MSS405042 — Manage 5S system in an organisation

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What an assessment for MSS405042 must cover

43 assessable components: 3 elements (15 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 23 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 Organise an appropriate environment for 5S

1.1Facilitate and guide communications with managers and other key stakeholders to promote engagement with and understanding of 5S
1.2Arrange for team leaders to develop and maintain skills required for 5S
1.3Support team leaders to develop and maintain skills required in their team members
1.4Review procedures and work practices and amend to reflect 5S needs and regulatory requirements
1.5Demonstrate 5S practice in own work
1.6Identify and take action to address roadblocks to 5S

2 Audit 5S implementation

2.1Undertake spot checks of compliance to 5S procedures and practices
2.2Review workplace and records for indicators of compliance and non-compliance
2.3Model and facilitate communications to encourage improvement suggestions from all levels of the workforce
2.4Discuss 5S routinely with team leaders to seek ideas for implementation of improvement suggestions and encourage identification of non-conformance

3 Improve 5S

3.1Negotiate solutions to non-conformances
3.2Implement agreed solutions
3.3Work with team leaders to develop opportunities for improvements
3.4Provide necessary resources for improvements
3.5Update procedures and practices to reflect improvements

Performance evidence

manage 5S system for at least one organisation, department or section.

Knowledge evidence

organisation operations and structure
principles of efficient workplace organisation
purposes and methodology of 5S
indicators of compliance and non-compliance
operation procedures relevant to jobs in the organisation
regulatory requirements
methods and processes for: ensuring support and understanding of 5S
methods and processes for: identification of skill gaps
methods and processes for: addressing skill gaps
methods and processes for: encouraging team leaders and operators to find and suggest areas for improvement
methods and processes for: making and recommending improvements
methods and processes for: accessing required resources
methods and processes for: identifying and eliminating roadblocks to 5S
non-conformances, what they are, assessment of severity and action to be taken
underpinning values relevant to competitive systems and practices including: respect for people
underpinning values relevant to competitive systems and practices including: respect for process
underpinning values relevant to competitive systems and practices including: transparency and culture of learning
underpinning values relevant to competitive systems and practices including: creation of value and customer perceived value
underpinning values relevant to competitive systems and practices including: empowered teams and devolved decision-making and/or strategy deployment
underpinning values relevant to competitive systems and practices including: go and see and/or go to the source decision-making
types of structural, personal, cultural barriers that may affect implementation 5S
techniques to address barriers and support engagement and participation
communication styles, methods and media to suit a range of audiences.

Foundation skills

Reading skills: to interpret workplace documentation
Writing skills: to update procedures and work practices
Oral communication skills: to facilitate engagement and participation across levels of the organisation
Numeracy skills: to recognise indicators of non-conformance.

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What does an assessment tool for MSS405042 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for MSS405042 needs to address all 43 unit components: 3 elements with 15 performance criteria, 1 performance evidence requirements, 23 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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