MSS014005 - Apply proactive maintenance strategies to sustainability

This unit of competency covers using a proactive maintenance strategy to improve the sustainability outcomes of equipment, plant or process. This unit includes the interaction between maintenance worker and operator as appropriate.This unit applies where an organisation has decided to adopt or is implementing total preventative maintenance/total productive maintenance (TPM), reliability centred maintenance (RCM) or similar strategies (jointly referred to as ?proactive maintenance? in this unit) to improve their sustainability outcomes as well as their maintenance outcomes. The unit applies to individuals who have maintenance related responsibilities, including but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, fabrication and other tradespersons, technicians and operators with maintenance related responsibilities.The unit scope includes processes and operations, products made, internal and external support services and the services offered, and use of sites by another organisation, such as a contractor or value chain member organisation. Environmental sensitivities referred to in this unit are at the issue level. The technical measurement of operational performance or measurement of emissions or other environmental impact is not covered by this unit.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.