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Title
Receive and prepare raw materials for rendering 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 receive raw materials and prepare raw materials
for rendering.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: receive raw
materials; prepare raw materials; 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
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Animal Products Act 1999.
2
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/.
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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.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Receive raw materials for rendering.
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Received raw materials are identified and transferred to appropriate storage
bins in accordance with organisational and statutory requirements.
1.2
Condition of raw materials is evaluated to determine suitability for rendering in
accordance with organisational requirements.
1.3
Raw material documentation complies with organisational and statutory
requirements.
1.4
Preservation of raw materials prior to processing is completed in accordance
with organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
Prepare raw materials for rendering.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Raw materials are prepared for rendering in accordance with organisational
requirements.
2.2
Contaminated raw materials are identified and reported to supervisory staff in
accordance with organisational requirements.
2.3
Raw materials are transferred from storage to preparation equipment in
accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
may include but is not limited to – denaturing.
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Evidence requirements
Outcome 3
Comply with organisational and statutory hygiene and safety requirements during
rendering operations.
3.1
Company supplied clothing, and hygiene and safety equipment are worn and
used in accordance with organisational and statutory requirements.
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.
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Equipment, operator and work area cleanliness complies with organisational
and statutory requirements.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 27270 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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
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.
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