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Operate a distillation process in a dairy processing operation
Level
3
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare the distillation,
stripping, and rectification equipment for operation; operate and monitor the
distillation, stripping, and rectification process; and shutdown the distillation,
stripping, and rectification process in a dairy processing operation.
Subfield
Dairy Manufacturing
Domain
Dairy Processing
Status
Registered
Status date
25 July 2007
Date version published
25 July 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0022
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Definitions
Organisational requirements refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures,
which are documented in memo and/or manual format and are available in the
workplace. These include but are not limited to site-specific and company standard
operating procedures (SOP), occupational health and safety, food safety and quality
management requirements.
Distillation equipment refers to silos, pipe work, pumps, heating and cooling plant,
monitoring and control equipment.
Materials refer to crude dairy products such as whey.
Processes refer to batch or continuous and apply to single or multiple product
specifications or types.
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Legislation and standards relevant to this unit standard include the Animal Products
Act 1999; Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996; Health and Safety
in Employment Act 1992; Land Transport Rule: Dangerous Goods 2005;
NZS 5433:1999 Transport of dangerous goods on land.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Prepare the distillation, stripping, and rectification equipment for operation in a dairy
processing operation.
Performance criteria
1.1
Materials meet operating requirements.
1.2
Cleaning and maintenance requirements and status are identified and
confirmed according to organisational requirements.
1.3
Plant components and related attachments are fitted and adjusted to meet
organisational requirements.
1.4
Processing and/or operating parameters are adjusted as required to meet
safety and organisational requirements.
1.5
Equipment performance is checked and adjusted according to organisational
requirements.
1.6
Pre-start checks are carried out to meet organisational requirements.
Element 2
Operate and monitor the distillation, stripping, and rectification process in a dairy
processing operation.
Performance criteria
2.1
The distillation, stripping, and rectification process is started and operated
according to organisational requirements.
2.2
Equipment is monitored to identify variation in operating conditions according to
organisational requirements.
2.3
Variation in equipment operation is identified and maintenance requirements
are reported according to organisational requirements.
2.4
The process is monitored to confirm that rectification product meets distillation
specifications according to organisational requirements.
2.5
Out-of-specification product and/or process outcomes are identified and
rectified or reported to maintain the process within specification, according to
organisational requirements.
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2.6
Workplace housekeeping standards meet organisational requirements.
2.7
Workplace records are maintained according to organisational requirements.
Element 3
Shutdown the distillation, stripping, and rectification process in a dairy processing
operation.
Performance criteria
3.1
The shutdown procedure is identified in accordance with organisational
requirements.
3.2
The distillation, stripping, and rectification process is shutdown according to
organisational requirements.
3.3
Maintenance requirements are identified and reported according to
organisational requirements.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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