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Title
Conduct routine maintenance to plant and equipment in the dairy
industry
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: conduct
routine check of plant and equipment; implement routine
maintenance; and demonstrate knowledge of routine
maintenance systems and schedules.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Technology
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Work must be carried out in accordance with organisational, licensing, and legislative
requirements, and industrial awards and agreements.
2
Definitions
Routine maintenance may include but is not limited to – servicing, adjustments, and
repairs to plant and equipment and must be conducted within product safety and
work permit requirements.
Legislative requirements include but are not limited to – Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992, Animal Products Act 1999, Animal Products (Dairy)
Regulations 2005, relevant Dairy Specifications/Notices.
Organisational requirements – refer 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,
company quality management requirements.
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expiring
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Conduct routine check of plant and equipment.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Visual checks are made of plant and equipment to detect signs of faults and
damage in accordance with maintenance procedures and checklists.
1.2
Requirements for the adjustment, repair, replacement or modification of plant
and equipment is recorded and/or reported to meet organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
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Implement routine maintenance.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Routine adjustments and repairs are made to plant and equipment to meet
organisational requirements.
2.2
Permit to work procedures are carried out prior to any non-procedural
maintenance in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.3
Intrusive maintenance procedures are followed and documentation completed in
accordance with organisational requirements.
2.4
Equipment is cleaned and returned to operating order in accordance with
organisational requirements.
2.5
Deficiencies in preventative maintenance are identified, rectified and/or reported
in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.6
Waste arising from maintenance is collected, treated, and disposed of or
recycled in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.7
Maintenance carried out by operational staff is recorded in accordance with
organisational requirements.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of routine maintenance systems and schedules.
Evidence requirements
3.1
3.2
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The roles and relationships of routine maintenance systems with other work
The purpose of maintenance systems and schedules for conducting
maintenance are identified in terms of possible consequences on operational
performance.
activities in the food processing plant are identified in terms of others involved in
planning and carrying out maintenance functions.
3.3
Operational issues are identified in terms of carrying out routine maintenance.
Range
3.4
operational issues may include but are not limited to – quality
parameters to be achieved, common problems in carrying out
preventative maintenance, services used in preventative
maintenance, pre-operational checks and requirements,
operational requirements of equipment including cleaning and
sanitation, impact of operating and cleaning procedures on
maintenance requirements.
Safety issues are identified in terms of performing routine maintenance.
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safety issues related to performing routine maintenance may
include but are not limited to – health and safety hazards and
controls, food safety factors in maintaining and servicing
equipment, isolation procedures, environmental protection.
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 and
Revision
3
17 July 2009
Review
4
17 September 2015
31 December 2017
Rollover
5
21 January 2016
31 December 2019
31 December 2017
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.
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.
This unit standard is
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
expiring
which are assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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 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.
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