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Title
Operate palletising equipment in the dairy industry
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare the
palletiser for operation; operate the palletiser; shut down the
palletiser; and demonstrate knowledge of palletiser operation.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy - Generic
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Work must be carried out in accordance with organisational requirements, licensing
requirements, legislative requirements, and industrial awards and agreements.
2
Workplace information can include Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs),
specifications and production schedules.
3
Equipment may include palletiser, depalletisers.
4
Confirming equipment status involves checking that hygiene and sanitation and
occupational health and safety standards are met, and the equipment is operational.
5
Materials used include cartons and pallets.
6
Services may include power and compressed air.
7
This unit standard is
Process operation and monitoring functions may be manual or involve the use of a
expiring
process control system.
8
Control points refer to those key points in the work activity which must be monitored
and controlled.
9
Legislative requirements include but are not limited to the Animal Products Act 1999
and Animal Products (Dairy) Regulations 2005, Health and Safety in Employment Act
1992, Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995, Resource Management
Act 1991, and subsequent amendments.
10
Organisational requirements refers to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
which are documented in memo or manual format and are available in the workplace.
These requirements include but are not limited to – site specific requirements, and
company quality management requirements.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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Outcome 1
Prepare the palletiser for operation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Materials for palletising operation are confirmed and available according to
production requirements.
1.2
Services are confirmed as being ready for palletiser operation.
1.3
Palletiser is set to operating specifications.
1.4
Routine equipment checks confirm that the palletiser is ready for use.
Outcome 2
Operate the palletiser.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Palletiser is started up according to organisational requirements.
2.2
Control points are monitored to confirm that performance is maintained to meet
production specifications.
2.3
Product is palletised to production specifications.
2.4
Out-of-specification palletising is identified, rectified and/or reported according
to organisational requirements.
out-of-specification could include but is not limited to – incorrect
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pattern, damaged
product, equipment faults.
Waste generated by the expiring
process is monitored and cleared according to
organisational waste management procedures.
Range
2.5
Outcome 3
Shutdown the palletiser.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Palletiser is shut down according to type of shut down and organisational
requirements.
Range
3.2
type of shut down – routine, emergency.
Waste generated by both process and cleaning is collected, treated and
disposed or stored for recycling according to organisational waste management
procedures.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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Outcome 4
Demonstrate knowledge of palletiser operation.
Evidence requirements
4.1
The purpose and basic principles of the palletiser operation are identified in
terms of relationships between palletising and other materials handling
processes.
4.2
Requirements for palletiser operation are identified.
operating requirements could include but are not limited to –
quality characteristics to be achieved, process specifications,
procedures, operating parameters, purpose and operation of
equipment and instrumentation components, significance and
methods of monitoring control points within the palletising
operation, services used in palletising, common causes of
problems and corrective actions, cleaning and sanitation
procedures, shut down procedures.
Range
4.3
Safety issues are identified in terms of palletiser operations.
safety issues could include but are not limited to – health and
safety hazards and controls, lock out and tag out procedures,
environmental protection, housekeeping requirements for work
area.
Range
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Dateexpiring Last Date for Assessment
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Registration
1
30 June 2003
31 December 2017
Rollover and
Revision
2
25 September 2006
Rollover
3
17 July 2009
31 December 2017
Review
4
17 September 2015
31 December 2017
Rollover
5
21 January 2016
31 December 2019
31 December 2017
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
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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