Support Activities Planning in Metal Production Training

Learning Outcomes

• Develop and document support activity plans that align with production schedules and resource availability.
• Apply resource allocation techniques to optimise the use of personnel, equipment, and materials in support activities.
• Evaluate potential risks and implement control measures to ensure safety and compliance during support operations.
• Coordinate communication between production and support teams to minimise downtime and enhance workflow efficiency.
• Monitor and adjust support activity plans based on real-time production feedback and performance data.
• Demonstrate adherence to quality standards and continuous improvement principles in support activity planning.

Target Audience

This course is intended for production supervisors, team leaders, and support staff involved in metal production processes who are responsible for planning and coordinating support activities.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions allow learners to apply planning concepts to realistic metal production scenarios. These hands-on exercises reinforce scheduling, risk assessment, quality inspection, maintenance coordination, and logistics planning skills in a controlled environment.

Practical Activities

• Production Schedule Development — Learners use a template to create a daily production schedule for a support activity (e.g., furnace relining), allocating resources and time. (4h)
• Risk Assessment and Safety Plan — Learners conduct a risk assessment for a simulated maintenance task (e.g., replacing a conveyor belt) and draft a safety plan. (4h)
• Inspection Plan for Welding Operation — Learners design an inspection plan for a welding operation, specifying inspection points, methods (e.g., visual, dye penetrant), and acceptance criteria. (4h)
• Shutdown Plan for a Rolling Mill — Learners develop a shutdown plan for a rolling mill, including scope, timeline, resource list, and communication protocol. (5h)
• Material Handling Plan for Casting Process — Learners design a material handling plan for a casting process, including storage layout, transport routes, and inventory control. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.