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Produce marinated poultry products using an injection marinating machine

Level / 3
Credits / 4

PurposePeople credited with this unit standard are able to: match an order with the product specifications for an injection marinated poultry product; mix marinade; set up and operate an injection marinating machine; perform a pick-up check to establish that the poultry product has been marinated to the product specifications; clean and flush the injection marinating machine; and grade injection marinated poultry products, and identify seconds.

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 / Open.
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

Special notes

1Legislation 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 1999and 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.

2Definition

Pick-up check refers to the marination quality check that ensures marination of product meets product specification standards.

3Competence is to be demonstrated on at least three occasions of using a injection marinating machine to produce marinated poultry products.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Match an order with the product specifications for an injection marinated poultry product.

Performance criteria

1.1The product specifications identified are consistent with the product order.

1.2The product quantities identified are consistent with the product order.

Element 2

Mix marinade.

Performance criteria

2.1The marinade mix is consistent with the product specifications and the identified product quantities.

2.2The marinade is mixed in accordance with the company safety policies and procedures.

2.3The marinade is mixed in accordance with the company quality assurance policies and procedures.

2.4The marinade is mixed in accordance with the company operating procedures.

Element 3

Set up and operate an injection marinating machine.

Performance criteria

3.1The injection marinating machine is set up and operated in accordance with the company operating procedures.

3.2The injection marinating machine is set up and operated in accordance with the company safety policies and procedures.

3.3The injection marinating machine is set up and operated in accordance with the company quality assurance policies and procedures.

3.4The injection marinating machine is operated in accordance with the company production throughput requirements.

Element 4

Perform a pick-up check to establish that the poultry product has been marinated to the product specifications.

Performance criteria

4.1The pick-up check is carried out in accordance with the company operating procedures.

4.2The pre-marination weight is determined in accordance with the company quality assurance policies and procedures.

4.3The post-marination weight is determined in accordance with the company quality assurance policies and procedures.

4.4The calculated marinade pick-up is consistent with the pre-marination and post-marination weight difference.

4.5The injection marinating machine is adjusted until the marinade pick-up is consistent with the product specifications.

4.6Documentation is completed in accordance with the company operating procedures and quality assurance policies and procedures.

Element 5

Clean and flush the injection marinating machine.

Performance criteria

5.1The injection marinating machine is cleaned and flushed in accordance with the company operating procedures.

5.2The injection marinating machine is cleaned and flushed in accordance with the company safety policies and procedures.

5.3The injection marinating machine is cleaned and flushed in accordance with the company quality assurance policies and procedures.

Element 6

Grade injection marinated poultry products, and identify seconds.

Performance criteria

6.1Grading of injection marinated poultry products is consistent with the product specifications, and in accordance with the company quality assurance policies and procedures.

6.2Poultry product seconds are identified in accordance with the company quality assurance polices and 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.

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 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018