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Title
Pack individual meat products
Level
2
Credits
Purpose
8
This entry level unit standard is for people whose job is to wrap
and pack individual meat products to company specifications.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: wrap and
pack individual 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
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, available from the New Zealand Food Safety Authority at
http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/industry/sectors/meat-ostrich-emugame/meatman/is6/index.htm.
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.
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.
4
Range
Meat products may include but are not limited to – bobby calves, cattle, sheep and
lambs, deer, pig, goat, horses and other animals used in the meat processing sector.
This unit standard is
expiring
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
25146 version 4
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Wrap and pack individual meat products.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Individual products are wrapped in accordance with statutory requirements and
to company and customer specifications.
1.2
Products are bagged in accordance with statutory requirements and to
company and customer specifications.
1.3
Shrink wrapping of individual cuts is completed to company, customer and
manufacturer’s specifications.
1.4
The type and number of cuts placed in cartons meet company and customer
specifications.
1.5
Packaging and handling methods meet statutory requirements and company
and customer specifications.
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
This unit standard is
Communication and feedback
are provided to and requested from co-workers to
expiring
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
Conflict resolution techniques are applied to minimise interpersonal differences
with co-workers which may adversely affect team performance.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
25146 version 4
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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.
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 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
Review
Review
Rollover
1
19 June 2009
31 December 2012
This
unit
standard
is2016
3
27
January 2015
31 December
4
17 September 2015
expiring 31 December 2018
2
21 July 2011
31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0033
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
25146 version 4
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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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016