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Title
Carry out a packaging process in the dairy industry
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare the
packaging equipment for operation according to organisational
requirements; operate and monitor the packaging equipment;
shut down the packaging equipment; record workplace
information; and demonstrate knowledge of packaging.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Technology
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Work must be carried out in accordance with organisational requirements, licensing
requirements, legislative requirements, and industrial awards and agreements.
2
Workplace information can include Standard Operating Procedures, specifications,
production schedules and batch/recipe instructions.
3
Materials include product and packaging consumables.
4
Packaging and related equipment can include automatic palletisers, scales, labellers
and other automated packing equipment. It includes hot and cold packing methods.
5
Monitoring the process may involve the use of production data such as performance
control charts.
6
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monitoring functions may be manual or involve the use
of a process control system.
7
Control points refer to those key points in a work process which must be monitored
and controlled. This includes food safety (critical), quality and regulatory control
points as well as inspection points.
8
Legislative requirements include but are not limited to the Animal Products (Dairy)
Regulations 2005, Animal Products Act 1999, Food Act 1981, Food (Safety)
Regulations 2002, Australia/New Zealand Food Standards Code 1.2.3 and 1.2.4, and
subsequent amendments.
9
Organisational requirements refers to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
which are documented in memo or manual format and are available in the workplace.
These requirements include but are not limited to – site specific requirements, and
company quality management requirements.
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SSB Code 101558
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare the packaging equipment for operation according to organisational requirements.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Workplace information is accessed to identify production requirements for
packaging.
1.2
Materials and services necessary to the packaging process are confirmed and
available to meet production requirements.
1.3
Packaging equipment is checked in terms of status, condition and readiness for
use.
1.4
The packaging equipment is set to meet production requirements.
Range
setting could include but is not limited to – equipment to meet
packaging and/or stacking requirements, variables such as
weights, batch codes, expiry dates.
Outcome 2
Operate and monitor the packaging equipment.
Range
monitoring could include but is not limited to – levels of materials and/or
consumables, visual inspection of packaging quality.
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Control points are monitored to confirm that performance is maintained to meet
Evidence requirements
2.1
2.2
The packaging equipment is started up according to organisational
requirements.
specifications.
Range
2.3
monitoring could include but is not limited to taking samples and
conducting tests.
Packaging equipment is monitored in terms of operating conditions.
Range
monitoring could include but is not limited to carrying out routine
maintenance.
2.4
Packaged product meets production specifications.
2.5
Out-of-specification product, process and equipment performance is identified,
rectified and/or reported according to organisational requirements.
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Packaging equipment is cleaned and sanitised to organisational requirements.
Outcome 3
Shut down the packaging equipment.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Packaging equipment is shut down according to organisational requirements.
Range
3.2
shutdown – routine, emergency situation.
Waste is collected, treated and disposed of or stored for recycling according to
organisational requirements.
Outcome 4
Record workplace information.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Workplace information is recorded according to organisational requirements.
Outcome 5
Demonstrate knowledge of packaging.
Evidence requirements
5.1
The purpose and principles of packaging methods or equipment used are
identified in terms of its relationship to other dairy processes.
methods or equipment used could include but are not limited to –
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standard
is heat shrink
form-fillunit
and seal, cartoning,
labelling, vacuum sealing,
wrapping, palletising.
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The identification of quality is identified in terms of the legal requirements of
Range
5.2
packaging.
Range
5.3
The purpose and properties of packaging consumables used are identified.
Range
5.4
requirements could include but are not limited to – weight, date,
identification codes, labelling, printing standards, documentation.
packaging consumables could include but are not limited to –
rewind or film, glue, cardboard, cartons, other forms of inner and
outer packaging.
Methods of monitoring control points within the process and risk of product
contamination are identified in terms of inappropriate or incorrect use of
packaging consumables.
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methods could include but are not limited to – stacking or
packaging specifications, procedures, operating parameters,
sampling and testing, recording requirements.
Range
5.5
Shutdown and cleaning and sanitation requirements are identified in terms of
changeovers and types of shutdowns.
5.6
Safety issues are identified in terms of responsibilities for reporting problems.
safety issues could include but are not limited to – health and
safety hazards and controls, lockout and tag procedures,
environmental protection and controls.
Range
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 June 2003
31 December 2017
Rollover and
Revision
2
20 June 2006
Rollover
3
17 July 2009
31 December 2017
Review
4
17 September 2015
31 December 2017
Rollover
5
21 January 2016
31 December 2019
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0022
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR 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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016