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Set up, adjust and operate primary poultry processing production line in
the kill room
Level
3
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: set up, adjust and start up,
primary poultry processing machinery and primary poultry production line in
the kill room; and ensure continued operation of and shut down primary
poultry processing machinery and a primary poultry processing production
line.
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
Recommended: Unit 18844, Inspect and eviscerate
poultry carcasses; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge
and skills.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 22868 replaced unit
standard 18843.
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.
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Definition
Primary poultry processing machinery refers to stun, kill, scalder, pluck and head pull
poultry.
3
Competence is to be demonstrated on at least three occasions of setting up,
adjusting and operating primary poultry processing machinery and primary poultry
processing production line.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Set up and adjust primary poultry processing machinery in the kill room.
Performance criteria
1.1
Primary poultry processing machinery is set up and adjusted in accordance with
the size of the poultry to be processed and the company quality assurance
policies and procedures.
1.2
Primary poultry processing machinery is set up and adjusted in accordance with
the company operating procedures.
1.3
Primary poultry processing machinery is set up and adjusted in accordance with
the company safety policies and procedures.
Element 2
Start up a primary poultry processing line.
Performance criteria
2.1
Pre-start-up checks and start-up procedures are carried out in accordance with
the company operating and quality policies and procedures.
2.2
Pre-start-up checks and start-up procedures are carried out in accordance with
the company safety policies and procedures.
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2.3
Pre-start-up and start-up contingencies are handled in accordance with the
company operating and quality policies and procedures.
Range
includes but is not limited to – damaged shackles, start failure.
Element 3
Ensure continued operation of a primary poultry processing production line.
Performance criteria
3.1
Contingencies are assessed and handled in accordance with the company
operating procedures.
Range
includes but is not limited to – line stoppage, waste water
blockage.
3.2
Contingencies are assessed and handled in accordance with the company
safety policies and procedures.
3.3
Contingencies are assessed and handled in accordance with the company
production throughput requirements.
Element 4
Shut down a primary poultry processing production line.
Performance criteria
4.1
Shut-down procedures are in accordance with the company operating
procedures.
4.2
Shut-down procedures are in accordance with the company safety policies and
procedures.
4.3
Shut-down contingencies are assessed and handled in accordance with the
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.
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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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