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Demonstrate knowledge of the production of secondary poultry
products
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are, for the production of secondary
poultry products nominated by the candidate, able to: outline the process
steps; describe the preparations and equipment required; describe the quality
assurance requirements of each step; and describe the recommended safe
job procedures for each step.
Subfield
Food and Related Products Processing
Domain
Food Production - Poultry Products
Status
Registered
Status date
25 July 2006
Date version published
25 July 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation 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
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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,
Animal Products Act 1999, Food Hygiene Regulations 1974, Resource Management
Act 1991, and their associated regulations; Animal Welfare (Broiler Chickens: Fully
Housed) Code of Welfare 2003: A code of welfare issued under the Animal Welfare
Act 1999 and which meets the requirements of the Animal Products (Specifications
for the Ante-mortem and Post mortem Examination of Poultry Intended for Human or
Animal Consumption) Notice 2005. Welfare codes are available from Animal Welfare
Advisory Committee, C/- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, PO Box 2526,
Wellington.
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Definition
Secondary poultry products refers to products produced from eviscerated poultry
carcasses (the primary poultry product).
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Competence is to be demonstrated on at least two occasions of understanding the
production process of secondary poultry products.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Outline the process steps for the production of secondary poultry products nominated by
the candidate.
Performance criteria
1.1
The outline is in accordance with the product specifications and the company
operating procedures.
1.2
The outline is in accordance with the company production throughput
requirements.
Element 2
Describe the preparations and equipment required for the production of two secondary
poultry products nominated by the candidate.
Performance criteria
2.1
The description is in accordance with the product specifications and the
company operating procedures.
2.2
The description is in accordance with the company safety policies and
procedures.
2.3
The description is in accordance with the company quality assurance policies
and procedures.
Element 3
Describe the quality assurance requirements of each step of the production of secondary
poultry products nominated by the candidate.
Range
includes quality assurance measures that may be undertaken by members of
the production team only.
Performance criteria
3.1
The description is in accordance with the product specifications and company
operating procedures.
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3.2
The description is in accordance with the company quality assurance policies
and procedures.
Element 4
Describe the recommended safe job procedures for each step of the production of
secondary poultry products nominated by the candidate.
Performance criteria
4.1
The description is in accordance with the product specifications and company
operating procedures.
4.2
The description is in accordance with the company safety policies and
procedures.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 the Qualifications Authority 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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