NZQA registered unit standard
15884 version 4
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Title
Describe characteristics of bivalve molluscan shellfish quality
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe
characteristics of bivalve shellfish quality.
Classification
Seafood > Seafood Processing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Industry guidelines can be found in the industry reference Fish for Food, an introduction to
seafood quality and spoilage (Primary Industry Training Organisation: 1998), available
from the Seafood Industry Council Library. Seafood Industry House, 74 Cambridge
Terrace, Wellington.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe characteristics of bivalve molluscan shellfish quality.
Range
one species of bivalve molluscan shellfish;
raw or cooked.
Evidence is required for three different stages of quality.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The description of the characteristics of bivalve molluscan shellfish quality is
consistent with industry guidelines.
Range
1.2
quality characteristics include but are not limited to – texture,
flavour, smell.
The description includes the reasons for the bivalve molluscan shellfish being in
the different stages of quality.
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
15884 version 4
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
27 November 1998
31 December 2011
Revision
2
12 June 2001
31 December 2011
Review
3
29 March 2006
31 December 2011
Review
4
9 December 2010
N/A
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0123
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (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 granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Consent 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 the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016