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Maintain and adjust ancillary equipment of a trawler fish processing
factory
Level
3
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: maintain a water-blaster in
a trawler fish processing factory; clean and calibrate a trawler fish processing
factory weighing system; and maintain and adjust a trawler fish processing
factory strapping machine.
This is an introductory unit standard for people working, 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, under a Safe Ship Management Plan which complies with Maritime
Rules Part 21.
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
associated regulations.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Maintain a water-blaster in a trawler fish processing factory.
Range
hoses, nozzles, guns, lances, couplings and pumps.
Performance criteria
1.1
All procedures are carried out in accordance with the Safe Ship Management
Plan.
1.2
Maintained water-blaster system operates in accordance with factory
specifications.
Element 2
Clean and calibrate a trawler fish processing factory weighing system.
Performance criteria
2.1
Cleaning is in accordance with the factory operating procedures.
2.2
Calibration is in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
Element 3
Maintain and adjust a trawler fish processing factory strapping machine.
Performance criteria
3.1
Strapping roll is replaced and strapping rethreaded in accordance with
manufacturer’s instructions.
3.2
Faults in a trawler fish processing factory strapping machine are identified and
rectified.
Range
3.3
heater failure, strap misalignment.
Strapping machine is cleaned in accordance with factory operating procedures.
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.
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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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