MSS403082 — Improve cost factors in work practices
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What an assessment for MSS403082 must cover
20 assessable components: 2 elements (9 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 6 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 3 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 Analyse cost components of work area or team function
- 1.1Identify cost components in product or process
- 1.2Identify cost factors under control of area or employees in team
- 1.3Identify causes of variability in costs
- 1.4Analyse impact of costs on production or process activities undertaken
2 Improve cost-efficiency of processes and procedures
- 2.1Identify methods of improving productivity and reducing costs within area or team’s responsibility
- 2.2Calculate cost benefit ratio of alternative methods of improving productivity and reducing costs
- 2.3Consult with all stakeholders regarding possible changes
- 2.4Recommend changes which will increase productivity and reduce cost and variability
- 2.5Implement recommended changes in consultation with stakeholders
Performance evidence
- identify cost factors in own or team work outcomes and recommend at least 2 ways to improve cost efficiency
- implemented, or participated in team implementation of, at least 1 cost efficiency improvement.
Knowledge evidence
- cost components of processes, products or services of team or work area
- costs concepts, including expense/capital, income and cost benefit ratios
- major cost contributors to product (including energy, materials and inputs, labour and distribution)
- difference between internally and externally controlled costs
- difference between overhead, capital, expense, labour and other consumables
- common causes of cost variances relevant to the team or work area.
Foundation skills
- Reading: Reading skills to interpret workplace documentation
- Oral communication: Oral communication skills to consult on and recommend changes
- Numeracy: Numeracy skills to interpret cost factors, calculate cost benefit ratio and cost impact of alternative actions.
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Questions about assessing MSS403082
What does an assessment tool for MSS403082 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for MSS403082 needs to address all 20 unit components: 2 elements with 9 performance criteria, 2 performance evidence requirements, 6 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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