Course Objectives
When you have completed
this workbook, you will be better able to:
- identify and use some method study techniques to help you improve
efficiency and effectiveness
- plan for the best use of resources, including people, assigned to
you
- contribute effectively to the control of your organization's
resources
- play your part in helping to improve the efficiency of you work
team and your organization
- identify risks to the security of resources and have gained some
practical ideas and experience with which to guard against them
Assessment Criteria
Understand the need for
effective and efficient use of equipment
1.1 Explain why equipment should be used effectively and efficiently
1.2 Describe how the use of equipment is monitored and controlled in
the workplace
1.3 Explain why it is important to have a scheduled maintenance
program for equipment in the workplace
1.4 Compile a simple maintenance program for equipment in the
workplace
1.5 Conduct a simple risk assessment of equipment security in the
workplace, and explain how these risks could be reduced
International
Curriculum
Unit 3.29 - Official ILM
Curriculum, Institute of Leadership & Management
Course Outline
Workbook introduction
1 ILM Super Series study links
2 Links to ILM qualifications
3 Workbook objectives
4 Activity planner
Session A - PRODUCTIVITY AND WORK STUDY
1 Introduction
2 Productivity
- Company productivity ratios (Activity 1)
3 Cost Benefit Analysis
- Costs (Activity 2)
- Benefits
4 Work Study
- Introduction to work study
- What is work study
5 Method Study
- Select
- Record
- Examine
- Development
- Define and install (Activity 3)
- Maintain (Activity 4)
6 Work Measurement
- Time study
- Activity sampling (Activity 5)
- Improving process efficiency
7 Calculating Staffing Requirements (Activity 6, 7)
Self Assessment, Summary
Session B - EFFICIENCY IN YOUR WORKPLACE
1 Introduction
2 What Are the Real Costs of Using Resources
- People (Activity 8)
- Workplace (Activity 9)
- Machinery and equipment (Activity 10)
- Materials and components (Activity 11)
- Energy
- Time
- Finance (Activity 12)
- Information (Activity 13)
3 Planning for Improved Efficiency and Effectiveness
- People (Activity 14)
- Workplace (Activity 15)
- Machinery and equipment (Activity 16)
- Materials and components (Activity 17)
- Energy (Activity 18)
- Finances
- Information (Activity 19)
Self Assessment, Summary
Session C - SECURITY IN THE WORKPLACE
1 Introduction
2 Types of Security Threats (Activity 20, 21)
3 Risk Management Approaches to Security
- Using risk management to safeguard personnel, stock, equipment and
data (Activity 22)
- The security versus safety conflict
- Common sense security (Activity 23, 24)
- Insurance
- Malicious attack (Activity 25)
4 Using the Five-Step Approach to Risk Assessment
- The costs of security
- Security policy (Activity 26)
Self Assessment, Summary
Performance checks
1 Quick quiz
2 Workbook assessment
3 Work-based assignment
Reflect and review
1 Reflect and review
2 Action plan
3 Extensions
4 Answers to self-assessment questions
5 Answers to activities
6 Answers to the quick quiz
7 Certificate