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Produce column and lock stacked pallets of packaged food and related
products manually
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who are currently working, or who intend to
work, in jobs which involve producing column and lock stacked pallets of
packaged food and related products manually.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the difference
between a column and lock stacked pallet; build a column pallet for the
storage of packaged food or related products manually; build a lock stacked
pallet of packaged food or related products manually; produce and attach
pallet identification labels to a pallet of food or related products; and wrap
and secure a pallet of food or related products.
Subfield
Food and Related Products Processing
Domain
Food and Related Product Storage and Distribution
Status
Registered
Status date
20 December 2001
Date version published
24 August 2006
Planned review date
31 August 2008
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Competenz (Food and Beverage)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0111
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard may include but is not limited to the: Health
and Safety in Employment Act1992, Food Act 1981, Food (Safety) Regulations 2002.
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Related products may include: beverages, household products, or personal care
products.
Manually includes safe lifting practices, in line with OSH guidelines, when stacking
food products onto pallets by hand.
3
Company policies and procedures are those stated policies and/or procedures made
known to the candidate as being the required performance standard – eg location for
filing documentation.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain the difference between a column and lock stacked pallet.
Performance criteria
1.1
The explanation compares column and lock packing in terms of safety and
stability during transit.
1.2
The explanation compares column and lock packing in terms of usefulness as
temporary fixed storage.
1.3
The explanation compares column and lock packing in terms of number of
packages able to be safely palletised.
Element 2
Build a column pallet for the storage of packaged food or related products manually.
Performance criteria
2.1
The column pallet is built in accordance with the company operating
procedures.
2.2
The column pallet is built in accordance with the company safety policies and
procedures.
2.3
The column pallet is built in accordance with the company quality assurance
policies and procedures.
Element 3
Build a lock stacked pallet of packaged food or related products manually.
Performance criteria
3.1
The lock stacked pallet is built in accordance with the company operating
procedures.
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3.2
The lock stacked pallet is built in accordance with the company safety policies
and procedures.
3.3
The lock stacked pallet is built in accordance with the company quality
assurance policies and procedures.
3.4
The lock stacked pallet is built in accordance with the company order and
delivery requirements.
Element 4
Produce and attach pallet identification labels to a pallet of food or related products.
Performance criteria
4.1
The pallet identification label produced and attached is consistent with the
contents of the pallet.
4.2
The pallet identification label is produced and attached in accordance with the
company operating procedures.
Element 5
Wrap and secure a pallet of food or related products.
Performance criteria
5.1
The pallet of food or related products is wrapped and secured in accordance
with the company operating procedures.
5.2
The pallet of food or related products is wrapped and secured in accordance
with the company safety policies and procedures.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, or an inter-institutional body
with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from
assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
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Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Competenz qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
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