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Stack and strap packed produce onto pallets
Level
3
Credits
8
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working, or intending to work in a packhouse.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe packaging
standards, stacking aids, and safety equipment; stack packaging onto pallets;
strap pallets of packed produce; and complete documentation for packed
produce.
Subfield
Horticulture
Domain
Production Horticulture
Status
Registered
Status date
27 October 2006
Date version published
27 October 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 23356, and unit
standard 23357 replaced unit standard 807, unit
standard 1787, and unit standard 1789.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0032
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Workplace procedures refer to written or verbal policies and procedures on safety,
operation and production set down by the employer or host organisation.
2
Standards refer to requirements laid down in quality assurance documentation and
industry standards as supplied by an industry body, agent or exporting company.
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to: the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992; Employment Relations Act 2000; Resource
Management Act 1991; Privacy Act 1993; Hazardous Substances and New
Organisms Act 1996 and related regulations; and Occupational Safety and Health
Approved Codes of Practice.
4
Produce may include fruit, vegetables, and flowers.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe packaging standards, stacking aids, and safety equipment.
Performance criteria
1.1
Pallet and packaging standards are described.
Range
1.2
may include but is not limited to – pack type, pallet type, quantity
of packs per pallet, count per pack, grade, branding, pallet
configuration, palletising components, labelling.
Stacking aids and safety equipment are described.
Range
may include but is not limited to – footwear, tools.
Element 2
Stack packaging onto pallets.
Performance criteria
2.1
Stacking configurations are implemented in accordance with standards.
2.2
Packaging is stacked on pallets in accordance with standards.
Range
2.3
Pallets are correctly stacked, in accordance with standards and workplace
procedures.
Range
2.4
may include but is not limited to – count, market destination, pack
type, pallet base, labels, shrink wrap.
may include but is not limited to – correct label, correct
configuration, correct label orientation, no overhang, no leaning
pallets, correct pack type, correct pallet base, no damage to
packaging.
Pallets are secured and packaged in accordance with standards.
Range
may include but is not limited to – connecting strips, plates, corner
boards, shrink wrapped, and pallet caps.
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2.5
Pallet and packaging standards are adjusted to meet quality controller’s
requirements, if necessary.
Element 3
Strap pallets of packed produce.
Performance criteria
3.1
Strapping configurations are in accordance with standards and workplace
procedures.
Range
3.2
Packaging is secured and strapped in accordance with standards and
workplace procedures.
Range
3.3
may include but is not limited to – number of straps/pallet,
strapping sequence, location of straps.
may include but is not limited to – connecting strips, plates, corner
boards, shrink wrapped, tension of straps, crimps.
Strapping equipment is operated safely in accordance with manufacturers’
specifications.
Range
may include but is not limited to – threaded, rethreaded, cleaned,
stripped, serviced.
3.4
Incorrectly strapped pallets are recognised and discrepancies rectified in
accordance with pallet and packaging standards and workplace procedures.
3.5
Work area is maintained in a clean, tidy, and safe manner in accordance with
workplace procedures.
Range
may include but is not limited to – an identified work area, rubbish
removal, tools secured.
Element 4
Complete documentation for packed produce.
Performance criteria
4.1
Functions of individual labels are identified in terms of relevance to market
destination, as required.
Range
4.2
container labels, bar codes, pallet labels.
Documentation for the pallets is completed in accordance with standards and
workplace procedures, as required.
Range
bar codes, pallet labels, EAN labels, visual indicators.
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Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 the Qualifications Authority 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 the Primary Industry Training Organisation www.primaryito.ac.nz if you
wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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