Review and signoff product technical information

Sell & distribute | SD012

This activity is about reviewing and signing off product technical information, including technical data sheets and technical information embedded within marketing materials. This includes carry out assessment of technical information to ensure accuracy.

Culture & behaviour

Core abilities

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Effective working behaviours

You must:

  • Work within limits of own capability and know when to seek advice from others
  • Manage own time effectively
  • Work effectively individually and as part of a team
  • Communicate effectively
  • Undertake personal development activities to maintain currency of competence
Culture & behaviour
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Sales & distribution behaviours

You must:

  • Challenge unsafe behaviours and activities, and report where necessary
  • Work in accordance with quality requirements and challenge where they are not being met
  • Act ethically to ensure safe outcomes
Culture & behaviour
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Leadership behaviours for sales & distribution

You must:

  • Demonstrate effective leadership
Currency of competence
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Experience reviewing and signing off product technical information

You must have:

  • 1 instance of review and sign-off of product technical information, per year
Core abilities
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Core passive fire knowledge

You must:

  • Know the importance of passive fire protection in safeguarding buildings and people
    • To include: compartmentation; how PFP impedes fire to protect structures and people.
  • Know suitable vocabulary to discuss passive fire protection products
Core abilities
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Core principles for passive fire protection information

You must:

  • Know organisational procedures for version control of documentation
  • Know the importance of not using misleading or ambiguous wording or imagery
  • Know the importance of using plain language and minimising the use of industry terminology, abbreviations or acronyms to ensure wider understanding
Core abilities
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Principles of creating product technical information

You must:

  • Know organisational processes for consultation on product technical information
  • Know organisational processes for creating product technical information
  • Understand the importance of ensuring that technical product information is supported by test data and relevant technical standards
  • Know the organisational processes required for signoff of technical information
Specific abilities
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Reviewing and signing off product technical information

You must be able to:

  • Review technical product information to ensure accuracy of content and impression
  • Ensure that product technical information under review is supported by certified, assessed and tested product performance and relevant technical standards
  • Obtain clarification of any issues identified within the information under review
  • Ensure that correct version control and audit trail processes have been applied
  • Ensure that organisational procedures for consultation on information created have been carried out
  • Follow organisational processes to request amendments or updates
  • Follow final sign-off processes and ensure that an audit trail is kept
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Limits of responsibility for reviewing and signing off technical material

You must:

  • Know the limits of your authority with regards to the creation, approval and circulation of technical material

Currency of competence

Specific abilities

Culture & behaviour

Core abilities

Currency of competence

Specific abilities

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