BSBSTR301 - Contribute to continuous improvement

Unit code:BSBSTR301Study level:TAFE

Nominal hours

Location

Footscray Nicholson
Industry
Sunshine
Werribee

Prerequisites

(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)

Overview

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to support continuous improvement in an organisation. Particular emphasis is on actively encouraging teams to participate in the process, monitoring and reporting on specified outcomes and supporting opportunities for further improvements.

The unit applies to individuals who use initiative, and organisational and communication skills to influence the ongoing development of the organisation.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• coordinate, monitor and support the continuous improvement of a work task for a team or work area.
• In the course of the above, the candidate must:

identify options and benefits for improvements
address barriers to continuous improvement
use analysis work performance to identify improvement opportunities
use technology to monitor operational progress
apply recordkeeping processes.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• principles and techniques relating to:

continuous improvement systems and processes
benchmarking
best practice
• benefits and barriers to continuous improvement
• quality approaches that may be implemented in an organisation
• methods that can be used in continuous improvement
• organisational recording, reporting and recommendation processes.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.