Production Coordinating Skills Programme (SP0888/14-17) – NQF Level 4

Duration:  5-7 days
Target Group:  Junior management
Prerequisite:  Communication at NQF Level 3
Mathematics Literacy at NQF Level
Principles of policy and procedure implementation at NQF Level 3
Credits:  26
Certification: MerSETA-accredited Certificate of Competence

Objective:

The skills, values and knowledge reflected in this skills program are required by people who have to solve operational problems in a familiar context in a manufacturing and/or assembly process. Qualifying learners are able to identify and analyse the problem, identify possible solutions and implement a solution to meet operational requirements.

Unit Standards:

114877:  Formulate and implement an action plan to improve productivity within an organisational unit.

114884:  Co-ordinate the improvement of productivity within a functional unit.

116284:  Solve operational problems in a manufacturing/assembly context

Outcomes:

At the end of the skills programme, learners will be able to:

• Formulate an activity plan to improve productivity within the organisational unit.
• Analyse the quantitative and non-quantitative factors influencing productivity to identify the root causes of low productivity in a functional unit.
• Define and analyse an operational problem, identify and implement solutions.