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Condition grain using automated equipment
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who are currently working, or who intend to
work, in jobs which involve the conditioning of grain using automated
equipment.
People credited with this unit standard are able to use safe working practices
and condition grain using automated equipment.
Subfield
Food and Related Products Processing
Domain
Food Production - Milling
Status
Registered
Status date
19 March 2010
Date version published
19 March 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Entry information
Recommended: Unit 7644, Clean and sanitise food or
related product production equipment manually; and Unit
7759, Apply quality control practices on food or related
product production lines; or demonstrate equivalent
knowledge and skills.
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 20834, and unit
standard 20837 replaced unit standard 7706 and unit
standard 7739.
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.
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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 subsequent amendments.
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Definitions
Condition refers to with water or air; hot, cold; wet, dry; long, short.
Equipment refers to feeding systems, cook wheat hopper, conditioning deck, fans;
weighing and/or blowing and/or flow rate; loss-of-weigh feeder, moister meter, and
conditioning base.
Grain refers to local and imported: wheat, rye, barley, malt, maize, oats, rice, corn,
grits; hard, soft; high protein, low protein; white, red.
Organisational procedures refer to documents that include: worksite rules, codes,
and practices; equipment operating instructions; production specifications;
documented quality management systems; company policies; 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.
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Range
Competence is to be demonstrated on at least two occasions of conditioning grain.
The same grain may be used on both occasions.
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
Condition grain using automated equipment.
Performance criteria
2.1
Conditioning equipment is set up in accordance with organisational procedures.
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2.2
Availability of sufficient grain for scheduled and anticipated production is
checked in accordance with organiational procedures.
2.3
Automated equipment is operated in accordance with organisational
procedures.
Range
may include but is not limited to – flow, volume, capacity.
2.4
Conditioned grain is checked to ensure it complies with organisational
procedures.
2.5
Variations in grain and specified technical performance of automated equipment
are identified and corrective action is taken in accordance with organisational
procedures.
Range
2.6
variations – qualitative and/or quantitative and/or safety.
Documentation related to conditioning of grain is accurate and complete 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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