MSS403045Facilitate and improve 5S

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What an assessment for MSS403045 must cover

42 assessable components: 5 elements (20 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 16 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 4 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 Plan for 5S implementation

  • 1.1Facilitate agreement within team on prioritising and scheduling application of 5S across target work area
  • 1.2Facilitate processes and provide information to assist team to identify how own and collective functions contribute to internal and/or external customer requirements
  • 1.3Assist team to identify how own and collective tasks contribute to work area functions
  • 1.4Establish communication and reporting processes with team
  • 1.5Identify need for resources, approvals or other management support for 5S and initiate action according to procedures

2 Facilitate the set-up of 5S

  • 2.1Facilitate and contribute to team processes to determine necessary and unnecessary items in work area
  • 2.2Provide guidance and feedback to assist team to determine optimum assigned location for all necessary items
  • 2.3Liaise with relevant operational, management, work health and safety (WHS) and other specialist personnel as needed to determine optimum locations
  • 3.4Assist team to determine optimum location for unnecessary items
  • 4.5Facilitate team input to determine 5S schedule

3 Facilitate the implementation of 5S

  • 3.1Make, or initiate action for, updates to procedures to reflect 5S practices
  • 3.2Identify skills and/or other development needs of team in relation to 5S and provide support or initiate action to address identified needs
  • 3.3Ensure that any damage and/or safety risks reported by team are addressed through correct mechanisms

4 Monitor 5S

  • 4.1Check work area for 5S implementation as part of normal routine
  • 4.2Identify non-conformances
  • 4.3Negotiate solutions to non-conformances with team and, where relevant, other stakeholders

5 Improve 5S

  • 5.1Work with team and others to find areas for improvement
  • 5.2Facilitate respectful discussion of ideas within team to develop improvement solutions
  • 5.3Facilitate availability of resources required for improvement solution
  • 5.4Facilitate implementation of improvement solution

Performance evidence

  • facilitate, with at least 2 other people, the planning, implementation and improvement of 5S for a work area
  • identify and address the skills and/or development needs, in relation to 5S, of at least 2 other people.

Knowledge evidence

  • principles and purpose of 5S
  • sources of data available in the organisation that can be used to monitor waste reduction
  • methods of identifying waste in the work area, including:
  • waste walk
  • document tagging
  • tracking/log sheets
  • spaghetti diagrams
  • methods of identifying and evaluating options
  • work health and safety (WHS) requirements relevant to team and work area
  • processes for identifying and addressing skill gaps
  • underpinning values relevant to competitive systems and practices including:
  • respect for people
  • respect for process
  • transparency and culture of learning
  • communication styles and methods to suit a range of audiences
  • techniques to facilitate communications based on respect for people and team expertise.

Foundation skills

  • Reading skills: to interpret workplace documentation
  • Writing skills: to document 5S processes/practices, seek management support and resources
  • Oral communication skills: to facilitate input and agreement from a range of stakeholders on 5S implementation
  • Numeracy skills: to estimate waste reduction.

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Questions about assessing MSS403045

What does an assessment tool for MSS403045 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for MSS403045 needs to address all 42 unit components: 5 elements with 20 performance criteria, 2 performance evidence requirements, 16 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for MSS403045?

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