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Title / Form and process specialty pastry products using automated production equipment
Level / 3 / Credits / 10
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 to form and process specialty pastry products using automated production equipment; form and process specialty pastry products using automated production equipment; and disassemble, clean, and reassemble automated production equipment.
Classification / Food and Related Products Processing > Baking - Pastry
Available grade / Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills and knowledge / Unit 15750, Block, sheet, and laminate pastry doughs using semi-automated production equipment; Unit 15751, Extrude, sheet, and laminate pastry doughs using continuous automated production equipment; and Unit 15752, Extrude doughs 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
Doughs may be sweet short pastry or puff pastry.
Products may include but are not limited to: lattice pastries, Danish, spandau, strudels, croissants.
Equipment includes but is not limited to an automated processing unit.
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 forming and processing speciality pastry products using automated production 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 to form and process specialty pastry products using automated production equipment.
Evidence requirements
2.1Equipment is clean, free from contamination, and operational in accordance with organisational procedures.
2.2Sheeted pastry is available in sufficient quantity and correct condition in accordance with the specifications for pastry type.
Rangecondition may include but is not limited to – thickness, width, length, number of layers, consistency, texture, temperature.
2.3Filling is available in condition for processing in accordance with product type and specifications.
Rangecondition may include but is not limited to – temperature, consistency, viscosity, uniform distribution of ingredients, colour.
Outcome 3
Form and process specialty pastry products using automated production equipment.
Evidence requirements
3.1Equipment is operated in accordance with organisational procedures.
3.2Pastry sheet is cut and stamped in accordance with product type and specifications.
Rangespecifications may include but are not limited to – dimensions, shape, pattern.
3.3Fillings are deposited and enclosed in accordance with product type and specifications.
3.4Filled pastry sheet is cut to shape and size in accordance with product specifications.
3.5Specialty pastry products conform to final product specifications.
Rangespecifications may include but are not limited to – dimensions, weight, shape, amount of filling, pastry folding and overlap, neatness, uniformity.
3.6Variations in product and equipment are identified, and rectified and/or reported in accordance with organisational procedures.
Outcome 4
Disassemble, clean, and reassemble automated production equipment.
Evidence requirements
4.1Affected 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.
4.2Services to equipment are isolated in accordance with organisational procedures.
Rangeservices may include but are not limited to – electricity, air, water, gas.
4.3Equipment is disassembled in accordance with organisational procedures.
4.4Equipment is cleaned in accordance with organisational procedures.
4.5Cleaned equipment is lubricated to specifications, reassembled, and left operational in accordance with organisational procedures.
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
This CMR can be accessed at
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.
CompetenzSSB Code 101571 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018 / / New Zealand Qualifications Aut