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Remove, sharpen, and replace factory trawler fish processing
machinery knives
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are, for factory trawler fish processing
machinery, able to remove, sharpen, and replace knives.
This unit standard is designed for people working in, or intending to work in a
seafood processing plant aboard a fishing vessel.
Subfield
Seafood
Domain
Seafood Vessel Operations
Status
Registered
Status date
18 July 2008
Date version published
18 July 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
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
1
Assessment against this unit standard must take place in a trawler fish processing
factory, at sea.
2
Legislation which applies to this unit standard includes but is not limited to –
Fisheries Acts 1983 and 1996, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and their
associated regulations.
3
Machinery for the assessment against this unit standard includes – Baader 84, 190,
192, 197, 212 , 182, 417, 424 and similar heading machines.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Remove knives from factory trawler fish processing machinery.
Range
filleting, heading.
Performance criteria
1.1
Knife removal conforms with factory operating procedures.
1.2
Removal of nuts is consistent with identified thread pattern.
1.3
Knife removal is consistent with manufacturer’s instructions.
1.4
Removed knives are identified as matched pairs.
Element 2
Sharpen factory trawler fish processing machinery knives.
Performance criteria
2.1
Knives are sharpened in accordance with factory operating procedures.
2.2
Knives are sharpened in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications.
Element 3
Replace knives in factory trawler fish processing machinery.
Performance criteria
3.1
Replacement of knives is in accordance with factory operating procedures.
3.2
Replacement of knives is in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
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 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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