Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to review and improve visual management in the workplace.
This unit applies to supervisors, managers and others who have been given the responsibility to review the effectiveness of current visual management strategies and tools for an organisation, or a section thereof, and determine, implement and evaluate improvements.
In this unit visual management strategies may be active, such as operator controlled status indicators, or passive, such as information boards or information islands containing production or other data. Typically the visual management strategies will give employees access to production, work health and safety (WHS), equipment availability or other data.
This unit applies to any organisation that is implementing continuous improvement or more formal competitive systems and practices.
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:
• review current visual management activities and identify and implement improvements for at least one organisation or section of an organisation.

Knowledge Evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has knowledge of:
• organisational goals, strategies, operations and processes
• purpose of visual management
• alignment of visual management strategies and techniques to continuous improvement strategies and processes and/or competitive systems and practices tools being applied by the organisation
• communication techniques to support a learning culture
• communication methods and media for a range of audiences
• problem recognition and resolution methods.

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
• 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 interpret complex workplace information\n• Writing skills to document and communicate visual management strategies and improvements\n• Oral communication skills to liaise with a range of stakeholders, negotiate agreements\n• Numeracy skills to interpret performance data and information for visual management techniques.\nOther foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit.'}

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