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Title
Toast or dry, and store cereal products using continuous automated
ovens and related equipment
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in
a food processing factory which uses automated production
equipment. People credited with this unit standard are able to:
use safe working practices; prepare to toast or dry cereal
products using continuous automated ovens and related
equipment; toast or dry cereal products using continuous
automated ovens and related equipment; and store toasted or
dried cereal products using manual or automated systems.
Classification
Food and Related Products Processing > Baking
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Enactments and codes relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to the:
Food Act 1981; Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992; Food (Safety)
Regulations 2002; Food Hygiene Regulations 1974; Australia New Zealand Food
Standards Code available at http://www.foodstandards.govt.nz.
2
Range
Products are extruded or coated cereal products.
Equipment includes electric or gas continuous automated ovens.
Related equipment includes conveyors and may also include but is not limited to:
elevators, feeding systems.
3
Definitions
Continuous automated oven refers to a temperature controlled oven which has an
automated conveyor travelling through it carrying product for toasting or drying.
Organisational procedures refers to documents that include: worksite rules, codes,
and practices; equipment operating instructions; production specifications;
documented quality management systems; and health and safety requirements.
PPE refers to personal protective equipment and may include but is not limited to:
protective clothing; gloves; safety glasses, headwear, and footwear; hearing
protection; safety devices.
4
Competence is to be demonstrated on three occasions of toasting or drying, and
storing cereal products using continuous automated ovens.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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Outcome 1
Use safe working practices.
Evidence requirements
1.1
PPE is used in accordance with organisational procedures.
1.2
Work environment is kept clean and free from hazards in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Range
1.3
hazards to – personnel, product, plant.
Documentation is referred to and/or completed in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Outcome 2
Prepare to toast or dry cereal products using continuous automated ovens and related
equipment.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Ovens and related equipment are clean, free from contamination, and
operational in accordance with organisational procedures.
2.2
Products are available in sufficient quantity for toasting or drying and meet
product specifications.
2.3
Variations in ovens and products are identified, and rectified and/or reported in
accordance with organisational procedures.
Outcome 3
Toast or dry cereal products using continuous automated ovens and related equipment.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Ovens and related equipment are operated in accordance with organisational
procedures.
3.2
Products are conveyed into continuous automated ovens in accordance with
organisational procedures.
3.3
Products are toasted or dried in accordance with product specifications and
organisational procedures.
Range
3.4
includes but is not limited to – quantity, timeframe, quality;
quality may include but is not limited to – colour, moisture, density,
taste.
Variations in ovens, related equipment, and toasted or dried products are
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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identified, and rectified and/or reported in accordance with organisational
procedures.
Outcome 4
Store toasted or dried cereal products using manual or automated systems.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Conveyor and storage equipment is clean, free from contamination, and
operational in accordance with organisational procedures.
4.2
Toasted or dried products are conveyed and stored in accordance with
organisational procedures.
4.3
Variations in equipment are identified, and rectified and/or reported in
accordance with organisational procedures.
4.4
Products are monitored during storage process and variations are identified,
and rectified and/or reported in accordance with organisational procedures.
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
25 March 2002
31 December 2018
Review
2
19 May 2006
31 December 2018
Review
3
17 March 2016
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0111
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.
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
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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