Te Ringa Maimoa Transport Excellence Partnership CASE STUDY: Asset Management Competency Framework

Te Ringa Maimoa Transport Excellence Partnership, formerly the Road Efficiency Group (REG), partnered with Company-X to build a survey and report portal to help transport sector professionals begin a personal development journey.

Te Ringa Maimoa Transport Excellence Partnership is a collaborative initiative between Local Government NZ, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and all road controlling authorities, targeting business-excellence across the transport sector.

This programme builds sector capability and excellence enabling continuously improving investment decision-making based on robust activity planning, service delivery and quality comparative data.

The success of the programme has been the combined partnership of local government and Waka Kotahi promoting a ‘for the sector, by the sector’ philosophy. We support Road Controlling Authorities (RCAs) to understand the requirements of the Government Policy Statement on land transport and to become ‘smarter buyers’ by creating tools and providing guidance to improve performance.

Formerly the Road Efficiency Group, this partnership was formed in 2012 as the authority to implement the recommendations of the Road Maintenance Task Force.

The transport sector needed to ensure it had the right teams of appropriately skilled and experienced people to plan for and deliver great service under extraordinary pressures.

An objective scorecard was needed that could be applied to teams working in diverse organisations across the sector, from city and district councils to Waka Kotahi and contractors.

Developing an approach that worked sector wide was important because of its public mandate to manage activities and assets appropriately. Organisations also have legal obligations associated with their stewardship approach.

The Asset Management Competency Framework (AMCF) helps individuals and organisations to measure their capability and make smart decisions regarding staff skills and workforce development.

The AMCF allows organisations to measure levels then identify appropriate competencies for different aspects of asset management.

The AMCF is built on best practice and aligns with the ISO 55000 asset management standard. This assessment tool has been set up in an asset agnostic manner so it will be able to be used across other asset types too.

Te Ringa Maimoa partnered with Company-X to build a survey and report portal to help transport sector professionals begin a personal development journey.

The AMCF survey and report portal covers capabilities needed to govern, procure, and deliver effective management of transport assets.

Those who log in are invited to assess their competency in the areas of:

• Organisational strategy

• Organisational culture, leadership, and people

• Knowledge management

• Asset management strategy

• Planning and decision making

• Delivery

• Performance management

• Continuous improvement

Capability profiles are built using a six-step assessment: Level 0 is not relevant, 1 is novice, 2 is beginner, 3 is competent, 4 is proficient and 5 is expert.

The project seeks to understand the wider capabilities required to make sound investment decisions for transport activities.

Data collected from the AMCF portal will be used in individual, organisational and sector development, as well as recruitment.

Te Ringa Maimoa acknowledges the significant industry input from local government, industry groups, and the consultant and supplier fraternities in the development of the AMCF.

“As a sector we must ensure we have the right teams of appropriately skilled and experienced people to plan for and deliver great service to our communities.”

Te Ringa Maimoa programme manager Andrew McKillop.