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Title / Conduct routine maintenance to plant and equipment in the dairy industry
Level / 3 / Credits / 5
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able to: conduct routine check of plant and equipment; implement routine maintenance; and demonstrate knowledge of routine maintenance systems and schedules.
Classification / Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Technology
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Work must be carried out in accordance with organisational, licensing, and legislative requirements, and industrial awards and agreements.
2 Definitions
Routine maintenance may include but is not limited to – servicing, adjustments, and repairs to plant and equipment and must be conducted within product safety and work permit requirements.
Legislative requirements include but are not limited to – Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Animal Products Act 1999, Animal Products (Dairy) Regulations 2005, relevant Dairy Specifications/Notices.
Organisational requirements – refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures which are documented in memo or manual format and are available in the workplace. These requirements include but are not limited to – site specific requirements, company quality management requirements.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Conduct routine check of plant and equipment.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Visual checks are made of plant and equipment to detect signs of faults and damage in accordance with maintenance procedures and checklists.
1.2 Requirements for the adjustment, repair, replacement or modification of plant and equipment is recorded and/or reported to meet organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
Implement routine maintenance.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Routine adjustments and repairs are made to plant and equipment to meet organisational requirements.
2.2 Permit to work procedures are carried out prior to any non-procedural maintenance in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.3 Intrusive maintenance procedures are followed and documentation completed in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.4 Equipment is cleaned and returned to operating order in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.5 Deficiencies in preventative maintenance are identified, rectified and/or reported in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.6 Waste arising from maintenance is collected, treated, and disposed of or recycled in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.7 Maintenance carried out by operational staff is recorded in accordance with organisational requirements.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of routine maintenance systems and schedules.
Evidence requirements
3.1 The purpose of maintenance systems and schedules for conducting maintenance are identified in terms of possible consequences on operational performance.
3.2 The roles and relationships of routine maintenance systems with other work activities in the food processing plant are identified in terms of others involved in planning and carrying out maintenance functions.
3.3 Operational issues are identified in terms of carrying out routine maintenance.
Range operational issues may include but are not limited to – quality parameters to be achieved, common problems in carrying out preventative maintenance, services used in preventative maintenance, pre-operational checks and requirements, operational requirements of equipment including cleaning and sanitation, impact of operating and cleaning procedures on maintenance requirements.
3.4 Safety issues are identified in terms of performing routine maintenance.
Range safety issues related to performing routine maintenance may include but are not limited to – health and safety hazards and controls, food safety factors in maintaining and servicing equipment, isolation procedures, environmental protection.
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 Assessment /Registration / 1 / 30 June 2003 / 31 December 2017
Rollover and Revision / 2 / 20 June 2006 / 31 December 2017
Rollover and Revision / 3 / 17 July 2009 / 31 December 2017
Review / 4 / 17 September 2015 / 31 December 2017
Rollover / 5 / 21 January 2016 / 31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0022
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, 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 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 / Ó New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 / / New Zealand Qualifications Aut