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Produce cut, tucked and trussed whole-bird poultry products

Level / 2
Credits / 5

PurposePeople credited with this unit standard are able to: cut, tuck and truss whole-bird poultry; pack whole-bird poultry products; and lid and/or label whole-bird poultry product packs.

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 / Prerequisite: Unit 18820, Handle, maintain and use knives safely in the poultry processing industry; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Accreditation / Evaluation of documentation 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

Throughput refers to rate at which product is produced by hour or production run.

3The elements: bag and seal whole-bird poultry products are now solely covered in version two of unit standard 18821.

4Competence is to be demonstrated on at least three occasions of cutting, tucking, and trussing; and packing and lidding and/or labelling whole-bird poultry products.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Cut, tuck and truss whole-bird poultry.

Rangestuffed.

Performance criteria

1.1Whole-bird poultry are cut, tucked, and trussed in accordance with the product specifications and company operating procedures.

1.2Whole-bird poultry are cut, tucked, and trussed in accordance with the company safety policies and procedures.

1.3Whole-bird poultry are cut, tucked, and trussed in accordance with the company quality assurance policies and procedures.

1.4Whole-bird poultry are cut, tucked, and trussed in accordance with the company production throughput requirements.

Element 2

Pack whole-bird poultry products.

Performance criteria

2.1Whole-bird products are packed in accordance with the product specifications and company operating procedures.

2.2Whole-bird products are packed in accordance with the company safety policies and procedures.

2.3Whole-bird products are packed in accordance with the company quality assurance policies and procedures.

2.4Whole-bird products are packed in accordance with the company production throughput requirements.

Element 3

Lid and/or label whole-bird poultry product packs.

Performance criteria

3.1Whole-bird poultry product packs are lidded and/or labelled in accordance with the product specifications.

3.2Whole-bird poultry product packaging lids and/or labels are consistent with the product in the packs.

3.3Whole-bird poultry product packaging is lidded and/or labelled in accordance with the company production throughput requirements.

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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