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Comply with overseas market access requirements when transporting
perishable export products by road
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
This unit standard is for those who drive, or intend to drive, road transport
vehicles transporting perishable products for export.
People credited with this unit standard are able to explain overseas market
access requirements (OMAR) as they apply to the transportation by road of
perishable products destined for export, and comply with OMAR when
transporting perishable products by road for export.
Subfield
Commercial Road Transport
Domain
Transportation of Perishable Products by Road
Status
Registered
Status date
27 July 2005
Date version published
12 February 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Candidates must hold a minimum of the class of licence
required for the vehicle being driven and comply with the
requirements of the Land Transport (Driver Licensing)
Rule 1999.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0092
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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References
Information is available from the New Zealand Food Safety Authority website at
http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz.
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Definitions
Conveyance refers to a truck, trailer and/or container fitted with a refrigeration unit.
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Cross-docking refers to movement of goods from vehicle to vehicle, vehicle to
loading dock, loading dock to vehicle, undertaken at an intermediate stage during
transport to facilitate the delivery operation.
Overseas market access requirements (OMAR) are country-specific, and place
performance standards on transporters of export dairy, meat, and fish products
intended for human consumption.
Perishable products refers to products for human consumption that are time-,
temperature-, handling- and/or regulatory-sensitive such as meat, seafood, baked
goods, confectionery, dairy products, breads, fruit and vegetables.
Supply chain refers to all the parts that make up the supply delivery process. The
parts may include but are not limited to – grower, manufacturer, supplier, transporter,
retailer, exporter.
Traceability is a system of recording and monitoring the temperature and quality of
perishable products during transportation from manufacturer to retailer.
3
The legal requirements relevant to this unit standard include:
Animal Products Act 1999;
Land Transport Act 1998.
4
Any new, amended, or replacement Acts, regulations, Rules, standards, codes of
practice, New Zealand Food Safety Authority or NZ Transport Agency requirements
or conditions affecting this unit standard will take precedence for assessment
purposes, pending review of this unit standard.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain OMAR as they apply to the transportation by road of perishable products destined
for export.
Range
at least one of – dairy, animal, seafood products.
Performance criteria
1.1
OMAR is explained in terms of eligibility of companies to transport products,
and to transfer products between conveyances at road transport depots using
an approved vehicle docking facility (VDF).
1.2
Compliance with OMAR is explained in terms of integrity of supply chain and
product, and official assurance programme requirements.
1.3
OMAR applicable to maintaining security of products is explained in terms of
general and specific requirements.
Range
contamination, tampering.
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Element 2
Comply with OMAR when transporting perishable products by road for export.
Performance criteria
2.1
Documentation accompanying perishable products destined for export complies
with OMAR and NZ Food Safety Authority requirements.
2.2
Driver actions comply with OMAR in terms of maintaining security of perishable
products intended for export.
2.3
Driver’s performance of traceability procedures for perishable product intended
for export complies with OMAR.
2.4
Driver actions during pick-up, line haul, delivery, and/or cross-docking comply
with OMAR in terms of minimising the potential for products intended for export
to be downgraded to the domestic market as a result of cross-contamination of
product.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, 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 NZQA 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 NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) info@mito.org.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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