of production improvement procedures and develop and distribute related information
• Develop standardised documentation on behalf of an area or group of work teams
• Share and discuss information with others about enterprise activities
• Develop and communicate workplace procedures
• Provide information and clarifications to team leaders and other employees on workplace procedures in relation to production
• Provide and interpret instructions, specifications, standard operating procedures and other work-related documents
• Provide assistance or information to relevant personnel
• Debrief on workplace changes with relevant stakeholders
• Record production, emissions and other work-related information
• Access and use workplace communication tools and equipment
• Apply numeracy skills to work procedures
• Provide information about team activities to managers, supervisors and customers

Teamwork

• Identify roles of work teams where teamwork is used as the form of work organisation
• Supervise and lead others in a production environment
• Share work-related information with peers, including team members, supervisors and management
• Identify hazards to employees and visitors
• Identify the value chain and advise other employees as to how they can contribute to the final quality of the product
• Review changes to work practices and work relationships with team leaders and other employees
• Provide assistance with planning work operations, as required
• Seek assistance with work operations from specialists and other employees, as required
• Participate in multidisciplinary teams, as required

Problem-solving

• Monitor production and maintenance activities
• Analyse inconsistencies, non-compliances, faults or hazards
• Identify factors within work area that are a constraint to work efficiency or reaching of production outcomes
• Identify essential and non-essential practices
• Implement methods of increasing features/benefits of products or processes
• Monitor responsibilities of teams and make improvements to work organisation
• Identify process steps which cause a problem and implement improvement processes
• Monitor production performance and implement improvement processes
• Compare shift or area required performance with actual performance
• Identify situations where compliance to specifications or safety standards is unlikely
• Identify, recommend and implement improvements
• Identify causes of identified faults and take appropriate action
• Investigate causes of deviations from targets and standards in relation to production
• Undertake root cause analysis

Initiative and enterprise

• Manage procedures and systems for optimum outcomes
• Analyse feedback on procedures and systems
• Analyse problems, implications or suggestions for improvements
• Adjust work activities according to changes in customer requirements
• Identify methods of increasing contribution of work teams to production
• Identify and implement changes and improvements
• Monitor processes and equipment to ensure cost efficiency
• Implement and monitor work practices to reduce waste
• Participate in multidisciplinary teams to develop new products or processes

Planning and organising

• Ensure work areas comply with sustainability obligations and requirements
• Identify and manage processes, tools and materials
• Implement improvements in accordance with procedures
• Distinguish between essential and non-essential practices
• Implement use of planning tools within work of teams
• Determine and prioritise required actions
• Collect, organise and analyse information from work activities
• Monitor work activities according to safety and workplace standards
• Set production targets and outcomes
• Interpret data and information as required by own job
• Ask questions to ensure there is understanding of work requirements in teams and among other employees

Self-management

• Recommend methods of increasing own contribution to the value chain
• Adjust work processes according to procedures and customer requirements
• Identify and manage impact of change in own work
• Minimise waste in own work activity
• Assess own work performance
• Set personal objectives for work performance
• Manage own time

Learning

• Identify skill requirements of self and team members
• Arrange skill development training for self and others
• Adapt to changing work requirements
• Ask questions to aid learning of others
• Identify personal skill gaps and additional skill needs
• Ask questions to ensure understanding of own work requirements
• Monitor own work and identify areas for improvement
• Seek feedback on work performance
• Provide feedback on work performance to team leaders and team members

Technology

• Monitor technology to ensure production according to legislative requirements and workplace standards
• Identify equipment and processes appropriate for jobs and skill levels of employees
• Provide appropriate equipment to ensure safety and efficiency according to skill levels of employees
• Assess operational efficiency of technology within own skill level and that of team members
• Analyse data and other information from equipment reports
• Conduct failure mode effects analyses
• Use information technology appropriate for job
• Manage maintenance procedures appropriate to job and processes according to skill levels of team members

This qualification provides the skills and knowledge required to plan, direct and coordinate production activities in a manufacturing environment. The qualification has been developed with the process manufacturing sector as a focus. It may also be applied to other organisations in the 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. The qualification may also be achieved through recognition processes.

Job roles/employment outcomes 

The MSA50311 Diploma of Production Management specifies the competencies required for employment in job roles related to assisting organisations to improve production.

Employment outcomes related to this qualification may include roles such as a production or operations manager.

Application 

This qualification provides skills that can be applied to the design and control of production systems within an organisation, including:

• planning and scheduling
• tracking and analysing
• directing and operating.

• Diploma of Management
• Certificate III in Work Health and Safety