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4818 version 7
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Title
Explain health and safety practices in the dairy industry
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People accredited with this unit standard are able to: identify
duties and responsibilities for health and safety in the dairy
industry workplace; explain health and safety practices in the
dairy industry workplace; and identify hazards in the dairy
industry workplace.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Workplace Health and Safety
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definition
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,
company quality management requirements, approved codes of practice and
guidelines, and legislative requirements.
2
The legislation and standards relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited
to – Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE), Health and Safety in
Employment Regulations 1995, their subsequent amendments and any applicable
Approved Codes of Practice created under the primary Act.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify duties and responsibilities for health and safety in the dairy industry workplace.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Duties and responsibilities for health and safety in the workplace are identified
in accordance with legislative requirements.
Range
1.2
duties and responsibilities of – employers, employees.
Right of refusal to perform unsafe work is identified in accordance with
organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
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Explain health and safety practices in the dairy industry workplace.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Health and safety practices are explained in terms of organisational
requirements.
Range
health and safety practices may include but are not limited to
those associated with – fire, chemical spillage, electrical
machinery, vehicles, noise, protective clothing and equipment,
lifting.
Evidence is required for a minimum of three health and safety
practices.
2.2
Incident recording, reporting and investigation requirements are identified in
accordance with organisational requirements.
2.3
Emergency actions to be taken in the workplace are outlined in accordance with
organisational requirements.
Range
emergencies may include but are not limited to those involving –
fire, chemical spillage, live electricity.
Evidence is required for a minimum of three emergencies.
Outcome 3
Identify hazards in the dairy industry workplace.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Types of hazards encountered in the workplace are identified.
Range
hazard types include but are not limited to – physical, chemical,
electrical, biological, ergonomic, psychological.
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
22 June 1995
31 December 2017
Review
2
5 July 1999
31 December 2017
Review
3
26 August 2002
31 December 2017
Revision
4
13 June 2003
31 December 2017
Revision
5
17 September 2004
31 December 2017
Rollover and
Revision
6
17 July 2009
Review
7
18 June 2015
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