NZQA Expiring unit standard
15754 version 3
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Title
Form and process specialty pastry products using automated
production equipment
Level
3
Credits
10
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in
a bakery which uses automated production equipment. People
credited with this unit standard are able to: use safe working
practices; prepare to form and process specialty pastry
products using automated production equipment; form and
process specialty pastry products using automated production
equipment; and disassemble, clean, and reassemble
automated production equipment.
Classification
Food and Related Products Processing > Baking - Pastry
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Recommended: Unit 15750, Block, sheet, and laminate pastry
doughs using semi-automated production equipment; Unit
15751, Extrude, sheet, and laminate pastry doughs using
continuous automated production equipment; and Unit 15752,
Extrude doughs using automated production equipment; or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
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
Doughs may be sweet short pastry or puff pastry.
Products may include but are not limited to: lattice pastries, Danish, spandau,
strudels, croissants.
Equipment includes but is not limited to an automated processing unit.
3
Definitions
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.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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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.
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Competence is to be demonstrated on three occasions of forming and processing
speciality pastry products using automated production equipment.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
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 form and process specialty pastry products using automated production
equipment.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Equipment is clean, free from contamination, and operational in accordance with
organisational procedures.
2.2
Sheeted pastry is available in sufficient quantity and correct condition in
accordance with the specifications for pastry type.
Range
2.3
condition may include but is not limited to – thickness, width,
length, number of layers, consistency, texture, temperature.
Filling is available in condition for processing in accordance with product type
and specifications.
Range
condition may include but is not limited to – temperature,
consistency, viscosity, uniform distribution of ingredients, colour.
Outcome 3
Form and process specialty pastry products using automated production equipment.
Evidence requirements
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
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3.1
Equipment is operated in accordance with organisational procedures.
3.2
Pastry sheet is cut and stamped in accordance with product type and
specifications.
Range
specifications may include but are not limited to – dimensions,
shape, pattern.
3.3
Fillings are deposited and enclosed in accordance with product type and
specifications.
3.4
Filled pastry sheet is cut to shape and size in accordance with product
specifications.
3.5
Specialty pastry products conform to final product specifications.
Range
3.6
specifications may include but are not limited to – dimensions,
weight, shape, amount of filling, pastry folding and overlap,
neatness, uniformity.
Variations in product and equipment are identified, and rectified and/or reported
in accordance with organisational procedures.
Outcome 4
Disassemble, clean, and reassemble automated production equipment.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Affected parties are notified of disassembly and cleaning in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Range
4.2
affected parties may include but are not limited to – people
working upstream and/or downstream in production, colleagues,
team members, supervisor.
Services to equipment are isolated in accordance with organisational
procedures.
Range
services may include but are not limited to – electricity, air, water,
gas.
4.3
Equipment is disassembled in accordance with organisational procedures.
4.4
Equipment is cleaned in accordance with organisational procedures.
4.5
Cleaned equipment is lubricated to specifications, reassembled, and left
operational in accordance with organisational procedures.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
15754 version 3
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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
10 February 1999
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
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