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Title
Apply basic quality assurance practices in the dairy industry
Level
2
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: monitor
quality of own work; conduct routine inspections; and
demonstrate knowledge of quality assurance requirements
relating to own work.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Product Safety and Risk
Management
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, production schedules and Material Safety Data Sheets.
3
Responsibility for monitoring quality relates to the candidate’s immediate work
responsibilities.
4
Quality standards as typically described in specifications such as raw materials,
packaging and final product specifications and work procedures.
5
Definitions
Control points refer to those key points in a work process which must be monitored
and controlled. This includes food safety (critical), quality and regulatory control
points as well as inspection points.
Routine inspections refer to visual inspections.
Organisational requirements refer 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.
Legislative and regulatory requirements applicable to this unit standard may include:
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, Animal Products Act 1999,
Animal Products (Dairy) Regulations 2005, relevant Dairy Specifications/Notices.
6
Reporting and recording systems may be manual, electronic or screen-based.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Monitor quality of own work.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Control points are monitored to confirm quality of service or output in
accordance with legislative and organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
Conduct routine inspections.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Materials, equipment and outputs are inspected in accordance with
organisational requirements.
2.2
Variation or common faults are identified and actioned in accordance with
organisational requirements.
2.3
Inspection results are recorded in accordance with organisational requirements.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of quality assurance requirements relating to own work.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The quality policy, procedures and responsibilities are identified in terms of their
relationship to own work.
3.2
Quality assurance personnel are identified in terms of their respective
responsibilities.
Range
quality assurance personnel may include but are not limited to –
internal personnel, external auditors.
3.3
The requirements of internal and external customers are identified in terms of
their relationship to own work.
3.4
The quality requirements and sources of advice are identified in terms of their
relationship to own work.
Range
quality requirements may include but are not limited to – control
points; monitoring procedures; regulatory requirements; process
and operating parameters; procedures for removing and isolating
and reporting non-conformances; reporting and recording
systems.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
19975 version 4
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Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 June 2003
Rollover and
Revision
2
25 September 2006
Rollover and
Revision
3
17 July 2009
Review
4
18 June 2015
31 December 2017
31 December 2017
31 December 2017
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.
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016