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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of environmental controls during rendering
operations in the meat processing industry
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
6
This unit standard is for people who are employed in the
rendering departments at meat processing plants who are
required to have an in-depth knowledge of environmental
controls.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of: the impacts of rendering operations on the
environment; the legislation and standards governing rendering
operation environmental controls; the sources of environmental
discharges during rendering operations; the methods of
environmental control used during rendering operations; and
interventions that reduce environmental risk during rendering
operations.
Classification
Meat Processing > Meat Industry - Rendering
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Animal Products Act 1999, Resource Management
Act 1991, Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
This unit standard is
Resource documents include but are not limited to –
expiring
Industry Standard 6 Processing
of Edible Product; and Industry Standard 7
Byproducts; available from the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) at
http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/industry/sectors/meat-ostrich-emu-game/meatman/
Code of Practice: Rendering (NZFSA, 2009), available from NZFSA at
http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/code-practice-rendering/
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Definition
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures which
are documented in memo, electronic or manual format and are available in the
workplace.
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SSB Code 101558
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the impacts of rendering operations on the environment.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Impacts of rendering operations on the environment are explained in terms of
odour, waste water and noise.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the legislation and standards governing rendering operation
environmental controls.
Range
legislation includes but is not limited to – Animal Products Act 1999, Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991, Hazardous
Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Legislation and standards governing environmental controls are described in
terms of their application to processing rendered products.
2.2
Penalties for non-compliance with legislation are outlined in terms of cost to the
company.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of the sources of environmental discharges during rendering
operations.
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Sources of environmental
discharges are outlined in terms of rendering
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processes.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Range
3.2
sources may include but are not limited to – storage of raw
material, size reduction, cooking, drying, separation, pressing,
grinding, screening, end product storage.
Types of environmental discharges are described in terms of rendering
processes.
Range
discharges may include but are not limited to – odours,
particulates, noise.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
27264 version 3
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Outcome 4
Demonstrate knowledge of the methods of environmental control used during rendering
operations.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Environmental controls for odour emissions are described in terms of methods
and cost effectiveness.
Range
4.2
Rendering wastewater contaminants are described in terms of key components
and source.
Range
4.3
contaminants may include but are not limited to – suspended
solids, biochemical or chemical oxygen demand, nitrogen.
Environmental controls for wastewater emissions are outlined in terms of
methods and cost effectiveness.
Range
4.4
methods include but are not limited to – prevention, biofiltration,
wet chemical scrubbing, thermal oxidation, activated carbon,
dispersion.
methods may include but are not limited to – dissolved air flotation,
chemical dosing, activated sludge, direct capture.
Environmental control methods for odour, wastewater and noise are outlined in
terms of monitoring, sampling and testing in accordance with organisational and
statutory requirements.
Outcome 5
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Evidence requirements
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Demonstrate knowledge of interventions that reduce environmental risk during rendering
operations.
5.1
Interventions to reduce environmental risk are outlined in terms of efficient use
of water and steam.
Range
interventions include but are not limited to – water recycling,
equipment design, screens.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
27264 version 3
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
17 June 2011
31 December 2016
Review
2
27 January 2015
31 December 2016
Rollover
3
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016