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Title
Explain contamination, and cleaning and sanitation, in a seafood
processing plant
Level
3
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are, in a seafood
processing plant, able to explain: contamination; active agents
in cleaning and sanitation chemicals used; and cleaning and
sanitation.
Classification
Seafood > Seafood Processing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Definition
Company requirements refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures that are
communicated in an oral or written form. These requirements must include
legislation and safety requirements and may include but are not limited to –
manufacturer’s instructions, industry codes of practice and standards.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain contamination in a seafood processing plant.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Contamination found in a seafood processing plant is explained in terms of its
key components.
Range
1.2
key components may include but are not limited to – protein, fats,
oils, minerals, organic, inorganic.
Evidence is required for three key components.
Effects and consequences of contamination in a seafood processing plant are
explained in terms of the type of contamination.
Range
evidence is required for three effects and their consequences.
Outcome 2
Explain active agents in cleaning and sanitation chemicals used in a seafood processing
plant.
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may include but is not limited to – acid, alkali, alcohol, oxidising agent.
Evidence is required for two active agents.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The cleaning and sanitising chemicals used in a seafood processing plant are
explained in terms of their main active agents.
2.2
The cleaning and sanitising chemicals used in a seafood processing plant are
explained in terms of their function and mode of action of the active agents.
Outcome 3
Explain cleaning and sanitation in a seafood processing plant.
Range
one cleaning and sanitation procedure requiring the use of chemicals.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Methods used for the cleaning and sanitation procedure in a seafood
processing plant are explained in accordance with company requirements.
3.2
Equipment and chemicals used for cleaning and sanitation procedure in a
seafood processing plant are explained in accordance with company
requirements.
3.3
Reasons for using the chemicals selected as part of the cleaning and sanitation
programme in a seafood processing plant are explained in accordance with
company requirements.
3.4
Personal protective equipment, and health and safety requirements when
working with cleaning and sanitation chemicals in a seafood processing plant
are explained in accordance with company requirements.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28633
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
11 December 2009
31 December 2017
Review
2
18 July 2015
31 December 2017
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
25946 version 2
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0123
This CMR 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,
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.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR 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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016