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Title
Explain health and safety practices in the meat processing industry
Level
2
Credits
Purpose
3
People credited with this unit standard are able to identify
duties and responsibilities for health and safety, and explain
health and safety practices and the accident recording, and
reporting requirements for a meat processing plant.
This is an entry level unit standard for people new to the meat
processing industry who are required to have a generic
knowledge of health and safety.
Classification
Meat Processing > Meat Industry Generic
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Animal Products Act 1999.
2
Definition
Organisational requirements refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
which are documented in memo, electronic or manual format and are available in the
workplace.
This unit standard is
expiring
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify duties and responsibilities for health and safety in a meat processing plant.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Duties and responsibilities for health and safety in a meat processing plant are
identified in accordance with legislative requirements.
Range
duties and responsibilities of – employers, employees.
Outcome 2
Explain health and safety practices and the accident recording, and reporting requirements
for a meat processing plant.
Evidence requirements
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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2.1
Health and safety practices are explained in terms of hazards encountered in a
meat processing plant.
Range
2.2
health and safety practices may include but are not limited to
those associated with – fire, chemical spillage, machinery, noise,
protective clothing and equipment, ergonomic, lifting,
contaminated product, knives and/or flays.
Evidence is required for a minimum of three health and safety
practices.
Hazard identification systems used in the workplace are explained in terms of
their purpose, use, and employee compliance.
Range
2.3
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hazard identification systems may include but are not limited to –
signage, material safety data sheets, hold cards and/or tag and
lockout systems, hazard awareness manuals, safe operating
procedures, safety representatives and committees, detain tags.
Evidence is required for a minimum of three hazard identification
systems.
Measures to reduce sprain and strain injuries are explained in terms of their
purpose.
Range
measures may include but are not limited to – rest breaks, job
rotation, early reporting, treatment regimes, exercises, workstation
design, work techniques, sharp knives and/or flays, correct
equipment.
Evidence is required for a minimum of three measures.
2.4
Accident recording, reporting and investigation requirements are explained in
terms of organisational requirements.
2.5
Emergency actions to be taken in the workplace are explained in terms of
organisational requirements.
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Range
emergencies may include but are not limited to those involving –
fire, chemical spillage, natural disaster, ammonia leakage, stock
breakouts.
Evidence is required for a minimum of three emergencies.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 November 2003
31 December 2016
Rollover and
Revision
2
25 June 2007
Review
3
19 June 2009
31 December 2016
Review
4
27 January 2015
31 December 2016
Rollover
5
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0033
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016