Certificate IV in Competitive Manufacturing - Productivity Places Program

Course Overview

This course is aimed predominantly at team leaders who will require a level of competence needed to act as an interface between members of their team and supervisors and manager.

Delivery Method

Online

Location

All states and Territories of Australia.

Units

This qualification requires 10 units.

MCMS401A ENSURE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS ARE SUSTAINED

• This unit covers the knowledge and skills needed to ensure that the gains which have been made by using improved methods, processes and equipment are sustained as the new base line/standard to the team’s area of work and so prevent regression to former practices, or digression to less practices.

MCMC410A LEAD CHANGE IN A MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT

• This unit covers the knowledge and skills needed by people who are given the responsibility of leading change processes in a manufacturing organisation. The change may be occurring in manufacturing or in the support functions of maintenance, office, warehousing etc.

MCMT421A FACILITATE A JUST IN TIME (JIT) SYSTEM

• This unit covers knowledge and skills required to facilitate the implementation / operation of a Just in Time (JIT) kanban system in the organisation.

MCMT430A IMPROVE COST FACTORS IN WORK PRACTICES

• This unit covers the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate the product or process outcomes of a team in terms of their cost components and to be able to determine in general terms the cost impacts of alternative actions.

MCMT432A ANALYSE MANUAL HANDLING PROCEDURES

• This unit covers the knowledge and skills to analyse manual handling in terms of its efficiency and safety.

MCMT440A LEAD 5S IN A MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT

• This unit covers the competencies needed to facilitate and improve the 5S housekeeping environment.

MCMT451A MISTAKE PROOF A PRODUCTION PROCESS

• This unit covers the knowledge and skills needed to make changes which prevent errors and/or backsliding to a pre improvement level of practice. In the CMI environment, this unit would typically be done by a team leader, technical expert of similar person.

MCMT450A UNDERTAKE CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENTS 

• This unit covers the skills and knowledge required by a team leader/technical expert to analyse data from the process, develop improvements to eliminate variation due to assignable causes and then implement actions.

MCMS400A IMPLEMENT A COMPETITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM

• This unit covers the knowledge and skills needed to implement competitive manufacturing practices. Generally, five areas drive competitive manufacturing: cost, quality, delivery, safety/environment, and morale. In a competitive manufacturing company systems will need to be implemented which drive continuous improvement in all these areas.

MCMC411A LEAD A COMPETITIVE MANUFACTURING TEAM

This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to determine individual and team development needs and facilitate the development of the workgroup.