Manage scientific or technical business processes for workplace activities
Overview
This standard covers the competence you will need to
manage scientific or technical business processes for
workplace activities in accordance with approved
procedures and practices.
You will be required to demonstrate that you can use
relevant business processes, methods and skills. You will
be expected to take responsibility for overall courses of
action. You will exercise autonomy, judgement and
understand different perspectives or approaches used
within the workplace in accordance with workplace
procedures.
The activity is likely to be undertaken by someone in a
science related work setting, including individuals working
in hospitals, scientific laboratories, schools and universities.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
P1 ensure that your work is carried out in accordance with
workplace procedures
P2 use safe practices and the appropriate personal
protection equipment (PPE) where scientific or technical
activities are performed
P3 identify and agree the business and scientific or
technical requirements of your role in the workplace
P4 establish processes that deliver scientific or technical
outcomes based on organisational goals and aims
P5 ensure scientific or technical processes and resources
are sustainable and effective in their use
P6 identify and provide the scientific or technical resources
required to deliver business plans
P7 provide scientific or technical information and support
for staff and other stakeholders essential to the delivery of
business plans
P8 establish and use effective methods to review and
improve the scientific or technical process for the delivery of
business plans
P9 work safely at all times, complying with health and
safety, environmental and other relevant regulations and
guidelines
P10 present the results of the work done to the appropriate
people, in accordance with departmental and organisational
procedures
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
K1 the health and safety requirements of the area in which
you are carrying out the scientific or technical activities
K2 the implications of not taking account of legislation,
regulations, standards and guidelines when conducting
scientific or technical activities
K3 the scientific or technical techniques and processes you
must use correctly in the workplace
K4 the importance of wearing protective clothing, gloves
and eye protection for scientific or technical activities
K5 the importance of correct identification, and any unique
workplace coding system
K6 the organisational requirements for maintaining the
security of the workplace and keeping confidential
documents
K7 the workplace business aims and goals and the
planning process
K8 the workplace organisational structure, its values and
culture
K9 how your scientific or technical activities add value
through delivering workplace products, services and
processes
K10 the lines of communication and responsibilities in your
department, and the links with the rest of the organisation
K11 the limits of your own authority and to whom you
should report if you have problems that you cannot resolve
K12 how to identify and assess the scientific or technical
requirements of your work roles
K13 the different ways in which you are set your agreed
personal work objectives
K14 the different perspectives and approaches that are
important when exercising autonomy or judgement about
scientific or technical activities used
K15 the types of investigation initiated and used to review
the effectiveness or appropriateness of methods, action
and results of your scientific or technical work
K16 how to identify and assess the scientific or technical
requirements of your work roles
K17 the different ways in which you are set your agreed
personal work objectives
K18 how to ensure processes and scientific or technical
resources are sustainable and effective in their use, and the
importance of doing so
K19 the difference between business and scientific or
technical process outputs and outcomes
K20 how to assess business and scientific or technical
process changes for risk and reward against their potential
investment cost
K21 how to carry out cost and benefit analysis for scientific
or technical activities
K22 types of analytical and problem-solving tools used
when developing business processes
K23 how to measure the effect of improvements in the
business process and scientific or technical activities
Scope/range
- discuss and agree workplace performance with one of
the following people:
1.1 manager
1.2 head of school
1.3 vice principal
1.4 director 1.5 head teacher
1.6 principal - agree business and scientific or technical work objectives
that are all the following:
2.1 specific
2.2 achievable
2.3 time-bound
2.4 measurable
2.5 realistic - establish and use effective methods for all of the
following:
3.1 keeping staff informed of plans and developments
3.2 specifying what is expected of team leaders and their
staff and their accountabilities
3.3 the analysis and resolution of problems and how to
respond to workplace delays
3.4 complying with, and ensuring others comply with, legal
requirements, industry regulations, organisational policies
and professional codes
3.5 monitoring the quality of scientific or technical work and
progress against workplace plans and take appropriate
corrective action, where necessary
3.6 details that are critical to achieving successful business
results
3.7 identifying common issues and trends and their impact
upon current and future work - record and communicate details of the work done, to the
appropriate people, using:
4.1 verbal report plus one method from the following:
4.2 written or typed report
4.3 computer-based record
4.4 specific workplace documentation
4.5 electronic mail