Course Title: Prepare production costing estimates
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5186
Course Title: Prepare production costing estimates
Portfolio: DSC
Credit Points: 0
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) |
BUSM6141C |
Brunswick Campus |
TAFE |
320T Design (TAFE) |
Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace |
Term1 2009 |
Course Contact: Garry Amy
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9444
Course Contact Email: frank.sparkes@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to cost and estimate production processes
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Basic knowledge of the printing industry
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
ICPSU553A Prepare production costing estimates |
Elements: |
1. Identify costing estimate requirements |
Learning Outcomes
1. Identify costing estimate requirements
1.1 Labour hours, times and other statistics required are identified and applied in calculations
1.2 Available machine hours are identified and applied in calculations
1.3 Economic batch sizes are identified
1.4 Material requirements are identified and applied in calculations
2. Prepare costing estimates
2.1 Costing estimates are calculated using material, labour and machine costs
2.2 Cost estimate details are calculated
3. Compare estimates with actual costs
3.1 Actual costs are compared with estimates
3.2 Costing basis is adjusted as appropriate
Overview of Assessment
The student will do an hourly cost rate estimate and several production cost estimates which will involve all aspects of production in the printing industry as well as questioning throughout the subject. The estimates will be calculated by the student working on their own. Assessment will be done collectively in class or individually.