MSL936005Maintain quality system and continuous improvement processes within work or functional area

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What an assessment for MSL936005 must cover

40 assessable components: 5 elements (19 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 19 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 1 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Maintain quality framework within work area

  • 1.1Provide information about the workplace quality system to personnel in formats suited to their needs
  • 1.2Select and use communication tools that encourage personnel to participate in improvement processes and to assume responsibility for quality outputs
  • 1.3Allocate responsibilities for quality within work area in accordance with quality system
  • 1.4Implement personnel development practices that support individuals to meet their responsibilities and quality requirements

2 Maintain quality documentation

  • 2.1Identify required quality and improvement documentation and records
  • 2.2Prepare and maintain quality documentation and data records in accordance with workplace quality framework
  • 2.3Maintain document control system for work area
  • 2.4Identify and provide information from the work area that informs the development and revision of quality manuals and work instructions
  • 2.5Maintain and implement inspection and test plans for quality-controlled products

3 Provide training in quality systems and improvement processes

  • 3.1Analyse roles, duties and current competency of relevant personnel
  • 3.2Identify training needs in relation to quality system and continuous improvement processes
  • 3.3Identify opportunities for skills development and/or training programs to meet needs
  • 3.4Initiate and monitor training and skills development programs that respond to identified needs
  • 3.5Maintain accurate training records in accordance with workplace procedures

4 Optimise and report performance quality

  • 4.1Review performance outcomes and identify ways in which planning and operations could be improved
  • 4.2Enhance customer service using quality improvement techniques and processes
  • 4.3Adjust plans and communicate these to personnel involved in their development and implementation

5 Evaluate relevant components of quality system

  • 5.1Undertake audits of components of the quality system that relate to the work area in line with quality system requirements
  • 5.2Implement improvements in the quality system in accordance with own level of responsibility and workplace procedures

Performance evidence

  • ensured that the quality system requirements of day-to-day operations in the work area are effectively met on 3 occasions.

Knowledge evidence

  • workplace business goals and key performance indicators (KPIs)
  • workplace organisational structure, delegations and responsibilities, and information management systems
  • sections of national and international quality standards, codes, policies and procedures that apply in work area
  • workplace quality system, plans and documentation
  • continuous/quality improvement techniques, including Pareto charts, strengths, weakness, opportunities, threats (SWOT) analysis and plan, do, check, act (PDCA)
  • registration/licensing and/or National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) accreditation requirements
  • technical developments in the sector, including current methodologies, ranges and interpretations
  • regular checks of laboratory procedures
  • daily and weekly checks of specimen reception, instrumentation and results for control and standard samples to identify non-conformance and problem areas
  • maintenance of appropriate certified reference materials
  • participation in external quality assurance programs
  • technical work performed in work area
  • workplace policy and procedure development and review processes
  • decision-making delegation
  • document control
  • recording and reporting
  • records management and maintenance
  • environmental sustainability issues in the context of continuous improvement
  • legal, ethical and work health and safety (WHS) requirements specific to the work task.

Foundation skills

  • Oral communication skills: interact effectively with others on both conceptual and practical issues; gain commitment of individuals and teams to apply quality principles and practices; encourage ideas and feedback from team members when developing and refining techniques and processes.

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What does an assessment tool for MSL936005 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for MSL936005 needs to address all 40 unit components: 5 elements with 19 performance criteria, 1 performance evidence requirements, 19 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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