Course Title: Plan purchasing

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4359

Course Title: Plan purchasing

Portfolio: BUS

Nominal Hours: 50.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

OMGT5032C

City Campus

TAFE

650T Vocational Business Education

Face-to-Face or Internet

Term1 2016

Course Contact: Tim Wallis

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5423

Course Contact Email: timothy.wallis@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to plan purchasing, including preparing invitations to offer, identifying suppliers, issuing invitations to offer, and preparing purchase recommendations.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

TLIR4010A Plan purchasing

Elements:

2 Identify suppliers

3 Issue invitations to offer

4 Prepare recommendations to purchase

1 Prepare invitations to offer


Learning Outcomes

This course is structured to provide students with the optimum learning experience in order to demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to plan purchasing, including preparing invitations to offer, identifying suppliers, issuing invitations to offer, and preparing purchase recommendations.


Overview of Assessment

This course is co-delivered and co-assessed with OMGT5033C Conduct International Purchasing

Assessment Methods

Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of the requirements in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks, for example:

  • direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of on-the-job performance by the candidate
  • review of final printed documents
  • demonstration of techniques
  • observation of presentations
  • oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of software applications

You are advised that you are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate your assessment work to your teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.

Peformance Evidence

Evidence of the following is required to demonstrate competency in this unit:

  • the underpinning knowledge and skills
  • relevant legislation and workplace procedures
  • other relevant aspects of the range statement

Knowledge Evidence

Student must provide evidence of the following knowledge :

  • Relevant legislation, codes of practice and national standards related to procurement, for example Trade Practices Act, contract law, sale of goods legislation, consumer protection legislation and legislation related to the import of goods and services, where relevant
  • Relevant OH&S and environmental procedures and regulations
  • All details of the organisation’s purchasing strategies
  • Product knowledge about the goods and services being supplied
  • Procedures for operating electronic communications equipment
  • Requirements for completing relevant documentation
  • Code of practice for working collaboratively with others
  • Steps involved in planning the work activities

Feedback

Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or online discussions. You are encouraged to ask and answer questions during class time and online sessions so that you can obtain feedback on your understanding of the concepts and issues being discussed. Finally, you can email or arrange an appointment with your teacher to gain more feedback on your progress.

You should take note of all feedback received and use this information to improve your learning outcomes and final performance in the course.