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Title
Set up data capture equipment, scales and semi-automatic labelling
machinery in the meat processing industry
Level
4
Credits
Purpose
15
This unit standard is for supervisors who are employed in the
packaging department in a meat processing plant and who are
required to set up and download product information to carton
scales and labelling machinery.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: set up meat
product specification details; download product information to
terminal scales and semi-automatic labelling machinery;
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 – Animal
Products Act 1999, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
3
Resource documents include but are not limited to – Industry Standard 6/Industry
agreed standard 6 - Processing of Edible Product, available from the New Zealand
Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) at
http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/industry/sectors/meat-ostrich-emugame/meatman/is6/index.htm.
4
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
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Set up meat product specification details.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Product order numbers are set up in the computer system in accordance with
company and customer specifications.
Range
product order numbers may include but are not limited to – order
number, item standpack number.
1.2
Orders are setup for a certain weight or a set number of cartons in accordance
with organisational requirements.
1.3
Product details are checked for compliance, in accordance with organisational
requirements and customer specifications.
Range
1.4
product details include but are not limited to – weight range,
product description, grade, slaughter date, production date, expiry
date.
Programming faults are identified and corrective action taken in accordance
with organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
Download product information to terminal scales and semi-automatic labelling machinery.
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Correct data is downloaded to terminal equipment to meet changes in
Evidence requirements
2.1
2.2
Correct data is downloaded to touch screens, terminal scales and semiautomatic labelling machinery in accordance with organisational requirements.
production requirements in accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
2.3
data includes but is not limited to – cuts, grades.
Keyboard plans are supplied to terminal operators in accordance with
organisational requirements when required.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate team-work.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Tasks are completed safely within the time and space allocation determined by
product flow and organisational requirements.
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3.2
The quality and completeness of tasks meet the operational requirements of
following co-workers.
3.3
Communication and feedback are provided to and requested from co-workers to
maintain and improve task and product quality.
3.4
Co-worker assistance is provided within the confines of product flow and
operator space.
3.5
Machinery, equipment and facility malfunctions are identified and corrective
actions taken in accordance with organisational requirements.
3.6
Conflict resolution techniques are applied to minimise interpersonal differences
with co-workers which may adversely affect team performance.
Outcome 4
Comply with organisational and statutory hygiene and safety requirements.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Work methods comply with specified organisational and statutory requirements
to minimise the risk of product contamination and injuries to the operator and
others.
4.2
Contaminated meat products, surfaces, machinery, equipment and packaging
materials are handled in accordance with organisational and statutory
requirements.
4.3
Unsafe and unhygienic conditions are identified and corrective actions taken in
accordance with organisational requirements.
This unit standard is
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out
below.
expiring
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 August 2009
31 December 2012
Review
2
21 July 2011
31 December 2016
Review
3
27 January 2015
31 December 2016
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.
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SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016