MSA41108 - Certificate IV in Competitive Manufacturing
The Competitive Manufacturing units of competency are categorised into three groups:
- Systems units (MSACMS)
- Change/interpersonal units (MSACMC)
- Tools units (MSACMT)
The following table contains a summary of the employability skills for this qualification and should not be interpreted as definitive. This table should be interpreted in conjunction with the detailed requirements of each unit of competency packaged in this qualification. The outcomes described here are broad industry requirements that may vary depending on the packaging options.
Communication |
- Implement OH&S procedures and distribute related safety information
- Complete, access and interpret standardised documentation on behalf of self and other team members
- Share and discuss information with others about work activities
- Access and apply workplace procedures
- Provide information to team members about workplace procedures
- Read and interpret instructions, specifications, standard operating procedures and other work related documents
- Seek assistance or information from relevant personnel or supervisors
- Debrief on workplace changes with relevant stakeholders
- Record production or other work related information
- Access and use workplace communication tools and equipment
- Apply numeracy skills to work procedures
- Provide information about team activities to supervisors, managers and customers
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Teamwork |
- Identify roles of other work colleagues including formal team members where teamwork is used as the form of work organisation
- Lead others in a production environment
- Share production or work related information with peers including team members, supervisors and management
- Identify hazards to self and other team members
- Recognise the value chain and advise team members as to how they can contribute to the final quality of the product
- Review changes to work practices and work relationships with supervisors
- Provide assistance with work operations as required
- Seek assistance with work operations as required
- Participate in multidisciplinary teams as required
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Problem solving |
- Monitor workplace activities
- Report inconsistencies, non-compliances, faults or hazards
- Identify factors within team or work area that are a constraint to work efficiency or reaching of production outcomes
- Distinguish between essential and non-essential practices
- Implement methods of increasing features/benefits of products or processes
- Monitor jobs within team and make improvements to work organisation
- Note steps which cause a problem and implement improvement process
- Improve OH&S
- Compare required performance with actual performance
- Identify situations where compliance to specifications or safety standards is unlikely
- Recommend and implement improvements
- Distinguish between random and identifiable causes of work problems
- Identify causes of identified faults and take appropriate action
- Investigate causes of quality deviations
- Undertake root cause analysis
- Identify deviations and fault patterns
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Initiative and enterprise |
- Provide feedback on procedures and systems
- Analyse feedback on procedures and systems
- Analyse problems, implications or suggestions for improvements
- Adjust work activity according to changes in work requirements
- Take correct action and follow procedures
- Identify methods of increasing own and team contribution to the value chain
- Recommend changes and improvements
- Take action to make improvements
- Implement changes
- Monitor actions to ensure cost efficiency
- Implement 5 S procedures
- Implement work practices to reduce waste
- Participate in multidisciplinary teams to develop new products or processes
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Planning and organising |
- Plan own work and work of team to meet required standards
- Ensure the work area complies with OH&S procedures
- Organise processes, tools and materials
- Implement improvements in accordance with procedures
- Monitor and adjust production/process
- Distinguish between essential and non-essential practices
- Set the workplace in order
- Implement use of planning tools within work of team
- Implement 5 S procedures
- Determine and prioritise required actions
- Collect, organise and analyse information from work activity
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Self management |
- Conduct all work activities according to safety and workplace standards
- Implement and maintain housekeeping standards
- Achieve production outcomes
- Monitor own performance
- Interpret data and information as required by own job
- Ask questions to ensure understanding of own work requirements
- Recommend methods of increasing own contribution to the value chain
- Adjust work processes according to procedures
- Identify and manage impacts in own work area
- Monitor resource use and minimise waste in own work activity
- Keep the workplace clean and tidy
- Assess own work
- Set personal objectives for work performance
- Manage own time
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Learning |
- Attend skill development training
- Adapt to changing work requirements
- Ask questions to aid learning
- Identify skill requirements of self and team members
- Seek skills development and training to meet needs
- Identify personal skill gaps and additional skills 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
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Technology |
- Work with technology safely and according to workplace standards
- Identify equipment and processes appropriate for job and skill level
- Handle and use equipment correctly and safely and within skill level
- Assess operational efficiency of technology within own skill level and that of team members
- Recognise and report faulty operation of equipment
- Collect and apply data and information from technology
- Use information technology appropriate for job
- Implement maintenance procedures appropriate to job and skill level of team
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Total number of units = 10
1 CM Systems unit
2 CM Change/Interpersonal units
2 CM Tools units
5 The balance of units (up to a maximum of five) may be drawn from any combination of:
- the CM Systems units listed below
- the CM Tools units listed below
- the other CM elective units listed below (note that a maximum of two of these can be from 200 series units)
- units from other endorsed Training Packages, as specified below
To be awarded a Certificate IV in Competitive Manufacturing, competency must be achieved in 10 units of competency chosen as specified from the groups listed below.
The 10 units must include at least three Competitive Manufacturing (CM) 400 series units that are additional to any already achieved as part of the Certificate III or other recognition pathway.
A maximum of four relevant units may be selected from another endorsed Training Package 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 that the total of 10 units must include at least three Competitive Manufacturing (CM) 400 series units that are additional to any already achieved as part of the Certificate III or other recognition pathway
Note that units with an asterisk have prerequisite requirements. The prerequisites for these units are to be counted in the total number of units. Refer to the prerequisite table or the individual units.
