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Title / Obtain financial, physical, and human resources for telecommunications projects, and programmes
Level / 6 / Credits / 6
Purpose / This unit standard is for people who currently work, or intend to work, in jobs which require securing and evaluating financial, physical, and human resources for plans, projects, and programmes.
People assessed as competent in this unit standard are able to prepare business cases, identify all specific requirements and present the plan to gain approval, and negotiate with other stakeholders to engender support and evaluate the approved resources.
Classification / Telecommunications > Telecommunications - Management and Operational Support
Available grade / Achieved
Guidance Information
1Underpinning skills and knowledge should be gained from relevant workplace experience.
2General Range
Business cases: comprehensive proposals for plans, projects and programmes to achieve investment opportunities;
Financial resources: e.g. site costs, salaries, wages, fees, travel, transport, accommodation, tax, interest, purchase and or lease of material, plant, equipment, maintenance;
Physical resources: e.g. offices, worksites, supplies, material, plant, equipment, vehicles; includes quality specifications;
Human resources: e.g. staff numbers, competence standards, compliance with company values, training, pay rates; availability of current workforce, recruitment strategies; permanent and temporary staff.
Outcomes and performance criteria
Outcome 1
Identify financial, physical, and human resources requirements for plans, projects, and programmes.
Performance criteria
1.1Desired outcomes of plans, projects, and programmes are identified within agreed timeframes and recorded.
Rangeproducts, services, company strategic goals (marketing, human resources, financial, operational).
1.2Reliable feasibility investigation reports on proposed plans, projects, and programmes are completed within agreed timeframes.
Rangescope, timeframe, estimated financial, physical and human resource requirements, technology current and new, potential return on investment.
1.3Financial resources required to achieve agreed outcomes are identified for each phase of plans, projects, and programmes, and are accurate and complete and recorded.
1.4Potential sources of financing are identified, and negotiations with other stakeholders maximise opportunities to secure financial resources.
Rangefinancing sources – internal, external (local or international);
negotiations – co-leasing, co-site, use of spare capacity, joint operations;
stakeholders – suppliers, other project managers, complementary businesses.
1.5Physical and human resources required to achieve agreed outcomes are identified for each phase of projects and programmes, and are accurate and complete and recorded.
1.6Quality standards for completed outcomes are identified, are accurate and complete, comply with company policy and identified external requirements, and are recorded.
Rangeexternal requirements – relevant standards bodies, legislation.
1.7Identification of financial, physical, and human resource requirements is comprehensive, accurate, and complete, and agreed by accountable senior manager.
Outcome 2
Prepare business cases.
Performance criteria
2.1Business cases for projects, plans, and programmes are prepared within agreed timeframes and provide comprehensive, accurate, and complete information to allow investment decisions to be made promptly.
Rangefinancial, physical and human requirements, workforce requirements over time, required contracts, cost-benefit analysis, return on investment.
2.2Cost-benefit analysis of agreed financial, physical, and human resource requirements is included in prepared business cases, and is accurate, complete, and complies with required return on investment and company policy.
2.3Support for business case proposal is engendered through consultation with workforce and key contributors, and innovative options for achieving agreed outcomes within desired budget and timeframes are identified.
Rangekey contributors – end-users, approved suppliers, consultants;
options – materials, processes, technology.
2.4Potential constraints to completion of plans, projects, and programmes within agreed timeframes and budgets are identified and contingencies are defined.
Rangephysical safety, legal, financial, workforce.
2.5Documentation relating to preparation of business cases is accurate, complete, and is filed in the correct place by the agreed time.
Outcome 3
Secure financial, physical, and human resources for plans, projects, and programmes.
Performance criteria
3.1Financial, physical, and human resources required over the life of plans, projects, and programmes are secured within agreed timeframes and in compliance with agreed business case plans.
3.2Funding for plans, projects, and programmes is identified, agreed, and secured in compliance with policy and legal requirements, and are signed by authorised representatives of the contracting companies in agreed timeframes.
3.3Agreed internal financial resources for plans, projects, and programmes are authorised by accountable managers and allocated within agreed timeframes.
3.4Accounting systems for expenditure are established prior to commencement of plans, projects, and programmes.
RangeChart of Accounts, billing system, stock control.
3.5Physical and human resources are available in the correct place when required, are fit for use, and comply with agreed specifications.
Rangepeople, plant, equipment, raw materials, purchase, lease, reallocate capacity, transport.
3.6Contracts for required human and physical resources are offered and agreed prior to commencement of plan, projects, and programmes.
Outcome 4
Evaluate financial, physical, and human resources for plans, projects, and programmes.
Performance criteria
4.1Project development is evaluated at agreed intervals for cost-effective use of financial, physical, and human resources, and corrective action is taken in a timeframe to maximise advantage to company.
4.2Strengths and weaknesses of resources procurement are identified, and suggestions for future improvement are received by authorised persons promptly.
Rangeauthorised persons – manager with budget accountability, relevant finance, human resources and operations personnel.
4.3Financial structure of plans, projects, and programmes is reviewed at agreed intervals, and corrective action is taken in a timeframe to maximise advantage to the company.
Rangerevenue sources, return on investment, interest, debt/equity gearing.
4.4Workforce is evaluated for compliance with identified human resource requirements, and corrective action is taken in a timeframe to maximise advantage to the company.
Rangecorrective action – competence development, training, job rotation, release, recruitment.
4.5Physical resources are evaluated at agreed intervals for compliance with identified requirements, and corrective action is taken in a timeframe to maximise advantage to the company.
4.6Contractors meet agreed quality standards for procedures and material.
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 / 28 July 1995 / 31 December 2018
Revision / 2 / 31 August 1998 / 31 December 2018
Revision / 3 / 3 April 2001 / 31 December 2018
Rollover and Revision / 4 / 25 January 2008 / 31 December 2018
Review / 5 / 1 March 2018 / 31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0003
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