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Monitor and maintain food or related products stock levels
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who are currently working, or who intend to
work, in jobs which involve the monitoring and maintenance of food or related
products stock levels.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: use safe working
practices; monitor and record food or related products stock levels; and
maintain food or related products stock levels.
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 and visit 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
1
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.
2
Definitions
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.
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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.
3
Range
Competence is to be demonstrated on two occasions of monitoring and maintaining
food or related products stock levels.
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
Monitor and record food or related products stock levels.
Performance criteria
2.1
Product stock levels are monitored and recorded in accordance with
organisational procedures.
2.2
Minimum and maximum stock levels of products are identified and recorded in
accordance with organisational procedures.
2.3
Lead times for products supply are identified and recorded in accordance with
organisational procedures.
2.4
Stock rotation requirements are identified and recorded in accordance with
organisational procedures.
2.5
Products use is monitored, matched with historical data, and recorded in
accordance with organisational procedures.
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2.6
Users of products are notified of stock movement requirements in accordance
with organisational procedures.
Range
users may include but are not limited to – sales, marketing,
purchasing, production;
requirements may include but are not limited to – lead times,
supplier, organisational, shelf life.
Element 3
Maintain food or related products stock levels.
Performance criteria
3.1
Product stock levels are maintained in accordance with organisational
procedures.
3.2
Product stocks are maintained at a level that optimises production and
minimises cost, in accordance with organisational procedures.
3.3
Seasonal demands for products are met in accordance with organisational
procedures and within constraints.
Range
seasonal demands may include but are not limited to –
promotions, export orders;
constraints may include but are not limited to – organisational,
market.
3.4
Supplier and customer requirements are met in accordance with organisational
procedures.
3.5
Interested parties are notified of stock levels and stock level maintenance
requirements in accordance with organisational procedures.
Range
includes but is not limited to – managers, supervisors, team
members of upstream and/or downstream operations operators of
equipment.
3.6
Stock integrity is maintained, and obsolete stock is removed from circulation
and storage in accordance with organisational procedures.
3.7
Stock records and actual physical stock count are compared in accordance with
organisational procedures.
3.8
Variations in stock number and condition are identified, and action is taken 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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