NZQA Expiring unit standard
21127 version 3
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Title
Maintain product safety when loading, unloading, and transporting
product in the dairy industry
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare to
transport dairy products, and load, unload, and transport dairy
products safely in the dairy industry.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Product Safety and Risk
Management
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open.
Explanatory notes
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Definitions
Product safety control measures refer to the methods used to control food safety
hazards. Control method, requirements, and record keeping are specified in
workplace food safety procedures which typically form part of a workplace food
safety program.
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 include but are not limited to – site-specific and company standard
operating procedures (SOPs), occupational health and safety, food safety and quality
management requirements.
This unit standard is
expiring
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Animal Products Act 1999, Animal Products (Dairy)
Regulations 2005, Dairy Specification Notices 2006.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare to transport dairy products in the dairy industry.
Evidence requirements
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
21127 version 3
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1.1
Product storage vehicles and containers are prepared for use in accordance
with organisational requirements.
1.2
Product is loaded and secured to meet transportation, temperature control, and
organisational requirements.
1.3
Personal hygiene, hand washing and pathogen control procedures are followed
in accordance with organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
Load, unload and transport products safely in the dairy industry.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Product safety control measures are monitored to ensure that food safety is
maintained during transport, in accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
control measures may include but are not limited to – handling,
storage methods, sensory checks, sampling, segregation,
temperature control, packaging or labelling.
2.2
Where product safety control requirements are not met, the incident is promptly
reported and corrective action is taken, in accordance with organisational
requirements.
2.3
Product is transported in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.4
Product is unloaded according to transportation, temperature control, and
organisational requirements.
2.5
Product storage vehicles and containers are cleaned in accordance with
organisational requirements.
2.6
This unit standard is
Product safety information is recorded in accordance with organisational
requirements.
expiring
Replacement information
Replaced by standard 29144
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
21127 version 3
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
27 October 2005
Rollover and
Revision
2
17 July 2009
Review
3
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
31 December 2018
31 December 2018
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016