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Level 4
Credits 25
Purpose This unit standard is for those who drive, or intend to drive, road transport vehicles transporting perishable products.
People credited with this unit standard are able, as a driver, to: load and unload a temperature-controlled goods service vehicle carrying perishable products; comply with legal and formal requirements when transporting perishable products by road; explain contingency plans for the transportation of perishable products by road; and deliver perishable products by road to meet contract of cartage.
Subfield Commercial Road Transport
Domain
Status
Status date
Date version published
Planned review date
Entry information
Transportation of Perishable Products by Road
Registered
27 July 2005
12 February 2010
31 December 2011
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 and visit 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
1 References
Information is available from the New Zealand Food Safety Authority website at http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz.
The Official New Zealand Truck Loading Code: Code of Practice for the safety of loads on heavy vehicles , (current edition), available from booksellers.
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2 Definitions
The cold chain is a series of interdependent operations engaged in manufacturing, transporting, storing, servicing, and retailing temperature-sensitive food products.
Contingency plan refers to those actions to be taken in the event of unforeseen circumstances that cause perishable products to deteriorate in quality.
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;
Goods service vehicle means a vehicle as defined by the Land Transport Act 1998.
Organisational requirements include any legal requirements, standards, codes of practice, organisational and/or site policies and procedures, industry best practice, and manufacturers' instructions. These must be available to candidates, providers, and assessors.
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.
Risk-based food safety programmes are food product safety programmes based on a
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system to mitigate risk to food products.
Traceability is a system of recording and monitoring the temperature and quality of perishable products during transportation from manufacturer to retailer.
The Truck Loading Code is The Official New Zealand Truck Loading Code: Code of
Practice for the Safety of Loads on Heavy Vehicles .
3 The legal requirements relevant to this unit standard include:
Animal Products Act 1999;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Land Transport Act 1998;
Resource Management Act 1991;
Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Rule 1999.
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.
5 Assessment against this unit standard shall be conducted under practical workplace conditions. Evidence is required to show consistency of performance over a period of at least three months. For credit, demonstration of competence in transporting perishable products will be at a minimum of 50% vehicle carrying capacity. The vehicle may be a rigid or combination vehicle.
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Element 1
Load and unload a temperature-controlled goods service vehicle carrying perishable products.
Performance criteria
1.1 Materials handling equipment is correctly used to load and/or unload perishable products in accordance with manufacturers’ instructions.
Range may include but is not limited to
– pallet jack, pallet trolley, barrow, tail lift, dock leveller, dock barrow, hoist.
1.2 Use of materials handling equipment ensures safety of handler, products, and helper(s).
1.3 Vehicle loading plan meets delivery instructions and risk-based food safety programme.
1.4 Loading of perishable products demonstrates knowledge of products in terms of temperature control limits and placement in vehicle, and understanding of transfer of heat between products over time.
1.5 Unloading of perishable products is timely, ensures product safety, and is in accordance with risk-based food safety programme.
1.6
Element 2
Loading and unloading of perishable products is in accordance with load plan and meets customer requirements.
Comply with legal and formal requirements when transporting perishable products by road.
Performance criteria
2.1 Techniques used for handling perishable products minimise damage and meet the requirements of risk-based food safety programmes.
2.2 Handling and transportation of perishable products comply with roles and responsibilities of driver as defined in risk-based food safety programmes.
2.3 Handling and transportation of perishable products comply with the critical food safety limits relevant to each product.
2.4 Performance of traceability procedures, and any corrective action taken as required by measurements outside critical limits, comply with a risk-based food safety programme.
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2.5 Where required, OMAR are met in accordance with organisational requirements and specific country requirements for the importation of perishable products.
Range at least one of
– dairy, meat, seafood.
2.6 Security of load and load distribution within vehicle meet requirements of the
Truck Loading Code.
2.7 Completed documentation meets legal and organisational requirements in terms of completeness, legibility, and accuracy.
2.8 Actions minimise stress and fatigue in accordance with requirements of occupational health and safety legislation, and meet legal and organisational
Element 3 requirements.
Explain contingency plans for the transportation of perishable products by road.
Performance criteria
3.1 Legal and organisational requirements are explained in terms of communicating incident and assessment of loss, stabilisation of vehicle and/or load, security of load, and isolation of public from scene.
3.2 Organisational requirements for reporting and recording loss of load are explained in terms of cause, control, and remediation.
3.3 The explanation of driver actions to be taken in the event of an emergency requiring an alternative route is in accordance with legal and organisational
Element 4 requirements.
Deliver perishable products by road to meet contract of cartage.
Performance criteria
4.1 Vehicle and vehicle loading dock are checked to ensure state of cleanliness meets requirements of risk-based food safety programme relevant to load items. Remedial actions are taken if required.
Range pick-up, line haul, delivery, cross-docking.
4.2
4.3
Actions ensure vehicle meets legal requirements for placarding where required.
Actions taken before, during, and after transport meet risk-based food safety programme in terms of proof of temperature for delivery.
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4.4 Handling and transportation of perishable products demonstrate understanding of cold chain requirements from pick-up to delivery point.
Range pick-up, line-haul, delivery, cross-docking.
4.5 Use of temperature test equipment on pick-up meets risk-based food safety programme requirements.
4.6
4.7
Temperature test equipment meets calibration requirements.
Recording of temperature test equipment data meets risk-based food safety programme requirements.
4.8 Contingencies that arise during delivery are dealt with in accordance with legal and organisational requirements.
4.9 Delivery documentation is completed accurately and legibly in full to meet contractual obligations, and is processed in accordance with legal and organisational requirements.
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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