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Title / Operate a high-temperature rendering process
Level / 4 / Credits / 20
Purpose / This unit standard is for experienced people who work in a rendering department in a meat processing operation.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: start up, operate, monitor, and shut down high-temperature rendering operations.
Classification / Meat Processing > Meat Industry - Rendering
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Normal production speeds apply to the performance of this activity.
2 Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
3 Resource documents include but are not limited to – Industry Standard 6/Industry Agreed Standard 6 (IS6/IAS6) – Processing of Edible Product; Industry Standard 7 – Byproducts; available from the Ministry for Primary Industries at http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/industry/sectors/meat-ostrich-emu-game/meatman/
Code of Practice: Rendering (NZFSA, 2009), available from Ministry for Primary Industries at http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/code-practice-rendering/
4 Definition
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures that are documented in memo, electronic, or manual format and available in the workplace.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Start up high temperature rendering operations.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Raw product is received, prepared, and loaded into holding containers ready for rendering in accordance with organisational and statutory requirements.
1.2 All stages in the handling, storage, and processing of edible and inedible rendered products are kept separate in accordance with organisational and statutory requirements.
1.3 Bungs, lids, covers, and safety guards are checked and fitted to machinery before start-up commences in accordance with organisational requirements.
1.4 Machinery, product receptacles, valves, and switches are prepared for start-up operations in accordance with organisational and statutory requirements.
1.5 Metal detectors are checked and conform to operational requirements before start-up is completed in accordance with organisational requirements.
1.6 Machine isolation procedures are followed during start-up operations in accordance with organisational and statutory requirements.
1.7 Control panel meters, gauges, and mimic lights are monitored during start-up and adjustments are made to machine operations in accordance with organisational and manufacturer’s requirements.
1.8 Visual and auditory checks are completed to ensure machines and processes operate to organisational requirements.
1.9 Automatic systems, where used, are switched from manual to automatic when machinery is fully operational and control panel readings reach organisational and statutory specified levels.
1.10 Any malfunctions occurring during start-up are identified and rectified in accordance with organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
Operate and monitor high-temperature rendering operations.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Control panel is monitored during rendering operations in accordance with organisational requirements.
Range monitoring includes but is not limited to – fault lights, temperature gauges, amp meter readings, flow rates.
2.2 Control panel readings are taken and recorded in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.3 Adjustments to operations are made to keep temperatures, amp meter readings, and flow rates within organisational and statutory tolerance specifications.
2.4 Product samples are taken, tested, and recorded in accordance with organisational and statutory requirements.
2.5 Visual and auditory checks are completed to ensure machines, processes, and products meet organisational requirements.
2.6 Any malfunctions during operations are identified, rectified, and recorded in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.7 Spilled and rejected products and blockages to process operations are handled in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.8 Effluent disposal from rendering operations meets organisational and statutory requirements.
Outcome 3
Shut down high-temperature rendering operations.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Automatic systems are switched to manual operation in accordance with organisational and manufacturer’s requirements.
3.2 Sections of rendering systems are shut down in accordance with organisational requirements as product throughput is completed.
3.3 Electrical switches, valves, and taps are turned off in accordance with organisational requirements and sequences.
3.4 Tallow lines are blown and cleaned in accordance with organisational requirements before system shut-down.
3.5 Power, steam, and water supplies are maintained for system maintenance and clean-in-place operations in accordance with organisational and manufacturer’s requirements.
Planned review date / 31 December 2019Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for Assessment /Registration / 1 / 22 February 1995 / 31 December 2012
Revision / 2 / 29 September 1998 / 31 December 2012
Review / 3 / 30 August 1999 / 31 December 2012
Revision / 4 / 19 July 2001 / 31 December 2012
Review / 5 / 24 May 2005 / 31 December 2012
Review / 6 / 19 June 2009 / 31 December 2012
Review / 7 / 17 June 2011 / 31 December 2018
Review / 8 / 27 January 2015 / N/A
Revision / 9 / 17 September 2015 / N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0033
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, 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 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.
Consent requirements 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.
Comments on this unit standard
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Primary Industry Training OrganisationSSB Code 101558 / Ó New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2015