NZQA registered unit standard
Title
Prepare meat by-products
Level
3
Purpose
28242 version 1
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Credits
10
This entry-level unit standard is for people who are employed in
the by-products area in a meat processing operation.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare
secondary meat cuts for by-products manufacture; prepare
finished meat cuts for by-products manufacture; prepare dry
ingredients for by-products manufacture; and prepare byproducts for packaging in a meat processing operation.
Classification
Meat Processing > Meat Manufacturing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Animal
Products Act 1999, Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999,
Fair Trading Act 1986, Food Act 1981, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992,
Meat Board Act 2004, Food Hygiene Regulations 1974, Food (Safety) Regulations
2002, Weights and Measures Regulations 1999.
2
Definitions
Company specifications – product specifications set by the company relating to cuts,
weights, presentation, and packaging.
Customer specifications – product specifications set by the customer relating to cuts,
weights, presentation, and packaging.
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures that
are documented in memo, electronic, or manual format and available in the
workplace.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare secondary meat cuts for by-products manufacture in a meat processing operation.
Evidence Requirements
1.1
The preparation of secondary meat cuts is described in terms of manufacturing
by-products.
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SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28242 version 1
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1.2
Primary carcass cuts are separated into secondary meat cuts in accordance
with customer and organisational requirements.
1.3
Primary cuts are boned to customer specifications and organisational
requirements.
Outcome 2
Prepare finished meat cuts for by-products manufacture in a meat processing operation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Finished meat cuts are identified from secondary meat cuts in terms of
company specifications or cut and boning descriptions.
2.2
Secondary meat cuts are separated into final meat cuts in accordance with
organisational requirements.
Outcome 3
Prepare dry ingredients for by-products manufacture in a meat processing operation.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Dry ingredient preparation is described in terms of manufacturing meat byproducts.
3.2
Dry ingredients are selected by type and quality in accordance with company
specifications.
3.3
Dry ingredients are sorted into batch quantities in accordance with recipes and
company specifications.
3.4
Dry ingredients are stored in a safe and hygienic manner in accordance with
organisational requirements.
3.5
Use of dry ingredients is reconciled to production specifications in accordance
with organisational requirements.
Outcome 4
Prepare by-products for packaging in a meat processing operation.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Any excess and unwanted material is removed from by-products in accordance
with organisational requirements.
4.2
By-products meet company and customer specifications for quality.
Range
evidence of at least five by-products is required.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
4.3
28242 version 1
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Machinery and equipment are operated to organisational and manufacturer’s
requirements.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 16450, unit
standard 16451, unit standard 16453, unit standard
16454, unit standard 16480, unit standard 16494, unit
standard 18523, unit standard 18524, and unit standard
18528.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
N/A
1
27 January 2015
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.
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