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Title
Link and tie smallgoods products
Level
2
Purpose
Credits
4
This entry level unit standard is for people who are employed in
the smallgoods area at meat processing plants.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate
knowledge of linking and tying products; link and tie products;
and comply with organisational and statutory hygiene and
safety requirements in a smallgoods manufacturing operation.
Classification
Meat Processing > Smallgoods
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Animal
Products Act 1999, Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999,
Fair Trading Act 1986, Food Act 1981, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992,
Meat Board Act 2004, Food Hygiene Regulations 1974, Food (Safety) Regulations
2002, Weights and Measures Regulations 1999.
2
Definitions
Operator – the candidate being assessed against this unit standard.
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures which
are documented in memo, electronic or manual format and are available in the
workplace.
Products – refer to sausages, salamis, frankfurters.
Smallgoods – smoked, cured or otherwise processed meat based products such as
bacon, ham, sausages, continental meats and salami lines.
This unit standard is
expiring
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of linking and tying products in a smallgoods manufacturing
operation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Linking and tying process is explained in terms of rationale for tying and
hanging products.
1.2
Types of casings are described in terms of thick and thin walled casings.
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1.3
Methods of linking are described in terms of automatic and manual methods.
1.4
Methods of tying are described in terms of colour coding of string.
1.5
Filling problems are identified and explained in terms of defects with synthetic
and natural casings.
Outcome 2
Link and tie products in a smallgoods manufacturing operation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Products are linked and tied at a rate commensurate with production
requirements and organisational requirements.
2.2
Products are linked using either single or triple linking methods in accordance
with product specifications and organisational requirements.
Range
includes – manually, semi-automatically, automatically.
2.3
Products are hung in accordance with organisational requirements at a rate
commensurate with production requirements.
2.4
Products are monitored against specifications and recorded in accordance with
organisational requirements.
Outcome 3
Comply with organisational and statutory hygiene and safety requirements.
This unit standard is
Company supplied clothing, and hygiene and safety equipment are worn and
used in accordance with expiring
organisational and statutory requirements.
Evidence requirements
3.1
3.2
Work methods comply with specified organisational and statutory requirements
to minimise the risk of product contamination and injuries to the operator and
others.
3.3
Contaminated meat products, surfaces, machinery, equipment and packaging
materials are handled in accordance with organisational and statutory
requirements.
3.4
Unsafe and unhygienic conditions are identified and reported to supervisory
staff in accordance with organisational requirements.
3.5
Equipment, operator and work area cleanliness complies with organisational
and statutory requirements.
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Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 18533 have been
replaced by unit standard 28240.
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 November 2001
31 December 2012
Review
2
26 October 2005
31 December 2012
Review
3
17 June 2011
31 December 2016
Review
4
27 January 2015
31 December 2016
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.
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
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
expiring
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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