NZQA registered unit standard
28262 version 1
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Title
Use and maintain hand knives in a primary products food processing
operation
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
3
This entry-level unit standard is for people working in the
processing area in a primary products food processing
operation.
People credited with this unit standard are able to maintain
hand knives and cut product in a primary products food
processing operation.
Classification
Primary Products Food Processing > Primary Products Food
Processing - Operational Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definitions
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures that
are documented in memo, electronic, or manual format and available in the
workplace.
Steeling – the process of using a sharpening tool to maintain the edge of a knife.
Stoning – the process of using a grinding stone or similar tool to reshape the edge of
a knife.
Operator – the candidate being assessed against this unit standard.
2
Range
Primary products food processing operation may include – meat processing, dairy
processing, seafood or baking yeasts manufacturing.
3
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995.
4
Evidence for the practical components of this unit standard must be supplied from the
workplace.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Maintain hand knives in a primary products food processing operation.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28262 version 1
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Knives are steeled during runs to retain a sharp edge in accordance with
organisational requirements.
1.2
Knives are stoned when necessary between runs to retain a sharp edge in
accordance with organisational requirements.
1.3
Knives are kept free of all contaminants in accordance with organisational
requirements.
1.4
Cutting work is completed without the use of excessive force or damage to the
blade.
1.5
Blades are not damaged through carrying and storage methods.
1.6
Knives are replaced when worn, unsafe, and no longer appropriate for the job
being done in accordance with organisational requirements.
1.7
Knife handles are maintained in safe and hygienic condition in accordance with
organisational requirements.
1.8
Knife maintenance techniques do not place the operator and others at risk of
injury.
Outcome 2
Cut product in a primary products food processing operation.
Range
evidence is required for one cut used in the candidate’s workplace.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The product is cut in accordance with organisational requirements
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 2503.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
27 January 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0022
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28262 version 1
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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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016