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Title
Diagnose and rectify equipment faults in the dairy industry
Level
4
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: locate
equipment faults; repair and/or replace faulty equipment
components; and demonstrate knowledge of the diagnosis and
rectification of equipment faults.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Technology
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Recommended: Unit 760, Diagnose basic mechanical and
electrical faults in the dairy industry, or demonstrate equivalent
knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
Work must be carried out in accordance with organisational requirements, licensing
requirements, legislative requirements, and industrial awards and agreements.
2
Preventative maintenance covering repairs or replacement of equipment components
will be conducted within workplace agreements.
3
Faults may be in individual units, sub-systems or systems.
4
Tools and equipment used for repairs/replacements may include small hand tools,
hand held power tools.
5
Environmental aspects may include dust, noise, heat, waste handling.
6
Reporting systems may include electronic and manual data recording and storage
systems.
7
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
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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Outcome 1
Locate equipment faults.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Unit or subsystem or system performance is monitored to identify presence of
actual and/or potential faults.
1.2
Built in test functions, fault indicators or alarms and error codes are monitored
according to organisational requirements.
1.3
Equipment faults are detected using agreed fault diagnosis techniques and
procedures.
1.4
Faults are recorded and/or reported according to organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
Repair and/or replace faulty equipment components.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Equipment is isolated according to organisational requirements in preparation
for component repair and/or replacement.
2.2
Faulty components are removed in accordance with organisational
requirements.
2.3
Faulty components are repaired and/or replaced in accordance with
manufacturer’s specifications and organisational requirements.
2.4
Unit and/or sub-system and/or system is checked and tested according to
manufacturer’s specifications.
2.5
Tools are used according to manufacturers’ specifications.
2.6
Waste arising from maintenance is disposed of according to waste
management requirements.
2.7
Maintenance information is recorded to meet organisational requirements.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of the diagnosis and rectification of equipment faults.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The purpose of routine preventative maintenance and fault diagnosis
techniques and procedures is identified.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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Roles and relationships are identified in terms of carrying out maintenance
functions.
roles and relationships could include but are not limited to – others
involved in carrying out maintenance functions, other work
activities in the food processing plant.
Range
3.3
The purpose and use of hand and power tools is identified in terms of their use
for component repair and/or replacement.
3.4
Preventative maintenance requirements are identified in terms of organisational
implications.
requirements could include but are not limited to – quality
parameters to be achieved, common problems in conducting
maintenance, significance of minimising equipment down time,
consequences of incorrect or inadequate maintenance, recording
and reporting systems and processes.
Range
3.5
Safety issues are identified in terms of performing preventative maintenance.
safety issues could include but are not limited to – health hazards
and controls, food safety factors in maintaining equipment,
equipment isolation requirements, environmental protection.
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 and
Revision
2
20 June 2006
Rollover
3
17 July 2009
31 December 2017
Review
4
15 October 2015
31 December 2017
Rollover
5
21 January 2016
31 December 2019
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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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 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