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Title / Develop a plan for improving productivity in a workplace as a union representative
Level / 3 / Credits / 5
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able todevelop a plan for improving productivity in a workplace as a union representative.
Classification / Business Operations and Development > Workplace Relations
Available grade / Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills and knowledge / Unit 22133, Define the roles of trade union representatives in the workplace, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1Unit standards in theWorkplace Relations domain are about influences on employment and workplace expectations and practices, arising from the legal framework of employment.
2Assessment against this unit standard will be in a specific organisational context, either one real to the candidate or a realistically simulated one.
3Definitions
Productivity in the context of this unit standard refers to any measure that compares labour input against consequent product output.
Theseven drivers of productivity are those established in the report of the Workplace Productivity Working Group – The Workplace Productivity Challenge, accessible at the Department of Labour website:
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Develop a plan for improving productivity in a workplace as a union representative.
Evidence requirements
1.1Low productivity is described in terms of its impact on the workplace, industry and/or sector, and the nation.
1.2The benefits for employees from improving productivityare described in terms of job stability, job satisfaction, income, and workplace relations.
1.3The seven drivers of productivity are identified and described in terms of their potential contribution to productive workplaces.
1.4An action plan is developed for productivity improvement in a workplace.
Rangeplan includes –ways to work with management, an action timeline, key areas for improvement, a systematic approach.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 17 November 2011 / 31 December 2018
Review / 2 / 15 October 2015 / 31 December 2018
Republished / 2 / 11 March 2016 / 31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0113
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Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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