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Title Apply safe work procedures in the dairy industry
19976 version 3
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Level
Purpose
2 Credits 4
People credited with this unit standard are able to: conduct work safely; identify, control and report Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) hazards; follow emergency procedures; and demonstrate knowledge of health and safety issues and procedures in relation to own work.
Classification Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Workplace Health and Safety
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
Safe work procedures relate to the candidate’s own work responsibilities and may include materials handling and working with hazardous goods.
4
Responsibility for applying health and safety relate to candidate’s immediate work responsibilities.
5 Employee and employer rights and responsibilities are those established by legislation and reflected in organisational policies and procedures.
6 Hazards and OSH incidents relate to candidate’s own job and immediate work area.
OSH incidents include near misses and injuries and illnesses. Hazards relating to own and immediate work area can include: noise, light, poor ventilation, confined spaces, temperature, hazardous substances, microbiological and chemical, working with and near moving equipment or load shifting equipment, radiation, stress, high repetition work practices, broken or damaged equipment or materials, slippery surfaces, manual handling, dust.
7 Emergency procedures includes in-house emergency services and equipment, fire wardens, medical kits or centre, first aid personnel, fire fighting personnel and equipment.
8 Workplace health and safety information can include safety signs and symbols, labels, material safety data sheets, and work instructions.
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9 Reporting of emergencies can include raising an alarm and/or reporting to designated personnel.
10 Legislative requirements include but are not limited to the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992, Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995, and subsequent amendments.
11 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.
Outcome 1
Conduct work safely.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) principles and procedures are implemented according to organisational requirements.
Range implementation could include but is not limited to – accessing and applying workplace information on health and safety policies and procedures relating to own work, following safe work procedures.
1.2 Personnel protective clothing is selected and specifications. fitted according to manufacturer’s
1.3 Personnel protective equipment is used to meet organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
Identify, control and report OSH hazards.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Immediate work area is checked for safety according to organisational requirements.
Range safety checks could include but is not limited to – checking that guards are correctly positioned and operational, safety switches are correctly positioned, other relevant protective equipment is in place.
2.2
2.3
Hazards are reported to personnel according to organisational requirements.
OSH incidents are reported to personnel according to organisational requirements.
Outcome 3
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Follow emergency procedures.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Emergency situations are identified and reported according to organisational requirements.
3.2 Emergency shut-down procedures are followed according to organisational requirements.
3.3 Emergency and evacuation procedures are implemented according to organisational requirements.
Outcome 4
Demonstrate knowledge of health and safety issues and procedures relating to own work.
Evidence requirements
4.1 The location of health and safety information is identified in terms of its relationship to own work.
Range location of health and safety information could include but is not limited to location of – emergency exits, responsibilities of self and employer, advice on OSH issues, OSH personnel and consultative arrangements, first aid facilities and personnel, safety alarms, safety and reporting procedures.
4.2 The application of health and safety equipment and procedures is identified in terms of their relationship to own work.
Range health and safety equipment and procedures could include but are not limited to – personal protective equipment, safety alarms, lock out, tag out and/or isolation procedures, emergency procedures, signage and symbols relating to OSH, storage requirements for hazardous goods where required, manual handling practices and procedures where required, OSH incidents and related reporting requirements.
Replacement information This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28644
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
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Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Rollover
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2
30 June 2003
26 January 2007
31 December 2017
31 December 2017
Review 3 18 June 2015 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
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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.
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