22868 Set Up, Adjust and Operate Primary Poultry Processing Production Line in the Eviscerate

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Set up, adjust and operate primary poultry processing production line in the eviscerate room

Level / 3
Credits / 10

Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: set up, adjust and start up primary poultry process machinery and primary poultry production line in the eviscerate room; and ensure continued operation of and shut down primary poultry processing machinery and a primary poultry processing production line.

Subfield / Food and Related Products Processing
Domain / Food Production - Poultry Products
Status / Registered
Status date / 25 July 2006
Date version published / 25 July 2006
Planned review date / 31 December 2011
Entry information / Recommended: Unit 18844, Inspect and eviscerate poultry carcasses; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Replacement information / This unit standard and unit standard 22871 replaced unit standard 18843.
Accreditation / Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB) / Competenz (Food and Beverage)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference / 0111

This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.

Special notes

1 Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995, Animal Products Act 1999, Food Hygiene Regulations 1974, Resource Management Act 1991, and their associated regulations; Animal Welfare (Broiler Chickens: Fully Housed) Code of Welfare 2003: A code of welfare issued under the Animal Welfare Act 1999 and which meets the requirements of the Animal Products (Specifications for the Ante-mortem and Post mortem Examination of Poultry Intended for Human or Animal Consumption) Notice 2005. Welfare codes are available from Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, C/- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, PO Box 2526, Wellington.

2 Definition

Primary poultry processing machinery refers to venter, evisceration, neck cracker, and/or neck flap cutter.

3 Competence is to be demonstrated on at least three occasions of set-up, adjustment and operation of primary poultry processing machinery and a primary poultry processing production line.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Set up and adjust primary poultry processing machinery in the eviscerate room.

Performance criteria

1.1 Primary poultry processing machinery is set up and adjusted in accordance with the size of the poultry to be processed and the company quality assurance policies and procedures.

1.2 Primary poultry processing machinery is set up and adjusted in accordance with the company operating procedures.

1.3 Primary poultry processing machinery is set up and adjusted in accordance with the company safety policies and procedures.

Element 2

Start up a primary poultry processing production line in the eviscerate room.

Performance criteria

2.1 Pre-start-up checks and start-up procedures are carried out in accordance with the company operating and quality policies and procedures.

2.2 Pre-start-up checks and start-up procedures are carried out in accordance with the company safety policies and procedures.

2.3 Pre-start-up and start-up contingencies are handled in accordance with the company operating and quality policies and procedures.

Range includes but is not limited to – damaged shackles, start failure.

Element 3

Ensure continued operation of a primary poultry processing production line in the eviscerate room.

Performance criteria

3.1 Contingencies are assessed and handled in accordance with the company operating procedures.

Range includes but is not limited to – line stoppage, waste water blockage.

3.2 Contingencies are assessed and handled in accordance with the company safety policies and procedures.

3.3 Contingencies are assessed and handled in accordance with the company production throughput requirements.

Element 4

Shut down a primary poultry processing production line in the eviscerate room.

Performance criteria

4.1 Shut-down procedures are in accordance with the company operating procedures.

4.2 Shut-down procedures are in accordance with the company safety policies and procedures.

4.3 Shut-down contingencies are assessed and handled in accordance with the company operating procedures.

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

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Ó New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2006