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Clean and sterilise food or beverage containers using automated
washing equipment
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who are currently working, or who intend to
work, in jobs which involve using automated equipment to clean and sterilise
food or beverage containers.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: use safe working
practices; prepare to clean and sterilise food or beverage containers using
automated washing equipment; clean and sterilise food or beverage
containers using automated washing equipment; and shut down and clean
automated washing equipment.
Subfield
Food and Related Products Processing
Domain
Food and Related Product Processing - Cleaning
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 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 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.
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Definitions
Equipment refers to items such as automated washing, sterilising; fresh water,
reservoir, caustic tanks; conveyors, spraying, rinsing.
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/footwear, hearing protection,
safety devices.
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Range
Competence is to be demonstrated on two occasions of cleaning and sterilising food
containers using automated washing equipment.
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 clean and sterilise food or beverage containers using automated washing
equipment.
Performance criteria
2.1
Cleaning and sterilising solution is prepared in accordance with organisational
procedures.
2.2
Availability, operability, and fitness for purpose of automated washing
equipment are checked in accordance with organisational procedures.
2.3
Prior to use, caustic solution concentration is checked to ensure it is correct,
within temperature allowances, and correct tanks are used in accordance with
organisational procedures.
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2.4
Fresh water is checked for availability, and is residue free in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Range
2.5
residue may include but is not limited to – chemicals, pulp, foreign
objects.
Food or beverage containers are loaded in the correct manner in accordance
with organisational procedures.
Element 3
Clean and sterilise food or beverage containers using automated washing equipment.
Performance criteria
3.1
Automated washing and sterilising equipment is operated in accordance with
organisational procedures.
3.2
Production downtime due to operating automated washing equipment is
minimised in accordance with organisational procedures.
3.3
Chemical quantity and concentration in automated washing equipment is in
accordance with organisational procedures.
3.4
Prior to use, caustic residue level of cleaned and sterilised containers is
checked to ensure it measures zero.
3.5
Prior to use, cleaned and sterilised containers are free of foreign objects in
accordance with organisational procedures.
Range
3.6
foreign objects may include but are not limited to – plastic, bottle
tops, stones, sticks, labels, labelling material.
Containers are cleaned and sterilised to production specifications in accordance
with organisational procedures.
Range
specifications may include but are not limited to – size, shape,
colour, no cracks.
Element 4
Shut down and clean automated washing equipment.
Performance criteria
4.1
Automated washing equipment is shut down in correct sequence and cleaned in
accordance with organisational procedures.
4.2
Tanks are emptied in correct sequence and caustic solution is stored in correct
reservoir tanks in accordance with organisational procedures.
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4.3
Where applicable, fresh water tanks are made residue and caustic free in
accordance with organisational procedures.
Range
4.4
residue may include but is not limited to – paper, pulp, dirt, foreign
objects.
Caustic tanks are emptied and made free of pulp and foreign objects 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 qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
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