Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assist in the implementation of a proactive maintenance strategy in an organisation.
This unit applies to maintenance personnel who are required to determine appropriate maintenance related schedules, assess the maintenance implications of current practices and assist non-maintenance personnel to perform their role in proactive maintenance.
This unit applies to any organisation that is implementing total preventative and/or productive maintenance (TPM), reliability centred maintenance (RCM) or similar proactive maintenance strategies.
No licensing or certification requirements exist at the time of publication. Relevant legislation, industry standards and codes of practice within Australia must be applied.

What You'll Learn

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has completed the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit, and demonstrated the ability to:
• assist in determining and implementing a proactive maintenance strategy in at least one organisation.

Knowledge Evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has knowledge of:
• requirements of the proactive maintenance strategy being implemented
• operating principles and procedures for equipment and plant subject to proactive maintenance strategy
• purpose and processes for data collection in proactive maintenance strategies
• procedures relevant to own job and organisation implementation of proactive maintenance
• methods of making and recommending improvements
• methods of assessing operator and maintenance skill gaps and addressing them.

Assessment Conditions

Skills must have been demonstrated in the workplace or in a simulated environment that reflects workplace conditions and contingencies. The following conditions must be met for this unit:
• use of suitable facilities, equipment and resources, including:
• proactive maintenance system and procedures
• modelling of industry operating conditions .
Assessors must satisfy the NVR/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.

Foundation Skills

• {'skill': 'Foundation Skills', 'description': 'This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance but not explicit in the performance criteria.\n• Reading skills to review procedures and identify need for changes\n• Writing skills to make recommendations\n• Oral communication skills to discuss maintenance requirements with stakeholders, confirm schedules, make recommendations\n• Numeracy skills to interpret data and performance indicators.\nOther foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit.'}

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