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Title / Stack and strap packed produce onto pallets
Level / 3 / Credits / 8
Purpose / This unit standard is for people working, or intending to work in a packhouse. People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe packaging standards, stacking aids, and safety equipment; stack packaging onto pallets; strap pallets of packed produce; and complete documentation for packed produce.
Classification / Horticulture > Production Horticulture
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1Workplace procedures refer to written or verbal policies and procedures on safety, operation and production set down by the employer or host organisation.
2Standards refer to requirements laid down in quality assurance documentation and industry standards as supplied by an industry body, agent or exporting company.
3Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to: the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992; Employment Relations Act 2000; Resource Management Act 1991; Privacy Act 1993; Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 and related regulations; and Occupational Safety and Health Approved Codes of Practice.
4Produce may include fruit, vegetables, and flowers.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe packaging standards, stacking aids, and safety equipment.
Evidence requirements
1.1Pallet and packaging standards are described.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – pack type, pallet type, quantity of packs per pallet, count per pack, grade, branding, pallet configuration, palletising components, labelling.
1.2Stacking aids and safety equipment are described.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – footwear, tools.
Outcome 2
Stack packaging onto pallets.
Evidence requirements
2.1Stacking configurations are implemented in accordance with standards.
2.2Packaging is stacked on pallets in accordance with standards.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – count, market destination, pack type, pallet base, labels, shrink wrap.
2.3Pallets are correctly stacked, in accordance with standards and workplace procedures.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – correct label, correct configuration, correct label orientation, no overhang, no leaning pallets, correct pack type, correct pallet base, no damage to packaging.
2.4Pallets are secured and packaged in accordance with standards.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – connecting strips, plates, corner boards, shrink wrapped, and pallet caps.
2.5Pallet and packaging standards are adjusted to meet quality controller’s requirements, if necessary.
Outcome 3
Strap pallets of packed produce.
Evidence requirements
3.1Strapping configurations are in accordance with standards and workplace procedures.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – number of straps/pallet, strapping sequence, location of straps.
3.2Packaging is secured and strapped in accordance with standards and workplace procedures.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – connecting strips, plates, corner boards, shrink wrapped, tension of straps, crimps.
3.3Strapping equipment is operated safely in accordance with manufacturers’ specifications.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – threaded, rethreaded, cleaned, stripped, serviced.
3.4Incorrectly strapped pallets are recognised and discrepancies rectified in accordance with pallet and packaging standards and workplace procedures.
3.5Work area is maintained in a clean, tidy, and safe manner in accordance with workplace procedures.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – an identified work area, rubbish removal, tools secured.
Outcome 4
Complete documentation for packed produce.
Evidence requirements
4.1Functions of individual labels are identified in terms of relevance to market destination, as required.
Rangecontainer labels, bar codes, pallet labels.
4.2Documentation for the pallets is completed in accordance with standards and workplace procedures, as required.
Rangebar codes, pallet labels, EAN labels, visual indicators.
Replacement information / This unit standard was replaced by unit standard 29837.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 / 27 October 2006 / 31 December 2021
Review / 2 / 19 January 2017 / 31 December 2021
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0032
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.
Primary Industry Training OrganisationSSB Code 101558 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018 / / New Zealand Qualifications Aut