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Prepare and mix liquid personal care and household products using
automated equipment
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who are currently working, or who intend to
work, in jobs which involve the use of automated equipment to produce liquid
personal care and household products.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: use safe working
practices; prepare ingredients and equipment for mixing liquid personal care
and household products; mix liquid personal care and household ingredients
using automated equipment; and shut down and clean automated equipment.
Subfield
Food and Related Products Processing
Domain
Household and Personal Care Product Production
Status
Registered
Status date
14 December 2007
Date version published
14 December 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
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.
Special notes
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to: Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992; Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Food Act 1981; Food Hygiene Regulations 1974; Food (Safety) Regulations 2002;
Resource Management Act 1991; and their associated regulations and subsequent
amendments.
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Range
Equipment – automated mechanical: pumps, valves, stirrers, weigh scales, vats,
tanks, buckets, cups, spatulas, digital measuring gauges, thermometers, centrifuges
and/or refrigeration, pipework, hoses, couplings, viscometers, meters, temperature
probes, heating, cooling coils, heating box;
Ingredients – water, lime, perfumes, colours, emollients, surfactants, preservatives,
actives.
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Definitions
Organisational procedures refer to documents that include: worksite rules, codes,
and practices; equipment operating instructions; production specifications;
documented quality management systems; and health and safety requirements.
pH – in this unit standard, ‘pH’ means the potential of hydrogen, a measure of the
acidity or alkalinity of a solution.
PPE refers to personal protective equipment and may include but is not limited to:
protective clothing, gloves, safety glasses, headwear, footwear, hearing protection,
safety devices.
Products refer to: personal - hair care, mouthwash, or soap; household - detergents,
bleaches, or cleaners.
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Competence is to be demonstrated on at least three occasions of preparing and
mixing liquid personal care and household products using automated equipment.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Use safe working practices.
Performance criteria
1.1
PPE is used in accordance with organisational procedures.
1.2
Work environment is clean and free from hazards in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Range
1.3
hazards to – personnel, product, plant.
Documentation is referred to and completed, as required in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Element 2
Prepare ingredients and equipment for mixing liquid personal care and household
products.
Performance criteria
2.1
Correct ingredients are pre-batched in sufficient quantities for scheduled and
anticipated production.
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2.2
Ingredient specifications conform to product requirements.
Range
specifications may include but are not limited to – consistency,
temperature, pH, colour, available chlorine, liquid, powder.
2.3
Scales are tared to prebatching equipment.
2.4
Production plan is available, accurate, and current.
2.5
Equipment for mixing is free from contamination and available prior to
scheduled production.
Range
2.6
Water is available in sufficient quantity and correct condition for scheduled and
anticipated production.
Range
2.7
contamination may include but is not limited to – residual product,
cleaning solutions, rust.
quality standards may include but are not limited to – available
chlorine, de-ionised, discoloured, rust.
Documentation related to prebatching ingredients and preparation for mixing, is
accurate and complete in accordance with organisational procedures.
Element 3
Mix liquid personal care and household ingredients using automated equipment.
Performance criteria
3.1
Sequence of mixing ingredients is correct in accordance with organisational
procedures.
3.2
Temperature of mixed ingredients is correct in accordance with organisational
procedures.
3.3
Operating speed of mixing equipment is correct for product.
3.4
Mixed ingredients conform to correct product specifications.
Range
3.5
specifications may include but are not limited to – pH, conductivity,
viscosity, colour, perfume, water quality, specific gravity, cationic,
anionic.
Mixing of ingredients complies with organisational procedures and relevant
legislation.
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3.6
Variations in specified technical performance of mixing equipment are identified,
and corrective action is taken within a timeframe that optimises performance.
Range
3.7
variations may include but are not limited to – qualitative,
quantitative, safety.
Production downtime due to mixing ingredients using automated equipment is
minimised.
Element 4
Shut down and clean automated equipment.
Performance criteria
4.1
Temperature of equipment to be cleaned is correct in accordance with
manufacturer’s specifications.
4.2
Cleaning solutions are checked as being available in correct specified
concentrations.
Range
4.3
solutions may include but are not limited to – formalin, chlorine,
citric acid, caustic.
Equipment is clean and free from contamination within agreed timeframe.
Range
contamination may include but is not limited to – microbiological,
product, rust.
4.4
Clean equipment has clear and accurate identification, and is available for next
user.
4.5
Shut-down and cleaning of automated mechanical equipment complies with
organisational procedures and relevant legislation.
4.6
Documentation related to shut-down and cleaning of equipment is accurate and
complete in accordance with organisational procedures.
4.7
Effluent from operating and cleaning equipment is disposed of in a manner that
complies with organisational policies, procedures, and legislation.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, 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 NZQA 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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