Structural factors

• organisation

• marketing and sales

• production

• workplace environment

• management (roles and levels)

• efficiency

• restructuring

• quality control

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Technical factors

• tools

• equipment/plant

• production techniques

  • mechanisation

  • specialisation/generalisation

  • mass production

  • automation

• new and emerging technologies

 

Environmental factors

• resources, alternatives, limitations,

• recycling/reusing

• pollution

• ​alternative resources:

  • power

  • material

  • processes

  • limitations

• recycling and reusing

• waste management and minimisation

• sustainable development

• rehabilitation of commercial sites

• legislative requirements:

  • local

  • state

  • federal

  • environmental studies

• location:

  • land costs and availability

  • transportation facilities

  • workforce

  • impact on surrounding population

  • resource availability

  • geographical factors

  • waste management

 

Sociological factors

• issues relating to a business

• workplace cultures

• the role of a business in the focus industry

 

Personnel issues

• industrial relations

• entry level training requirements

• roles of industry personnel

• industrial relations:

  • equity/EEO

  • unions

  • group negotiated contracts

  • individual contracts

• career and training opportunities

• specialisation and multi-skilling

• roles of industry personnel

• work practices

 

Work health and safety

• signage

• WHS principles and requirements

• personal protective equipment (PPE)

• safe working practices

• first aid

• materials handling

• government legislation

• industry requirements:

  • standards

  • policing

  • prosecution

• risk assessment

• safety training and human factors

• workplace culture

• WHS communication

 

Historical developments / innovation

• the significant developments that have occurred in the focus area industry and how they have impacted on the industry as a whole, including:

• manufacturing processes

• materials

• work practices

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