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Prepare and process fresh inedible by-products for petfood production
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who are currently working in jobs which
involve processing fresh inedible by-products for petfood processing and
manufacturing.
People credited with this unit standard are able: to use safe working
practices, prepare to process, process, and store inedible by-products for
petfood production.
Subfield
Food and Related Products Processing
Domain
Food and Related Product Production
Status
Registered
Status date
23 April 2008
Date version published
23 April 2008
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 – Food Act 1981, Animal Products Act 1999, Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992, Fisheries Act 1996.
2
Range
Products for which a MAF Certificate has been issued. MAF Certificate is a
certificate for the interpremises transfer of meat products, and indicates compliance
with the Animals Products Act 1999.
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Definitions
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.
Agreed indicates that a course of action is:
a agreed between two or more people (including the assessee) – eg action
completed in an agreed timeframe, and/or
b contained in stated policy and/or procedures (made known to the assessee) as
being the required performance standard – eg location for filing documentation.
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.
Process documentation is referred to and/or completed in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Element 2
Prepare to process inedible by-products for petfood production.
Performance criteria
2.1
Documentation is available, is in order and complies with organisational
procedures, prior to processing.
2.2
The functions of documentation components are explained in terms of
organisational procedures and legislative requirements.
2.3
Equipment for processing is clean, free from contaminants, and fit for purpose
within agreed timeframe.
2.4
Processes for checking that by-products for processing conform to production
specifications are in accord with organisational procedures.
Range
specification manual, out of specification notification forms.
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2.5
Containers for holding product are clean, identify intended contents, and are
available in sufficient quantity for scheduled and anticipated processing, in
accordance with organisational procedures.
2.6
Lifting and handling techniques used are in accordance with best practice for
injury prevention, in accordance with organisational procedures.
Element 3
Process inedible by-products for petfood production.
Performance criteria
3.1
Inedible products are processed and available for production within agreed
timeframe.
3.2
Processed product conforms to organisational procedures.
3.3
Processing of inedible by-products complies with organisational procedures and
legislation.
3.4
Production constraints are handled in accordance with organisational
procedures.
3.5
Product wastage due to processing is minimised, and opportunities to lessen
waste through equipment control methods are optimised, in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Element 4
Store inedible by-products for petfood production.
Performance criteria
4.1
Processed product is stored in an environment that protects the product’s
integrity, 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.
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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 the Competenz qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
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