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Carry out quality control checks for poultry processing
Level
2
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain how the company
quality assurance policies and procedures apply to the production of a
processed poultry product; ensure cleanliness of poultry processing area;
carry out poultry processing line operational checks; and collect samples for
analysis.
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.
2
Competence is to be demonstrated on at least three occasions of carrying out quality
control checks for poultry processing.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain how the company quality assurance policies and procedures apply to the
production of a processed poultry product.
Performance criteria
1.1
The explanation links the company quality assurance policies and procedures to
the preservation of public health.
1.2
The explanation links the company quality assurance policies and procedures to
legislation.
Range
1.3
legislation includes but is not limited to – Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992, Animal Products Act 1999.
The explanation links the company quality assurance policies and procedures to
the perceived value of the company products in the market.
Element 2
Ensure cleanliness of poultry processing area.
Performance criteria
2.1
Poultry processing area cleanliness is in accordance with the company quality
assurance policies and procedures.
2.2
Poultry processing area cleanliness is in accordance with the company safety
policies and procedures.
2.3
Poultry processing area cleanliness shortcomings are reported in accordance
with company operating procedures.
Element 3
Carry out poultry processing line operational checks.
Performance criteria
3.1
Poultry processing line operational checks are carried out in accordance with
the company quality assurance policies and procedures.
3.2
Corrective action for poultry processing line operational checks that have failed
to pass company quality assurance policies and procedures is carried out in
accordance with company operating procedures.
3.3
Poultry processing line operational checks are carried out in accordance with
the company safety policies and procedures.
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Element 4
Collect samples for analysis.
Range
samples may include but are not limited to – pre-processed product, processed
product;
materials analysis includes but is not limited to – analytical, microbiological.
Performance criteria
4.1
Samples are collected and stored in accordance with the company quality
assurance policies and procedures.
4.2
Samples are collected and stored in accordance with the company safety
policies and procedures.
4.3
Samples are collected and stored in accordance with company operating
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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