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Blend liquid food products using automated blending 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 the use of automated blending equipment to
blend liquid food products.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: use safe working
practices; and prepare to blend, and blend, liquid food products using
automated blending equipment.
Subfield
Food and Related Products Processing
Domain
Food and Related Product Production
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 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; and their associated regulations and subsequent
amendments.
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Definitions
Equipment refers to items such as automated mixers, tanks, lines, valves, pumps,
hoses.
Liquid food products refer to items such as liquid fruit, vegetable concentrates,
syrups, pastes, shortenings, oils, fats.
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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 blending liquid food products
using automated 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 blend liquid food products using automated blending equipment.
Performance criteria
2.1
Preparation to blend liquid food products is carried out in accordance with
organisational procedures.
2.2
Prior to use, equipment for blending is checked to ensure it is clean and free
from contamination in accordance with organisational procedures.
2.3
Configuration of equipment for blending is checked to ensure it conforms to
production specifications in accordance with organisational procedures.
2.4
Liquid food product for blending is checked for availability in sufficient quantity
for scheduled and anticipated production in accordance with organisational
procedures.
2.5
Liquid food product for blending is checked to ensure it conforms to product
specifications in accordance with organisational procedures.
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2.6
Wastage of liquid food products due to blending preparation is minimised in
accordance with organisational procedures.
Element 3
Blend liquid food products using automated blending equipment.
Performance criteria
3.1
Blending equipment is operated in accordance with organisational procedures.
3.2
During use, liquid food products are checked for blend and to ensure sufficient
quantity in accordance with organisational procedures.
3.3
Blended liquid food products are checked to ensure they conform to product
specifications in accordance with organisational procedures.
3.4
Product wastage due to operation of blending equipment is minimised, and
opportunities to rework non-conforming product are maximised, in accordance
with organisational procedures.
3.5
Any variations in performance of blending equipment and product are identified,
and reported and/or rectified in accordance with organisational procedures.
3.6
Equipment is 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 qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
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