BSBPMG427

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assist with procurement for a project. It involves identifying procurement requirements, assisting with supplier selection, conducting procurement activities, and assisting with procurement finalisation activities for the project.

The unit applies to individuals who are project practitioners working in a project support role.

The project assistant may be part of a project team under the direction of a project manager, or may work as part of a smaller scale, self-directed team.

Unit mapping information

Supersedes and is equivalent to BSBPMG416 Apply project procurement procedures.

Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements

No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.

Foundation skills

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Unit sector or competency field

Business Competence – Project Management

Prerequisite, co-requisite or interdependent assessment of units

Not applicable

Assessment conditions

Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry.

This includes access to:

• examples of project procurement documentation
• examples of procurement tasks and activities
• workplace documentation and resources relevant to performance evidence

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.