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Operate a poultry products spiral freezer for frozen poultry products
production
Level
3
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are, for a poultry products spiral
freezer, able to: identify and describe the controls of; restart and shut down;
recognise and interpret alarms indicating malfunction in; and handle
contingencies in a poultry products spiral freezer.
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
Prerequisite: Unit 2401, Safely shut down and isolate
machines and equipment; or demonstrate equivalent
knowledge and skills.
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.
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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 operating a poultry
products spiral freezer for frozen poultry products production.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify and describe the controls of a poultry products spiral freezer.
Range
reset, emergency stop, start, speed control, fan switch, shut down.
Performance criteria
1.1
The identification of the controls is consistent with the location and function of
the control.
1.2
The description of the control is consistent with the method of operation, and
function of the control.
1.3
The description is consistent with the safety requirements of the company
safety policies and procedures in relation to the control of the poultry products
spiral freezer.
1.4
The description is consistent with the company quality assurance policies and
procedures in relation to the control of the poultry products spiral freezer.
Element 2
Restart and shut down a poultry products spiral freezer.
Performance criteria
2.1
The poultry products spiral freezer is restarted and shut down in accordance
with the company operating procedures.
2.2
The poultry products spiral freezer is restarted and shut down in accordance
with the company safety policies and procedures.
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2.3
The poultry products spiral freezer is restarted and shut down in accordance
with the company quality assurance policies and procedures.
Element 3
Recognise and interpret alarms indicating malfunction in a poultry products spiral freezer.
Range
high product load, top or bottom belt loop trip switch, spiral drive.
Performance criteria
3.1
Alarms are interpreted with the assistance of the poultry products spiral freezer
control panel.
3.2
The interpretation of the alarms is consistent with the information on the control
panel, and the contingency which has triggered the alarm.
Element 4
Handle contingencies in a poultry products spiral freezer.
Range
high product load; top or bottom belt loop, or spiral drive faults.
Performance criteria
4.1
Contingencies are handled in accordance with the company operating
procedures.
4.2
Contingencies are handled in accordance with the company safety policies and
procedures.
4.3
Contingencies are handled 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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