Maintain supplies of materials to meet project requirements
Overview
"This standard is about how to maintain supplies of materials to meet project requirements and so ensuring materials are suitable and available for the work, checking material deliveries to ensure quantity and quality are correct and actions taken to rectify material deficiencies prior to and during operations in accordance with current organisational requirements which are equal to or exceed current statutory and legislative requirements
This standard is for people working in the occupational area of construction site supervision which is defined as the supervision of multiple construction trades and disciplines and can be used by operatives, supervisors and managers"
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
"P1 supervise the storage and use of at least one of the following
materials and components so that material handling and
movement is recorded, efficient and wastage is minimised:
1.1 raw materials
1.2 manufactured materials
1.3 components
1.4 prefabricated systems
P2 calculate and keep accurate records of deliveries and stock
position, using at least one the following, and pass the
information to decision-makers:
2.1 manual
2.2 electronic
P3 identify and record problems with supply of at least four of the
following, discuss the information with suppliers of materials and
pass it on to decision-makers:
3.1 price
3.2 quantity
3.3 quality
3.4 availability
3.5 schedule of delivery
3.6 life expectancy
3.7 storage and handling facilities
3.8 environmental issues
3.9 sustainability
3.10 health, safety and welfare issues
3.11 transportation
3.12 deterioration or damage
3.13 loss and theft
3.14 payment terms
3.15 cash flow
3.16 contract variations
P4 check stock records regularly and calculate what replacement
stock will be needed and record the outcomes
P5 identify opportunities for improving the use of stock and stock
turnover, record and recommend improvements to decision-
makers"
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
Performance Criteria 1 Supervise storage and use of materials K1 how to supervise storage areas or facilities for supplies of the following materials and components so that they are effective for the project: K1.1 raw materials K1.2 manufactured materials K1.3 components K1.4 prefabricated systems K2 how to minimise material and component handling, movement and wastage Performance Criteria 2 Deliveries and stock position K3 how to keep accurate manual and electronic records of deliveries K4 how to keep accurate manual and electronic records of stock position K5 why you need to keep accurate manual and electronic records of deliveries and stock position Performance Criteria 3 Identify, record and discuss problems K6 how to identify the following problems with supply: K6.1 price K6.2 quantity K6.3 quality K6.4 availability K6.5 schedule of delivery K6.6 life expectancy K6.7 storage and handling facilities K6.8 environmental issues K6.9 sustainability K6.10 health, safety and welfare issues K6.11 transportation K6.12 deterioration and damage K6.13 loss and theft K6.14 payment terms K6.15 cash flow K6.16 contract variations K7 how to discuss problems with suppliers of the following materials: K7.1 raw materials K7.2 manufactured materials K7.3 components K7.4 prefabricated systems K8 how to pass on information on problems with supply to decision-makers Performance Criteria 4 Stock records K9 how to calculate the following stock turnover processes for a project: K9.1 usage rates K9.2 initial impressed K9.3 just-in-time systems K9.4 call or draw-down systems K10 how to check stock records to calculate replacement stock Performance Criteria 5 Identify improvement K11 how to identify opportunities to improve the use of stock K12 how to identify opportunities to improve the following stock turnover processes: K12.1 usage rates K12.2 initial impressed K12.3 just-in-time systems K12.4 call or draw-down systems K13 how to make recommendations for improvements to decision-makers