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Operate a poultry carcass mincing machine
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: set up; switch on and
load; switch off, dismantle, and clean a poultry carcass mincing machine.
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
1
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
Carcass refers to whole-bird, torso, half frame without drum and wings, skeleton
without meat/skin/feathers and organs.
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Competence is to be demonstrated on at least three occasions of operating a poultry
carcass mincing machine.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Set up the poultry carcass mincing machine for production.
Performance criteria
1.1
The poultry carcass mincing machine is set up in accordance with the company
operating procedures.
1.2
The poultry carcass mincing machine is set up in accordance with the company
safety policies and procedures.
1.3
The poultry carcass mincing machine is set up in accordance with the company
quality assurance policies and procedures.
Element 2
Switch on and load the poultry carcass mincing machine.
Performance criteria
2.1
The poultry carcass mincing machine is switched on and loaded in accordance
with the company operating procedures.
2.2
The poultry carcass mincing machine is switched on and loaded in accordance
with the company safety policies and procedures.
2.3
The poultry carcass mincing machine is switched on and loaded in accordance
with the company quality assurance policies and procedures.
2.4
The poultry carcass mincing machine is loaded in accordance with the company
production throughput requirements.
Element 3
Switch off and dismantle the poultry carcass mincing machine.
Performance criteria
3.1
The poultry carcass mincing machine is switched off and dismantled in
accordance with the company operating procedures.
3.2
The poultry carcass mincing machine is switched off and dismantled in
accordance with the company safety policies and procedures.
3.3
The poultry carcass mincing machine is switched off and dismantled in
accordance with the company quality assurance policies and procedures.
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3.4
The poultry carcass mincing machine is dismantled in accordance with the
company production throughput requirements.
Element 4
Clean the poultry carcass mincing machine.
Performance criteria
4.1
The poultry carcass mincing machine is cleaned in accordance with the
company operating procedures.
Range
4.2
may include but is not limited to – correct cleaning product/s,
correct methods.
The poultry carcass mincing machine is clean and free from contamination in
accordance with the company quality assurance policies and procedures.
Range
contamination may include but is not limited to – residual product,
cleaning agents, foreign objects, microbiological.
4.3
Production downtime caused by cleaning of the poultry carcass mincing
machine is minimised in accordance with the company production throughput
requirements.
4.4
Wastage of cleaning agent during cleaning of equipment is minimised in
accordance with the company safety policies and procedures.
4.5
Cleaning equipment is cleaned and stored in the assigned place in accordance
with the company quality assurance 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.
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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 Competenz qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
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