NZQA Expiring unit standard 18940 version 3 Page 1 of 4 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 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 NZQA Expiring unit standard 18940 version 3 Page 2 of 4 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 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 NZQA Expiring unit standard 18940 version 3 Page 3 of 4 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 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 NZQA Expiring unit standard 18940 version 3 Page 4 of 4 to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements. Competenz SSB Code 101571 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016