NZQA registered unit standard
28249 version 1
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Title
Receive and inspect stock in the yards in a meat processing
operation
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
15
This unit standard is for experienced people employed in the
livestock yards in a meat processing operation who are
required to handle livestock.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and
describe livestock diseases classified as exotic to New Zealand
and their symptoms, receive and record stock; and inspect
received stock in a meat processing operation.
Classification
Meat Processing > Pre and Post Slaughter and Dressing
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 Welfare Act 1999, Biosecurity Act 1993,
Animal Products Act 1999, Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
2
The resource document includes but is not limited to the website of the OIE – World
Organisation for Animal Health at http://www.oie.int.
3
Definition
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures that
are documented in memo, electronic, or manual format and available in the
workplace.
4
Range
Stock may include but are not limited to – bobby calves, cattle, sheep and lambs,
deer, pigs, goats, horses, other animals used in the meat processing sector.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify and describe livestock diseases classified as exotic to New Zealand and their
symptoms.
Evidence requirements
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
1.1
Livestock diseases classified as exotic to New Zealand are identified and
described in terms of the Series of 153 Standards: Response Programmes for
Exotic Diseases of Animals, for a given livestock type.
Range
1.2
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a minimum of three diseases from OIE List A or B.
The symptoms of exotic livestock diseases for a given livestock type are
identified and described in accordance with the requirements of the World
Animal Health Information Database (WAHID) Interface, maintained by the OIE
– World Organisation for Animal Health.
Range
symptoms may include but are not limited to – morbidity, mortality,
paralysis, respiratory, nervous system.
Outcome 2
Receive and record stock in a meat processing operation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Communication is maintained with stock-truck drivers to co-ordinate unloading
and speed of stock throughput in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.2
Each line of stock is counted off trucks and penned in accordance with
organisational and statutory requirements.
2.3
Records for each line of stock are completed, communicated, and filed in
accordance with organisational and statutory requirements.
2.4
Discrepancies between operator and driver records of stock numbers and types
are resolved or recorded in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.5
Dead, injured, or unhealthy stock are recorded, reported, and handled in
accordance with organisational and statutory requirements.
2.6
Tagged animals are identified, handled, and recorded in accordance with
organisational and statutory requirements.
2.7
Animals exceeding organisational and statutory specifications are not accepted
for slaughter.
2.8
Animal status declaration is handled in accordance with organisational
requirements.
Outcome 3
Inspect received stock in a meat processing operation
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28249 version 1
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Evidence requirements
3.1
Received stock are inspected for any damage or disease indicators in
accordance with organisational requirements.
3.2
Dead, injured, or unhealthy stock are recorded, reported, and handled in
accordance with organisational and statutory requirements.
3.3
Tagged animals are identified, handled, and recorded in accordance with
organisational and statutory requirements.
3.4
Approved animals are recorded in accordance with organisational requirements.
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
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