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Perform food or related product production trials
Level
6
Credits
18
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who are currently working, or who intend to
work, in jobs which involve production trialling of food or related product
formulations.
People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare to trial new
products, and produce new products under trial conditions.
Subfield
Food and Related Products Processing
Domain
Food and Related Product Development
Status
Registered
Status date
21 September 2007
Date version published
21 September 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Competenz (Food and Beverage)
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
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard may include 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; and their associated regulations and
subsequent amendments.
2
Related products may include: beverages, household products, or personal care
products.
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Definition
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.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Prepare to trial new products.
Performance criteria
1.1
New product ingredients are available in sufficient quantity for scheduled trial.
1.2
Formula of new product is scaled to production quantities, and is available for
factory trial within agreed timeframe.
1.3
Approved production equipment for factory trial is available and fit for purpose
prior to scheduled trial.
1.4
Constraints to new products trials are identified, and solutions are implemented
to optimise performance.
Range
1.5
Factory trial plan is available to those affected in a format and within a
timeframe that optimises performance of equipment and personnel.
Range
1.6
constraints – availability of personnel and/or equipment and/or
material; budgetary and/or time.
plan – detailing equipment and/or staffing requirements and/or
records and/or charts.
Testing equipment for production trialing is available prior to scheduled trial.
Range
test equipment – thermometer and/or penetrometer and/or
viscosity and/or refractometer and/or pH (potential of hydrogen)
meter and/or other test equipment required for test.
1.7
Documentation related to new product trial preparation is accurate and
complete in accordance with organisational procedures.
1.8
New product trial preparation complies with organisational policies, procedures,
and legislation.
Range
policies and procedures – work instructions and/or manuals and/or
operating procedures and/or quality standards.
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Element 2
Produce new products under trial conditions.
Performance criteria
2.1
New product is produced under production trial conditions within agreed
timeframe.
2.2
Product produced under production trial conditions conforms to test product
specifications.
2.3
Trial product quantity is representative of realistic production volumes.
2.4
Results of production trial are communicated to interested parties in agreed
format and within agreed timeframe.
2.5
Opportunities to improve product produced in production trial are identified, and
actioned within a timeframe that optimises use of equipment and personnel.
Range
2.6
opportunities – improved quality and/or output and/or reduced
cost.
Opportunities to improve performance of equipment in production trial are
identified, and actioned with personnel responsible for initiating changes.
Range
opportunities – improved quality and/or safety and/or output;
personnel – electricians and/or engineers and/or technical
advisors.
2.7
Documentation related to production trial is accurate and complete in
accordance with organisational procedures.
2.8
Production trial of new product complies with organisational policies,
procedures, and legislation.
Range
policies and procedures – work instructions and/or manuals and/or
operating procedures and/or quality standards.
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.
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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 qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
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