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Title
Operate scales in a meat processing plant
Level
2
Credits
Purpose
4
This unit standard is for people who are employed in the
packaging department at meat processing plants who are
required to weigh meat products to ensure compliance with
company and customer specifications.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: weigh meat
products; demonstrate team-work; and comply with
organisational and statutory hygiene and safety requirements.
Classification
Meat Processing > Meat Industry - Packaging
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, Weights and Measures Act 1987.
3
Definitions
Company specifications – product specifications set by the company relating to cuts,
weights, presentation, and packaging.
Customer specifications – product specifications set by clients relating to cuts,
weights, presentation, and packaging.
Operator – the candidate being assessed against this unit standard.
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures which
are documented in memo, electronic or manual format and are available in the
workplace.
This unit standard is
expiring
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Weigh meat products.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Meat products are retrieved from tables or conveyors and handled in
accordance with organisational requirements.
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SSB Code 101558
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1.2
Meat products are weighed and separated into various weight ranges to meet
company and customer specifications.
1.3
Different cuts or weight ranges are identified and either put into correct cartons
according to customer specifications or forwarded on to the packing station in
accordance with organisational requirements.
1.4
Equipment and machinery is operated in accordance with organisational
requirements.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate team-work.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Tasks are completed within the time and space allocation determined by
product flow and organisational requirements.
2.2
The quality and completeness of tasks meet the operational requirements of
following co-workers.
2.3
Communication and feedback are provided to and requested from co-workers to
maintain and improve task and product quality.
2.4
Co-workers are not endangered through the operator's methods and
equipment.
2.5
Co-worker assistance is provided within the confines of product flow and
operator space.
2.6
Machinery, equipment, and facility malfunctions are identified and reported to
supervisory staff in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.7
This unit standard is
Conflict resolution techniques are applied to minimise interpersonal differences
with co-workers which may
adversely affect team performance.
expiring
Outcome 3
Comply with organisational and statutory hygiene and safety requirements.
Evidence requirements
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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3.3
Contaminated meat products, surfaces, machinery, equipment, and packaging
materials 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 complies with organisational
and statutory requirements.
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
24 November 2003
31 December 2012
Review
2
21 October 2004
31 December 2012
Revision
3
14 July 2005
31 December 2012
Review
4
19 June 2009
31 December 2012
Review
5
21 July 2011
31 December 2016
Review
6
27 January 2015
31 December 2016
Rollover
7
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.
This unit standard is
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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