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Use and maintain packhouse plant
Level
4
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working, or intending to work in a packhouse.
People credited with this unit standard are able to use and maintain: loading
equipment; packhouse equipment; sorting tables and sizing machines; and
packaging equipment.
Subfield
Horticulture
Domain
Production Horticulture
Status
Registered
Status date
27 October 2006
Date version published
27 October 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
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This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Workplace procedures refer to written or verbal policies and procedures on safety,
operation and production set down by the employer or host organisation.
2
Standards refer to requirements laid down in quality assurance documentation and
industry standards as supplied by an industry body, agent or exporting company.
3
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to: the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992; Employment Relations Act 2000; Resource
Management Act 1991; Privacy Act 1993; Hazardous Substances and New
Organisms Act 1996 and related regulations; and Occupational Safety and Health
Approved Codes of Practice.
4
Produce may include fruit, vegetables, and flowers.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Use and maintain loading equipment.
Performance criteria
1.1
Produce is placed on or in the loading equipment to meet packhouse demand
for sorting produce.
Range
dry dump or water dump.
1.2
Empty containers are removed and stacked according to workplace procedures.
1.3
Loading equipment is maintained in accordance with workplace procedures and
manufacturer’s specifications.
Element 2
Use and maintain packhouse equipment.
Performance criteria
2.1
Equipment is checked to see that produce and containers are not being
damaged.
Range
2.2
Equipment is checked to see that it is working in accordance with
manufacturer’s specifications and workplace procedures.
Range
2.3
may include but is not limited to – elevators, conveyors, washers,
dryers, brushes, blowers.
may include but is not limited to – elevators, conveyors, washers,
dryers, brushes, blowers.
Plant is started and stopped in accordance with sequence specified in
workplace procedures.
Element 3
Use and maintain sorting tables and sizing machines.
Performance criteria
3.1
The lighting over the sorting table is checked to ensure it meets illumination
grade standards.
3.2
Plant is started and stopped in accordance with sequence specified in
workplace procedures.
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3.3
Volume of produce moving over the sorting and sizing table is monitored to
meet requirements of sorters and packers in accordance with workplace
procedures.
3.4
Sizing machines are maintained in accordance with workplace procedures
and/or manufacturers’ specifications.
Element 4
Use and maintain packaging equipment.
Performance criteria
4.1
Sealing material used is appropriate to the packaging equipment and packaging
material.
4.2
Packaging equipment is used safely in accordance with manufacturers’
specifications and workplace procedures.
Range
any two of – staple guns, carton formers, glue gun, carton sealer.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 the Qualifications Authority 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 www.primaryito.ac.nz if you
wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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