MSS80416 Graduate Diploma of Competitive Systems and Practices

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MSS80416 ended on 14 December 2022 — 3 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule

Product type
Qualification
Training package
MSS — Sustainability
Currency period ends
14 December 2022
Latest release
Release 4 · 30 July 2020 · 4 releases in all
Supersedes
MSS80312
Superseded by
MSS80422 equivalent

Where the register points next

Each step below is one supersession training.gov.au publishes between two products. The label on the rail is the equivalence the register declares for that step — not our reading of it.

  1. MSS80416Superseded — equivalentGraduate Diploma of Competitive Systems and Practices
  2. equivalent
  3. MSS80422CurrentGraduate Diploma of Competitive Systems and Practices

What the register says changed

These are the mapping notes training.gov.au attaches to each supersession, quoted as the register writes them. They are the only public record of what actually changed between two versions.

  • MSS80312MSS80416equivalent21 June 2016

    The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

  • MSS80416MSS80422equivalent15 December 2022

    The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for MSS80416 and for its training package MSS (release 5.0), with the name and date the register publishes for each file. We link them; we have not read them, and nothing on this page is taken from their contents.

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What MSS80416 is made of

training.gov.au lists 47 units for MSS80416: 0 core and 47 elective. The register does not publish a completion rule in units for this product, so we do not state one. How many of the electives are required is in the packaging rules on training.gov.au.

Elective units 47 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MSMENV672Develop workplace policy and procedures for environmental sustainabilitycurrent
MSS017009Analyse and determine organisational risk areas in sustainabilitynot current
MSS017010Determine process loss through mass or energy balancingnot current
MSS017011Identify and respond to external sustainability factors for an organisationnot current
MSS017012Lead sustainable strategy deploymentnot current
MSS027014Apply environmental legislation, codes and standardsnot current
MSS405006Develop a Balanced Scorecardnot current
MSS405007Introduce competitive systems and practices to a small or medium enterprisenot current
MSS405008Analyse and map a value streamnot current
MSS405009Manage a value streamnot current
MSS405020Develop quick changeover proceduresnot current
MSS405022Design a process layoutnot current
MSS405023Develop a levelled pull system for operations and processesnot current
MSS405024Apply the theory of constraintsnot current
MSS405030Optimise cost of a product or servicenot current
MSS405031Undertake value analysis of product or process costs in terms of customer requirementsnot current
MSS405032Analyse cost implications of maintenance strategynot current
MSS405033Optimise office systems to deliver to customer demandnot current
MSS405040Manage 5S system in an organisationnot current
MSS405052Design an experimentnot current
MSS405053Manage application of six sigma for process control and improvementnot current
MSS405054Determine and improve process capabilitynot current
MSS405081Develop a proactive maintenance strategynot current
MSS405082Adapt a proactive maintenance strategy to the process operations sectornot current
MSS405083Adapt a proactive maintenance strategy for a seasonal or cyclical businessnot current
MSS405088Plan, implement and monitor energy managementcurrent
MSS407003Analyse process changesnot current
MSS407008Capture learning from daily activities in an organisationnot current
MSS407010Improve visual management in the workplacenot current
MSS407011Manage benchmarking studiesnot current
Show the remaining 17 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
MSS407014Prepare for and implement changenot current
MSS407015Build relationships between teams in an operations environmentnot current
MSS407016Lead a process to determine and solve root cause for a complex problemnot current
MSS407017Review continuous improvement processesnot current
MSS407018Review operations practice tools and techniquesnot current
MSS407019Facilitate improvements in the internal value streamnot current
MSS407020Undertake a qualitative review of a process changenot current
MSS407021Respond to a major non-conformancenot current
MSS407022Facilitate improvements in the external value streamnot current
MSS408001Develop the competitive systems and practices approachnot current
MSS408002Audit the use of competitive toolsnot current
MSS408004Develop the value streamnot current
MSS408005Develop knowledge systems and learning processes for an organisationnot current
MSS408006Develop and refine systems for improvement in operationsnot current
MSS408007Develop problem solving capability of an organisationnot current
MSS408009Develop models of future state operations practicenot current
MSS408010Analyse data for relevance to organisational learningnot current

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