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Title
Communicate on a production line in the meat processing industry
Level
2
Credits
Purpose
3
People credited with this unit standard are able to identify
personnel and responsibilities in their own meat processing
production line environment; identify and describe production
line information; and communicate on a meat processing
production line.
This unit standard is for people employed in meat processing
companies who work in various processing departments, and
covers essential communications in the industry.
Classification
Meat Processing > Meat Industry Generic
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Animal
Products Act 1999, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Animal Welfare Act
1999, Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
2
Resource documents may include but are not limited to – Industry Standards/
Manuals/Guides, and current Codes of Practice, available from the New Zealand
Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) at
http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/animalproducts/index.htm.
3
This unit standard is
Organisational requirements refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
expiring
which are documented in memo,
electronic or manual format and are available in the
workplace.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify personnel and responsibilities in a meat processing production line environment.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Key personnel are identified and their key responsibilities described in
accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
may include but is not limited to – supervisor, leading hand, animal
product examiner, grader, health and safety representative, union
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representative, human resources representative, engineer,
veterinarian, knife tutor, quality assurance personnel, site nurse.
1.2
Personal job responsibilities are identified and described in terms of the
production process and in accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
may include but is not limited to – task rotation, hygiene and
sanitation requirements, machinery malfunctions, animal product
contamination.
Outcome 2
Identify and describe production line information.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Information requirements are identified and described in terms of work
responsibilities in accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
2.2
Information requirements are identified and described in terms of quality
assurance, food safety and compliance in accordance with organisational
requirements.
Range
2.3
may include but is not limited to – packaging materials, labelling,
product segregation, hygiene and sanitation, sampling.
Common industry terms used on the production line are outlined.
may include but is not limited to – customer specifications,
company specifications, critical control point, Hazard Analysis
Critical Control Point, Risk Management Programme, Standard
Operating Procedures, tally.
This unit standard is
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Signs and symbols used to provide visual information are identified and
Range
2.4
may include but is not limited to – task instructions, daily
processing requirements and schedules, manning.
described in terms of own work area.
Outcome 3
Communicate on a meat processing production line.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Processing issues on the production line are identified and communicated to
relevant personnel in accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
issues may include but are not limited to – machinery
malfunctions, product contamination, product not within
specification.
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3.2
Unscheduled absences from the production line are communicated to relevant
personnel in accordance with organisational requirements.
unscheduled absences may include but are not limited to –
meeting, toilet break, injury, emotional issues.
Range
3.3
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Communications are free of inappropriate verbal and body language.
inappropriate verbal language includes but is not limited to –
swearing, racist remarks, sexist remarks, culturally insensitive
remarks;
inappropriate body language may include but is not limited to –
threats, gestures, posture, touching, standing too close.
Range
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 August 2009
31 December 2016
Review
2
27 January 2015
31 December 2016
Rollover
3
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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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.
This unit standard is
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
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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.
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