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Load freight containers with food or related products
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 packing of freight containers with food or
related products.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: use safe working
practices; prepare to load freight containers with food or related products;
and load freight containers with food or related products.
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 may include 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
Freight containers refer to items such as refrigerated/non-refrigerated shipping,
enclosed, soft-sided, and collapsible.
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Organisational procedures refer to documents that include worksite rules, codes, and
practices; equipment operating instructions; 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.
Related products refers to beverages, household products, or personal care
products.
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Range
Competence is to be demonstrated on two occasions of packing freight containers
with food or related products.
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
hazards to – personnel, product, plant.
1.3
Correct lifting and handling techniques are used in accordance with
organisational procedures.
1.4
Documentation is referred to and/or completed in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Element 2
Prepare to load freight containers with food or related products.
Performance criteria
2.1
Freight containers are prepared for loading in accordance with organisational
procedures.
2.2
Freight containers are checked to ensure they are fit for purpose in accordance
with organisational procedures.
2.3
Freight containers are checked to ensure they are in correct locations, and free
from damage and contamination, in accordance with organisational procedures.
Range
contamination may include but is not limited to – rust, water,
foreign matter that may damage stored products, odours, vermin.
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2.4
Freight containers are checked to ensure that the temperature is correct for
scheduled product in accordance with organisational procedures.
2.5
Materials for prevention of product damage in transit are available in sufficient
quantity for scheduled and anticipated loading in accordance with organisational
procedures.
Range
materials may include but are not limited to – dunnage, lining.
2.6
Equipment for loading products into freight containers is available, operational
and checked in accordance with organisational procedures.
2.7
Product is available in sufficient quantity for scheduled and anticipated loading
requirements and is checked in accordance with organisational procedures.
2.8
Product for loading is checked to ensure that it is stacked in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Range
product stacking requirements include but not limited to – stack
pattern, height, stability, secure.
Element 3
Load freight containers with food or related products.
Performance criteria
3.1
Freight containers are loaded in accordance with organisational procedures.
3.2
Equipment used for loading food or related products is operated in accordance
with organisational procedures.
3.3
Freight container is maintained at correct temperature for loaded product in
accordance with organisational procedures.
3.4
Product is loaded in correct configuration and to correct height in accordance
with load pattern specifications and organisational procedures.
3.5
Loaded product is made secure and stable, and is kept free from damage, in
accordance with organisational procedures.
3.6
Loaded product and packaging integrity is maintained in accordance with
organisational procedures.
3.7
Loaded containers are sealed, secured, and made ready for transport in
accordance with organisational procedures.
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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.
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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