NZQA Expiring unit standard
19174 version 5
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Title
Apply quality assurance principles in a beef boning room
Level
3
Credits
Purpose
4
This unit standard is for people in the supervisory or quality
assurance role whose job is to ensure that beef meat products
comply with the written specification for AUS-MEAT National
Accreditation Standards.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe the
quality assurance process for checking beef product
compliance, and assess beef product compliance against
specifications.
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.
2
Resource documents include but are not limited to – AUS-MEAT National
Accreditation Standards, available at http://www.ausmeat.com.au/.
3
Definitions
Industry requirements include but are not limited to – site specific requirements,
company quality management requirements, hygiene, health and safety, regulatory
and legislative requirements.
Written specifications – product specifications set by the customer and customer
country requirements and AUS-MEAT National Accreditation Standards relating to
cuts, weights, presentation, and packaging.
Industry specifications – product specifications and AUS-MEAT National
Accreditation Standards relating to cuts, tolerances, product names, and yield
determination.
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures which
are documented in memo, electronic or manual format and are available in the
workplace.
This unit standard is
expiring
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
19174 version 5
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the quality assurance process for checking beef product compliance.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The role of quality assurance is described in terms of implementation in a beef
boning room.
1.2
The key parts of a quality assurance system are described in terms of their
effectiveness.
Range
key parts may include but are not limited to – customer
requirements, specifications, measuring and checking, recording,
corrective action, training of employees, external audit.
1.3
The sections of a quality assurance system are described in terms of their
relationship to ensuring beef product compliance.
1.4
Key quality assurance terms are defined in terms of their application in a beef
boning room.
Range
1.5
terms include but are not limited to – specification, product
compliance.
Processes for identifying and managing non-conforming product in a beef
boning room are described in accordance with organisational requirements.
This unit standard is
Outcome 2
expiring
Assess beef product compliance against specifications.
1.6
Processes for monitoring critical control points at work stations are described in
accordance with organisational requirements.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The written specifications are described in terms of terminology for beef
products.
2.2
Beef products are confirmed as matching the written specifications.
2.3
Beef products are assessed in accordance with written and industry
specifications.
2.4
Non-conforming product is identified and corrective action taken in accordance
with organisational requirements.
2.5
Product compliance is documented in accordance with industry requirements.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
19174 version 5
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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
24 January 2002
31 December 2012
Review
2
20 June 2006
31 December 2012
Review
3
21 July 2011
31 December 2016
Review
4
27 January 2015
31 December 2016
Rollover
5
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016