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Level 4
Credits 10
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are, for a factory trawler mincing/bone separating machine, able to: adjust the conveyor system; explain how to adjust drum-scraper; dismantle and assemble; and complete trip documentation.
This unit standard is designed for people who are, or are intending to be, responsible for the operation of a seafood processing plant aboard a fishing vessel.
Subfield Seafood
Domain
Status
Status date
Date version published
Seafood Vessel Operations
Registered
18 July 2008
18 July 2008
Planned review date
Entry information
31 December 2013
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 the operational elements of this unit standard will take place in a real or simulated situation. In either case, there must be a Safe Ship Management
Plan, which complies with Maritime Rules Part 21.
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2 Legislation which applies to this unit standard includes but is not limited to
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Fisheries Acts 1983 and 1996, Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional
Provisions) Act 1999, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and their associated regulations.
3 Definition
Conversion factors are factors applied for the purpose of converting the weight of processed fish to green weight (the weight of the fish before processing or removal of any part), for the purposes of Quota Management. Conversion factors used will normally be those from the Fisheries (Conversion Factors) Notice 2005.
Element 1
Adjust the conveyor system of a factory trawler mincing/bone separating machine.
Performance criteria
Adjustments are carried out in accordance with factory safety procedures. 1.1
1.2 Adjusted belt tensions are consistent with the normal operation of the machine, and in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
Element 2
Explain how to adjust drum-scraper of a factory trawler mincing/bone separating machine.
Performance criteria
2.1
2.2
The explanation is consistent with the factory safety procedures.
The explanation is consistent with the manufacturer’s instructions.
2.3 The explanation includes adjustment to allow for wear.
2.4
Element 3
The explanation includes adjustment for specified conversion factor.
Dismantle and assemble a factory trawler mincing/bone separating machine.
Performance criteria
3.1 The dismantling is consistent with factory safety procedures and manufacturer’s instructions.
3.2 The assembly is consis instructions. tent with factory safety procedures and manufacturer’s
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Element 4
Complete trip documentation for a factory trawler mincing/bone separating machine.
Range may include but is not limited to – end of trip reports, machine log books, work lists, stores list, spare parts orders.
Performance criteria
4.1 Completed trip documentation is in accordance with company procedures.
4.2 Completed trip documentation is consistent with the trip, and the current status of the machine and its on board support system.
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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