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Title
Operate automated multi-head scale equipment in a dairy processing
operation
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare an
automated multi-head scale for operation; operate and monitor
an automated multi-head scale; and shutdown an automated
multi-head scale in a dairy processing operation.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Processing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
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Definitions
Organisational requirements refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures,
which are documented in memo and/or manual format and are available in the
workplace. These include but are not limited to site-specific and company standard
operating procedures (SOP), occupational health and safety, food safety and quality
management requirements.
Multi-head scale equipment refers to an automated multi-head scale for weighing
cheese which includes but is not limited to – a main feeder system, linear feeders,
feed buckets, weigh buckets, memory buckets, bucket actuator units, collating
chutes, collection chute and collection gates controlled by a computer which
calculates possible combinations among product weigh and/or memory buckets to
select a combination closest to the target weight.
Materials refer to single cheese and multiple cheese blends such as Mozzarella,
Cheddar, Colby, Parmesan, and Shreddar (low fat).
Processes refer to batch or continuous and apply to single or multiple product
specifications or types.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes the Animal Products Act 1999, and
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare an automated multi-head scale for operation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Materials meet operating requirements.
1.2
Cleaning and maintenance requirements and status are identified and
confirmed according to organisational requirements.
1.3
Scale equipment components and related attachments are fitted and adjusted
to meet organisational requirements.
1.4
Processing and/or operating parameters are entered as required to meet safety
and organisational requirements.
1.5
Equipment performance is checked and adjusted according to organisational
requirements.
1.6
Pre-start checks are carried out to meet organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
Operate and monitor an automated multi-head scale in a dairy processing operation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The automated multi-head scale is started and operated according to
organisational requirements.
2.2
Equipment is monitored to identify variation in operating conditions according to
organisational requirements.
2.3
Variation in equipment operation is identified and maintenance requirements
are reported according to organisational requirements.
2.4
The process is monitored to confirm that product weights and line-flow rate
meet specifications according to organisational requirements.
2.5
Out-of-specification product and/or process outcomes are identified and
rectified or reported to maintain the process within specification, according to
organisational requirements.
2.6
Workplace housekeeping standards meet organisational requirements.
2.7
Workplace records are maintained according to organisational requirements.
Outcome 3
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Shutdown an automated multi-head scale in a dairy processing operation.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The shutdown procedure is identified in accordance with organisational
requirements.
3.2
The automated multi-head scale is shutdown according to organisational
requirements.
3.3
Maintenance requirements are identified and reported according to
organisational requirements.
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 July 2007
31 December 2017
Review
2
15 October 2015
31 December 2017
Rollover
3
21 January 2016
31 December 2019
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.
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
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016