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27270 version 3
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Title
Transfer raw materials for processing using a blow line during
rendering operations in the meat processing industry
Level
2
Purpose
Credits
4
This entry level unit standard is for people who are employed in
the rendering departments at meat processing plants and who
are required to operate a blow line to transfer raw materials.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: operate a
blow line; maintain a blow line operation; and comply with
organisational and statutory hygiene and safety requirements
during rendering operations.
Classification
Meat Processing > Meat Industry - Rendering
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Normal production speeds apply to the performance of this activity.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Animal Products Act 1999.
3
Resource documents include but are not limited to –
Industry Standard 6 Processing of Edible Product; and Industry Standard 7
Byproducts; available from the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) at
http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/industry/sectors/meat-ostrich-emu-game/meatman/
Code of Practice: Rendering (NZFSA, 2009), available from NZFSA at
http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/code-practice-rendering/
3
Definitions
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures which
are documented in memo, electronic or manual format and are available in the
workplace.
Raw materials – any animal tissue intended as a by-product that has not undergone
any treatment or has not been modified in any way. Raw materials may be
refrigerated or stabilised by chemical treatment.
This unit standard is
expiring
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Operate a blow line during rendering operations.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Blow line is operated in accordance with organisational requirements.
1.2
Raw material consistency is monitored in accordance with organisational
requirements.
1.3
Blow temperature is monitored and adjusted in accordance with organisational
requirements.
1.4
Quantity of raw materials in blow tank is monitored in accordance with
organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
Maintain a blow line operation during rendering operations.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Blockages are identified and cleared to maintain raw materials flow through
blow line in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.2
Blow line is cleaned regularly in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.3
Blow line maintenance is completed in accordance with organisational
requirements.
Outcome 3
Comply with organisational and statutory hygiene and safety requirements during
rendering operations.
This unit standard is
Company supplied clothing, and hygiene and safety equipment are worn and
used in accordance with expiring
organisational and statutory requirements.
Evidence requirements
3.1
3.2
Work methods comply with specified organisational and statutory requirements
to minimise the risk of product contamination and injuries to the operator and
others.
3.3
Contaminated meat products, surfaces, machinery and equipment are handled
in accordance with organisational and statutory requirements.
3.4
Unsafe and unhygienic conditions are identified and reported to supervisory
staff in accordance with organisational requirements.
3.5
Equipment, operator and work area cleanliness comply with organisational and
statutory requirements.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
27270 version 3
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Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 27273 have been
replaced by unit standard 28174.
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
17 June 2011
31 December 2016
Review
2
27 January 2015
31 December 2016
Rollover
3
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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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.
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
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