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Fill and seam liquid food or beverage containers using pressurised
multi-head automated equipment
Level
3
Credits
10
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who are currently working, or who intend to
work, in jobs which involve the filling and seaming of liquid food or beverage
containers using pressurised multi-head automated equipment.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: use safe working
practices; prepare to fill and seam liquid food or beverage containers;
operate pressurised multi-head liquid food or beverage automated filling and
seaming equipment; and shut down and clean pressurised liquid food or
beverage multi-head filling and seaming equipment.
Subfield
Food and Related Products Processing
Domain
Food and Related Product Container Filling
Status
Registered
Status date
19 March 2010
Date version published
19 March 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Competenz
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0111
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the: Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992; Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Food Act 1981; Food Hygiene Regulations 1974; Food (Safety) Regulations 2002;
Resource Management Act 1991; Weights and Measures Act 1987 and their
associated regulations and subsequent amendments.
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Definitions
Beverages refer to beers, soft drinks, and energy drinks.
Containers refer to two or three piece aluminium or steel cans.
Liquid foods refer to sauces, soups, and gravies.
Organisational procedures refer to documents that include worksite rules, codes, and
practices; equipment operating instructions; production specifications; documented
quality management systems; and health and safety requirements.
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.
Related products refer to beverages, and household or personal care products.
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Range
Competence is to be demonstrated on at least three occasions of container filling and
seaming.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Use safe working practices.
Performance criteria
1.1
PPE is used in accordance with organisational procedures.
1.2
Work environment is 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.
Element 2
Prepare to fill and seam liquid food or beverage containers.
Performance criteria
2.1
Preparation for filling and seaming containers is carried out in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Range
2.2
equipment, supply of product, containers, ends.
Pressurised multi-head filling and seaming equipment is set up and confirmed
as operational in accordance with organisational procedures.
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2.3
Check availibility of services for equipment and connection in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Range
2.4
may include but is not limited to – water, air, electrical power,
carbon dioxide, compressed air.
Preparation of equipment is carried out in accordance with organisational
procedures.
Range
may include but is not limited to – pre-production testing, product
specifications, quality checks.
2.5
Product wastage due to set-up of equipment is minimised in accordance with
organisational procedures.
2.6
Coding system to be applied to containers is checked in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Range
may include but is not limited to – date, product code, bar code, no
code.
Element 3
Operate pressurised liquid food or beverage multi-head automated filling and seaming
equipment.
Performance criteria
3.1
Operation of equipment is carried out in accordance with organisational
procedures.
Range
may include but is not limited to quality and/or quantity of –
containers, product, seam, presentation, coding.
3.2
Product wastage due to operation of equipment is minimised in accordance with
organisational procedures.
3.3
Operating problems in process are identified, and solutions implemented or
recommended to optimise output and minimise wastage, in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Range
problems may include but are not limited to – safety, equipment,
non-conforming product;
solutions may include but are not limited to – notify maintenance
need, replace product and/or equipment, repair fault, rework
product.
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Element 4
Shut down and clean pressurised liquid food or beverage multi-head automated filling and
seaming equipment.
Performance criteria
4.1
Product and containers are isolated from equipment in accordance with
organisational procedures.
4.2
Equipment is shut down and cleaned in accordance with organisational
procedures.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Competenz info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the
content of this unit standard.
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