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Title
Prepare, plan, and serve food for a special occasion
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to establish a
food plan for a special occasion, and prepare and serve food
for the special occasion.
Classification
Home and Life Sciences > Food Technology and Nutrition
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
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Definitions
A special occasion can be defined by the assessor or can be negotiated between the
assessor and candidate. Examples of special occasions include but are not limited
to - a lunch for a principal and guests; a meal for a sports team/s; a theme picnic or
party for children or adults; a food occasion for a large group such as wedding,
supper for school ball, or a 21st birthday party.
Prepare and serve food includes all tasks necessary to prepare and serve the menu
agreed with the occasion holder. It may include but is not limited to - purchase of
food and ingredients, preparation of dishes and foods on the menu, placing of food
on serving dishes or in containers with appropriate garnishes, maintaining food safely
at appropriate temperatures, demonstrating food service methods which meet
requirements of occasion holder such as buffet, table service, clearing and cleaning
at completion of special occasion.
A process is a number of related techniques or a planned sequence, a systematic
series of actions such as stir-fry vegetables, bake bread.
A technique is a single activity such as grate, chop, peel, grill. Appropriate processes
and/or techniques are those which meet the requirements of the food.
A meal demonstrates at least two processes.
A food preparation, production, and service plan lists and/or brief describes the tasks
or steps to be followed to ensure that all tasks are completed by the agreed times.
Clock times for each task or step should be included. All necessary steps including
preliminary organisation and cleaning should be part of the time plan. Task
descriptions for those involved can be developed from the food preparation and
service plan.
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The food preparation and serving can be carried out by groups of candidates working
co-operatively and sharing responsibilities, but each candidate must achieve the
performance criteria.
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Legislation
Method of investigation must comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act 1993.
Learning activities carried out in relation to this unit standard must be conducted in a
manner that is consistent with the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
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The learning outcomes in this unit standard are consistent with Health and Physical
Education in the New Zealand Curriculum (Wellington: Learning Media, 1999).
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Establish a food plan for a special occasion.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The requirements for the special occasion are identified to the satisfaction of the
assessor.
Range
budget, number of people invited, venue, theme where required,
food preparation and service facilities available, menu, times for
serving food and other activities, other agreed requirements.
1.2
A purchasing plan is prepared to meet budget, food, and other agreed
requirements.
1.3
A food preparation, production, and service plan enables all tasks to be
completed, with food served at agreed times.
1.4
Task descriptions are prepared to enable food service and other requirements
to be met at agreed times.
Outcome 2
Prepare and serve food for the special occasion.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The food is prepared and served to meet the requirements of the special
occasion as agreed with the assessor.
2.2
The process and/or techniques used meets the requirements of the food
specified in the plan.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
26 March 1996
31 December 2014
Review
2
23 February 1999
31 December 2014
Review
3
28 November 2002
31 December 2014
Review
4
4 December 2012
31 December 2014
0226
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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.
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