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Fill transportable pressurised tankers with bulk beverages
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who are currently working, or who intend to
work, in jobs which involve the filling of transportable pressurised tankers
with bulk beverages.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: use safe working
practices; clean transportable pressurised tankers for filling with bulk
beverages; and pressurise and fill transportable tankers with bulk beverages.
Subfield
Food and Related Products Processing
Domain
Food and Related Product Storage and Distribution
Status
Registered
Status date
11 December 2009
Date version published
11 December 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Competenz
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 includes but is not limited to the: Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992; Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Food Act 1981; Food Hygiene Regulations 1974; Food (Safety) Regulations 2002;
Resource Management Act 1991; and their associated regulations and subsequent
amendments.
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Definitions
Filling equipment refers to items such as hoses, flow plate, ring main, manifold, pipe
work, caps, trapdoors, filters, and pressurisation.
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Organisational procedures refer to documents that include worksite rules, codes, and
practices; equipment operating instructions; and production specifications;
documented quality management systems; and health and safety requirements.
PPE refers to personal protective equipment such as protective clothing, gloves,
safety glasses/headwear/footwear, hearing protection, and safety devices.
Production line equipment refers to equipment used in a production line, such as
vessels or boilers not requiring certification, pipework, fillers, pasteurisers, labellers,
crate or carton packers, high-speed wrappers, water lines, pumps, compressors,
dicers, and cutters.
Related products refers to beverages, household products, or personal care
products.
Tankers may be mini tankers, compartmentalised, bulk, or stainless steel.
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Range
Competence is to be demonstrated on two occasions of filling transportable
pressurised tankers with bulk beverages.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Use safe working practices.
Performance criteria
1.1
PPE is used in accordance with organisational procedures.
1.2
Work environment is clean and free from hazards in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Range
1.3
hazards to – personnel, product, plant.
Documentation is referred to and/or completed in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Element 2
Clean transportable pressurised tankers for filling with bulk beverages.
Performance criteria
2.1
Tanker is cleaned in accordance with organisational procedures.
2.2
Equipment for cleaning is checked for availability, operation and configuration in
accordance with organisational procedures.
Range
equipment may include but is not limited to – cleaning, mixing,
pipe work, hoses, fittings, valves, filters.
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2.3
Correct cleaning solution is available in sufficient quantity for scheduled
cleaning and anticipated cleaning in accordance with organisational procedures.
Range
cleaning solutions – type, concentration.
Element 3
Fill transportable pressurised tankers with bulk beverages.
Performance criteria
3.1
Tankers are pressurised and filled in accordance with organisational
procedures.
3.2
Filling equipment is checked for availablility, operational condition and
configuration in accordance with organisational procedures.
Range
filling equipment may include but is not limited to – pressurisation,
flushing, lines, carbon dioxide tanks, hoses, fittings, valves, filters.
3.3
Filling equipment is operated in accordance with organisational procedures.
3.4
Tanker is filled to correct volume and to correct pressure in accordance with
organisational procedures.
3.5
Wastage of materials in pressurising and filling transportable tankers is
minimised in accordance with organisational procedures.
Range
3.6
materials may include but are not limited to – product, water,
compressed air.
Constraints to pressurising and filling transportable tankers are identified.
Constraints are addressed and/or reported in accordance with organisational
procedures.
Range
constraints may include but are not limited to – availability of
equipment; product quality; operational performance of equipment
including pressure, temperature, safety.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, 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 NZQA 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 info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the
content of this unit standard.
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