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Title
Carry out a forming and filling process in the dairy industry
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare the
container forming and filling equipment for operation; operate
and monitor the forming and filling equipment; shut down the
forming and filling equipment; record workplace information;
and demonstrate knowledge of the forming and filling process.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Processing
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open.
Explanatory notes
1
Work must be carried out in accordance with organisational requirements, licensing
requirements, legislative requirements, and industrial awards and agreements.
2
Workplace information can include Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs),
specifications and production schedules.
3
Blow moulding equipment may include resin blender, hopper, blow moulding
machine, cooling bed, trimmer, leak detector and annealing tunnel.
4
Confirming equipment status involves checking that hygiene and sanitation standards
are met, all safety guards are in place and equipment is operational.
5
The common methods used in a blow moulding process include injection, extrusion
and stretch.
6
Materials used in blow moulding may include resin and polyethylenes (or equivalent).
7
Services may include power, water, compressed air.
8
Monitoring the process may involve the use of production data such as performance
control charts.
9
Process operation and monitoring functions may be manual or involve the use of a
process control system.
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Control points refer to those key points in a work process which must be monitored
and controlled. This includes food safety (critical) quality and regulatory control
points as well as inspection points.
11
Organisational requirements refers to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
which are documented in memo or manual format and are available in the workplace.
These requirements include but are not limited to – site specific requirements, and
company quality management requirements.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare the container forming and filling equipment for operation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Workplace information is accessed in terms of production requirements for plant
operation.
1.2
Materials and services necessary to the blow moulding process are confirmed
and available to meet production requirements.
1.3
Forming and filling equipment is checked in terms of status, condition and
readiness for use.
1.4
The forming and filling equipment is set to meet production requirements.
Outcome 2
Operate and monitor the forming and filling equipment.
Range
monitoring could include but is not limited to – pump speed, flow rates,
time/temperature, seals, valves, gauges, programmable logic circuits, sensors,
control devices.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The forming and filling equipment is started up according to organisational
specifications.
2.2
Control points are monitored in terms of confirming that performance is
maintained within specifications.
Range
2.3
monitoring may include taking samples and conducting tests.
Forming and filling equipment is monitored in terms of operating condition.
Range
monitoring could include but is not limited to – carrying out routine
maintenance.
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2.4
Containers for dairy products meet specifications according to organisational
requirements.
2.5
Stock flow to and from the forming and filling equipment is maintained within
production requirements to meet production and product/batch changeover.
2.6
Out-of-specification product, process and equipment performance is identified,
rectified and/or reported according to organisational requirements.
2.7
Forming and filling equipment is cleaned and sanitised to organisational
requirements.
Outcome 3
Shut down the forming and filling equipment.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The forming and filling equipment is shut down according to organisational
requirements.
Range
could include but is not limited to – shutdown: routine, emergency
situation.
3.2
Forming and filling equipment and work area is cleaned and maintained to
production and hygiene requirements.
3.3
Waste is collected, treated and disposed or stored for recycling according to
organisational requirements.
Outcome 4
Record workplace information.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Workplace information is recorded to meet organisational requirements.
Outcome 5
Demonstrate knowledge of the forming and filling process.
Evidence requirements
5.1
The purposes of the forming and filling process are identified in terms of its
relationship to other dairy processes.
5.2
Stages and changes which occur during forming and filling process are
identified.
5.3
Types of materials used in blow moulding are identified.
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Effects of blow moulding on the end products are identified.
effects could include but are not limited to – microbiological,
product quality characteristics.
Range
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Methods of monitoring control points and maintaining control of the forming and
filling process are identified in terms of causes of variation and corrective action
required.
methods could include but are not limited to – process
specifications, procedures, operating parameters, equipment and
instrumentation components, materials and services, sampling
and testing, recording requirements.
Range
5.6
Shutdown and cleaning and sanitation requirements are identified in terms of
changeovers and types of shutdowns.
5.7
Safety issues are identified in terms of responsibilities for reporting problems.
safety issues could include but are not limited to – health and
safety hazards and controls, lockout and tag procedures,
environmental protection and controls.
Range
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
30 June 2003
31 December 2017
Rollover
2
26 January 2007
31 December 2017
Review
3
15 October 2015
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0022
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.
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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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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