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Title
Clean and sanitise equipment manually in the dairy industry
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare
materials, equipment and services for cleaning; collect and
dispose of waste; clean and sanitise equipment manually; and
demonstrate knowledge of cleaning and sanitation, in the dairy
industry.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Product Safety and Risk
Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Work must be carried out in accordance with organisational, licensing, and legislative
requirements, and industrial awards and agreements. Work may be carried out in
confined spaces and involve exposure to hazardous chemicals.
Definitions
Cleaning materials may include but are not limited to – cleaning and sanitising
chemicals.
Equipment – refers to equipment used to clean and sanitise, depends on specific
requirements, and would normally include brooms, cloths, scrapers, brushes, mops
and hoses.
Preparing equipment for cleaning includes but is not limited to – confirming that all
waste materials have been cleared and equipment is correctly locked out, tagged out
or isolated as required by operating procedures.
Organisational requirements – refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
which are documented in memo and/or manual format and are available in the
workplace. These requirements include but are not limited to – site specific
requirements, company quality management requirements.
Legislative requirements in this unit standard include but are not limited to – Health
and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Health and Safety in Employment Regulations
1995, Resource Management Act 1991, Animal Products Act 1999, Animal Products
(Dairy) Regulations 2005.
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare materials, equipment and services for cleaning in the dairy industry.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Cleaning materials, equipment and services are prepared for use in accordance
with organisational requirements.
1.2
Confirmation that equipment is safe to clean is secured in accordance with
organisational and legislative requirements.
Range
includes but is not limited to – work procedures and/or permit to
work secured.
Outcome 2
Collect and dispose of waste in the dairy industry.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Waste is sorted and collected in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.2
Product and cleaning waste is deposited in collection area and disposed of in
accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
2.3
may include but is not limited to – recycled, transferred for rework,
further treatment, disposal.
Waste is disposed of in accordance with organisational and legislative
requirements.
Outcome 3
Clean and sanitise equipment manually in the dairy industry.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Equipment is cleaned and sanitised to meet organisational requirements.
3.2
Equipment is prepared for operation after cleaning and sanitation in accordance
with organisational requirements.
3.3
Cleaning and sanitation documentation is completed and data is recorded in
accordance with organisational requirements.
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Outcome 4
Demonstrate knowledge of cleaning and sanitation.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Cleaners, sanitisers and related cleaning equipment, and their functions, are
identified in terms of the work area.
4.2
Cleaning and sanitation requirements are identified in terms of the work area.
Range
4.3
cleaning and sanitation requirements may include but are not
limited to – safe handling and storage of cleaners and sanitisers
used, different levels of cleaning requirements depending on the
reason for cleaning, use of personal protective equipment,
equipment settings required for cleaning and operating
respectively, inspection points, liaison with related work areas,
recording and reporting.
Safety issues are identified in terms of cleaning and sanitation.
safety issues may include but are not limited to – regulatory
requirements as they affect immediate responsibilities for cleaning
and sanitation, environmental consequences of incorrect waste
disposal, location of material safety data (MSD) sheets.
Range
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28634
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
25 November 2000
31 December 2017
Revision
2
13 June 2003
31 December 2017
Rollover and
Revision
3
25 September 2006
Rollover and
Revision
4
17 July 2009
Review
5
18 June 2015
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31 December 2017
31 December 2017
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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.
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SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016