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Remove, sharpen, and replace factory trawler fish processing machinery knives

Level / 3
Credits / 5

PurposePeople credited with this unit standard are, for factory trawler fish processing machinery, able to remove, sharpen, and replace knives.

This unit standard is designed for people working in, or intending to work in a seafood processing plant aboard a fishing vessel.

Subfield / Seafood
Domain / Seafood Vessel Operations
Status / Registered
Status date / 18 July 2008
Date version published / 18 July 2008
Planned review date / 31 December 2013
Entry information / Open.
Accreditation / Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB) / Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference / 0123

This AMAP can be accessed at

Special notes

1Assessment against this unit standard must take place in a trawler fish processing factory, at sea.

2Legislation which applies to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Fisheries Acts 1983 and 1996, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and their associated regulations.

3Machinery for the assessment against this unit standard includes – Baader 84, 190, 192, 197, 212 , 182, 417, 424 and similar heading machines.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Remove knives from factory trawler fish processing machinery.

Rangefilleting, heading.

Performance criteria

1.1Knife removal conforms with factory operating procedures.

1.2Removal of nuts is consistent with identified thread pattern.

1.3Knife removal is consistent with manufacturer’s instructions.

1.4Removed knives are identified as matched pairs.

Element 2

Sharpen factory trawler fish processing machinery knives.

Performance criteria

2.1Knives are sharpened in accordance with factory operating procedures.

2.2Knives are sharpened in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications.

Element 3

Replace knives in factory trawler fish processing machinery.

Performance criteria

3.1Replacement of knives is in accordance with factory operating procedures.

3.2Replacement of knives is in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

Please note

Providers must be 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 accredited by NZQA 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.

Comments on this unit standard

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 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018