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Title
Conduct minor routine maintenance to plant and equipment in the
dairy industry
Level
2
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and
use hand operated or hand held power tools; undertake minor
routine maintenance according to organisational requirements,
and demonstrate knowledge of minor routine maintenance
practices.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Technology
Available grade
Achieved
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 may include – Standard Operating Procedures, specifications
routine maintenance schedules.
3
Minor routine maintenance covering servicing and minor adjustments/repairs to plant
and equipment will be conducted within workplace agreements.
4
Tools and equipment used for servicing may include – small hand tools, hand held
power tools, grease guns.
5
This unit standard is
Sources for minor routine maintenance may include – grease, oil, chemicals, water,
expiring
steam, power, air.
6
Reporting systems may include electronic and manual data recording and storage
systems.
7
Legislative requirements in this unit standard include but are not limited to
compliance with the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Animal Products
(Dairy) Regulations 2005, Animal Products Act 1999, and subsequent amendments.
8
Organisational requirements refer 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,
company quality management requirements.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Outcome 1
Select and use hand operated or hand held power tools.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Hand and power tools are selected in accordance with task requirements.
1.2
Tools are checked before use and unsafe and/or faulty items are reported in
accordance with organisational requirements.
1.3
Tools are used in accordance with manufacturers’ specifications.
1.4
Tools are stored in accordance with organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
Undertake minor routine maintenance according to organisational requirements.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Routine maintenance on plant and equipment is carried out in association with
fellow workers in accordance with workplace agreement and organisational
requirements.
2.2
Grease and oil is applied as directed in accordance with manufacturer’s
specifications and maintenance schedule.
2.3
Faulty application of lubricants is identified and reported in accordance with
organisational requirements.
2.4
OSH non-compliance is identified, rectified and/or reported in accordance with
organisational requirements.
2.5
2.6
This unit standard is
Waste arising from routine maintenance is disposed of and/or recycled in
accordance with organisational
requirements.
expiring
Routine maintenance information is recorded in accordance with organisational
requirements.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of minor routine maintenance practices.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The use of common hand and power tools is explained in terms of routine
maintenance.
3.2
Types of grease and oil used to lubricate equipment in the work area are
identified in terms of the location of workplace information such as lubrication
schedules.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
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Problems and safety issues are identified in terms of routine maintenance.
safety issues may include but are not limited to – safety hazards
and controls, food safety factors in maintaining and servicing,
equipment isolation requirements, environmental issues relating to
routine maintenance.
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 2016
Rollover and
Revision
2
20 June 2006
31 December 2016
Rollover and
Revision
3
17 July 2009
31 December 2016
Review
4
17 September 2015
31 December 2016
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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