NZQA Expiring unit standard
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Title
Prepare and serve hot drinks to patients and/or residents as part of
cleaning duties in health care facilities
Level
2
Purpose
Credits
2
This unit standard is for people entering the cleaning industry
who may be required to prepare and serve hot drinks as part of
their cleaning duties in hospitals and rest home facilities.
People credited with this standard are able to: prepare hot
drinks; serve hot drinks to patients and/or residents in health
sector facilities; and complete job-related tasks.
Classification
Cleaning and Caretaking > Health Sector Cleaning
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Competence demonstrated during assessment against this standard must comply
with the requirements of:
Employment Relations Act 2000;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Food Hygiene Regulations 1974;
Food (Safety) Regulations 2002;
Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services
Consumers’ Rights) Regulations, Health and Disability Commission, 1996.
2
Definition
Health care facilities can include aged residential care facilities, dental surgeries,
doctors’ surgeries, specialist clinics, general and specialist hospitals.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare hot drinks.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Personal hygiene requirements are followed as required by facility and Food
Hygiene Regulations 1974.
1.2
Trolley is set up with clean drinking utensils, supplies and consumables
required for service.
Careerforce
SSB Code 101814
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1.3
Drinking utensils, supplies and consumables are protected from dust and dirt
until served.
1.4
Hot drinks are prepared according to preparation recommendations for product
being served.
Outcome 2
Serve hot drinks to patients and/or residents in health care facilities.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Instructions regarding fluid intake for individual patients and/or residents are
noted.
2.2
Drinks are prepared to patient's and/or resident's requirements.
2.3
Instructions given by nursing staff or caregivers for serving drinks to individual
patients and/or residents are followed.
Range
type of drinking utensil, quantity of drink.
2.4
Drinking utensil is placed in position according to patient's and/or resident's
requirements.
2.5
Procedures for serving refreshments take account of patient's and/or resident's
welfare and cultural values.
Outcome 3
Complete job-related tasks.
Evidence requirements
3.1
All drinking utensils are removed with minimum disturbance to patients and/or
residents.
3.2
All drinking utensils and used items are stacked and transported to designated
area without mishap and with minimum disturbance to patients and/or residents.
3.3
All drinking utensils and other equipment are cleaned and stored in accordance
with facility policy and Food Hygiene Regulations 1974.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Careerforce
SSB Code 101814
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
1590 version 7
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
26 May 1994
31 December 2014
Review
2
31 August 1996
31 December 2014
Review
3
27 April 2000
31 December 2014
Revision
4
8 February 2001
31 December 2014
Review
5
27 February 2006
31 December 2014
Review
6
18 October 2012
31 December 2017
Review
7
17 July 2014
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0004
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.
Careerforce
SSB Code 101814
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016