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Title / Prepare, mix, and apply bulk icings and/or glazes for bakery products using automated equipment
Level / 3 / Credits / 12
Purpose / This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in a bakery which uses automated production equipment. People credited with this unit standard are able to: use safe working practices; prepare and weigh ingredients for bulk icings and/or glazes; mix bulk icings and/or glazes using automated equipment; apply icings and/or glazes using automated equipment; and disassemble, clean, and reassemble automated equipment.
Classification / Food and Related Products Processing > Baking
Available grade / Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills and knowledge / Unit 16124, Prepare, mix, and apply bulk toppings and/or fillings for bakery products using automated production equipment, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1Enactments and codes relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to the: Food Act 1981; Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992; Food (Safety) Regulations 2002; Food Hygiene Regulations 1974; Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code available at
2Range
Bakery products to be iced and/or glazed may include but are not limited to: cakes, sponges, pastries, biscuits, buns, slices, breads, pizzas, pies.
Ingredients may include but are not limited to: sugar, dairy-based products, non-dairy products, fruits, gelatine, eggs, cocoa, water, chocolate, carob, coconut, coffee, spices, alcohol, fats, oils, low-fat products, fat replacers, thickeners, sweeteners, flavourings, stabilisers, colourings, additives.
Equipment may include but is not limited to: mixers, boilers, kettles, pulping equipment, weighing equipment, silos, mincers, bain marie, graters, dicers, seeders, sifters, shakers, depositors, enrobers, extruders, strewer, spindle, conveyors, compressed air, icing applicators, sprayers, strand conveyors, stencils, brushes, knives.
3Definitions
Organisational procedures refers to documents that include: worksite rules, codes, and practices; equipment operating instructions; production specifications; documented quality management systems; and health and safety requirements.
PPE refers to personal protective equipment and may include but is not limited to: protective clothing; gloves; safety glasses, headwear, and footwear; hearing protection; safety devices.
4Competence is to be demonstrated on three occasions of preparing, mixing, and applying two bulk icings and/or two glazes for bakery products using automated equipment.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Use safe working practices.
Evidence requirements
1.1PPE is used in accordance with organisational procedures.
1.2Work environment is kept clean and free from hazards in accordance with organisational procedures.
Rangehazards to – personnel, product, plant.
1.3Documentation is referred to and/or completed in accordance with organisational procedures.
Outcome 2
Prepare and weigh ingredients for bulk icings and/or glazes.
Evidence requirements
2.1Ingredients are available in sufficient quantity to meet scheduled and anticipated production.
2.2Ingredients are checked for shelf-life and signs of contamination in accordance with organisational procedures.
2.3Ingredients are conditioned in accordance with recipe specifications.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – sieved, melted, soaked, hydrated, pulped, pureed, grated, whisked, temperature.
2.4Weighing systems are tared in accordance with organisational procedures.
2.5Ingredients are weighed in accordance with scheduled production.
2.6Storage containers for mixed icings and/or glazes are free from contamination and available in sufficient quantity for scheduled and anticipated production.
2.7Variations in ingredients and equipment are identified, and rectified and/or reported in accordance with organisational procedures.
Outcome 3
Mix bulk icings and/or glazes using automated equipment.
Evidence requirements
3.1Equipment is clean, free from contamination, and operational in accordance with organisational procedures.
3.2Equipment is operated in accordance with organisational procedures.
3.3Icing and/or glaze ingredients are mixed in accordance with recipe specifications.
Rangespecifications may include but are not limited to – time, speed, temperature, sequence and pace of ingredient addition.
3.4Mixed icings and/or glazes conform to product specifications.
Rangespecifications may include but are not limited to – consistency, viscosity, uniform distribution of ingredients, colour, gloss, temperature.
3.5Mixed icings and/or glazes are placed in storage containers and are stored in assigned locations at specified temperatures in accordance with organisational procedures.
3.6Variations in equipment, and icings and/or glazes are identified, and rectified and/or reported in accordance with organisational procedures.
Outcome 4
Apply icings and/or glazes using automated equipment.
Evidence requirements
4.1Icings and/or glazes are available in sufficient quantity and condition for scheduled production.
4.2Equipment is loaded with icings and/or glazes in a manner which prevents jamming and maximises production.
4.3Equipment is operated in accordance with organisational procedures.
4.4Icing and/or glaze temperature is maintained in accordance with recipe specifications and production schedule.
4.5Icings and/or glazes are applied in accordance with product specifications.
Rangespecifications may include but are not limited to – sequence, conveyor speed and tracking, flow, amount, uniformity, neatness, gloss.
4.6Variations in equipment, and icings and/or glazes are identified, and rectified and/or reported in accordance with organisational procedures.
Outcome 5
Disassemble, clean, and reassemble automated equipment.
Evidence requirements
5.1Affected parties are notified of disassembly and cleaning in accordance with organisational procedures.
Rangeaffected parties may include but are not limited to – people working upstream and/or downstream in production, colleagues, team members, supervisor.
5.2Services to equipment are isolated in accordance with organisational procedures.
Rangeservices may include but are not limited to – electricity, air, water, gas.
5.3Equipment is disassembled in accordance with organisational procedures.
5.4Equipment is cleaned in accordance with organisational procedures.
5.5Cleaned equipment is lubricated to specifications, reassembled, and left operational in accordance with organisational procedures.
Replacement information / This unit standard and unit standard 16124 replaced unit standard 7723.This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 10 February 1999 / 31 December 2018
Review / 2 / 19 May 2006 / 31 December 2018
Review / 3 / 17 March 2016 / 31 December 2018
Rollover / 4 / 16 February 2017 / 31 December 2020
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0111
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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.
CompetenzSSB Code 101571 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018 / / New Zealand Qualifications Aut