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Use and maintain a honey processing plant
Level
4
Credits
7
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: process honey and byproducts in a honey processing plant; and carry out maintenance, cleaning,
and closing down procedures in the honey house.
Subfield
Agriculture
Domain
Apiculture
Status
Registered
Status date
21 August 2009
Date version published
21 August 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0052
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Legislation includes but is not limited to the – Health and Safety in Employment Act
1992, Animal Products Act 1999, and their subsequent amendments.
2
Definition
In-house procedures – the verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for
using and maintaining a honey processing plant, which must comply with Section 127
of the Animal Products (Specifications for Products Intended for Human
Consumption) Notice 2004, Food Hygiene Regulations 1974, Food (Tutin in Honey)
Standard 2008, Compliance Guide to the Food (Tutin in Honey) Standard 2008, and
other legislative requirements.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Process honey and by-products in a honey processing plant.
Performance criteria
1.1
The parts of the processing plant and honey house are described in terms of
their purpose and function.
Range
truck dock, hot room, un-capper, extractor, spinner or baffle tank,
strainers, pumps, storage.
1.2
The processing plant is started up at the beginning of the processing season to
full working capacity in accordance with in-house procedures and food hygiene
regulations.
1.3
Production is planned in accordance with through-put capacity of the processing
plant, storage capability, and floral source.
1.4
The processing plant and honey house are operated in accordance with inhouse procedures and food hygiene regulations.
Range
protective clothing, personal hygiene, rodent control, cleaning
programme.
1.5
The processing plant is operated without injury to self or others, damage to the
plant, or contamination of product.
1.6
By-products are extracted and/or processed in accordance with in-house
procedures and food hygiene regulations.
1.7
Records are maintained in accordance with in-house procedures.
Element 2
Carry out maintenance, cleaning, and closing down procedures in the honey house.
Performance criteria
2.1
Maintenance is carried out in the honey house in accordance with in-house
procedures.
2.2
Cleaning of machinery and premises during operation is carried out in
accordance with in-house procedures.
2.3
Closing down procedures at processing season end are carried out in
accordance with in-house procedures.
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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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