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Explain yield and productivity in the New Zealand seafood industry
Level
4
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to explain yield and
productivity in the New Zealand seafood industry.
Subfield
Seafood
Domain
Seafood Processing
Status
Registered
Status date
23 January 2009
Date version published
23 January 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0123
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
Definitions
Company requirements refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures which are
documented in memo or manual format and are available in the workplace. These
requirements include but are not limited to – company specifications and procedures, and
legislative requirements.
Yield refers to the amount of product at the end of a process compared with the amount of
raw material at the start of the process. It is expressed as a percentage.
Process refers to any process used in the production of seafood products: for example,
filleting, head and gut, thawing, heat treatment, but may also include the entire production
process.
Productivity refers to the amount of product a person, group or team of people produces
per unit of time. Productivity may also be known as or called throughput.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain yield in the New Zealand seafood industry.
Performance criteria
1.1
The explanation includes a definition of yield in accordance with company
requirements.
1.2
Factors that affect yield are outlined and explained in accordance with company
requirements.
Range
evidence is required for four factors.
1.3
The explanation outlines a method of calculating yields in accordance with
company requirements.
1.4
The explanation outlines the target yield for a particular process and product in
accordance with company requirements.
1.5
The explanation outlines the importance of managing production yields and the
utilisation of product, in terms of the effect on company performance.
Range
1.6
includes but is not limited to – reducing wastage, resource
limitations, return on investment.
The explanation outlines reporting yield in accordance with company
requirements.
Element 2
Explain productivity in the New Zealand seafood industry.
Performance criteria
2.1
The explanation includes a definition of productivity in accordance with
company requirements.
2.2
The importance of productivity and how it can influence company performance
is outlined and explained in accordance with company requirements.
2.3
Factors that affect productivity are outlined and explained in accordance with
company requirements.
Range
2.4
evidence is required for six factors.
The explanation outlines a method of calculating productivity in accordance with
company requirements.
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2.5
The explanation outlines the target productivity for a particular process and
product in accordance with company requirements.
2.6
The explanation outlines reporting productivity in accordance with company
requirements.
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.
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 the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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