NZQA Expiring unit standard version 4 Page 1 of 5. Prepare and operate automated bread slicing and packaging equipment

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1 Page 1 of 5 Title Prepare and operate automated bread slicing and packaging equipment Level 3 Credits 5 Purpose This unit standard is for people who are currently working, or intend to work, in jobs which involve setting up, operating, and adjusting automated bread slicing and packaging equipment, normally as part of a production process. People credited with this unit standard are able to: use safe working practices; prepare automated bread slicing equipment; slice bread using automated equipment; prepare automated bread packaging equipment; and operate and adjust automated bread packaging equipment. Classification Food and Related Products Processing > Baking - Bread Available grade Achieved Explanatory notes 1 Enactments and codes relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to the: Food Act 1981; Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992; Food (Safety) Regulations 2002; Food Hygiene Regulations 1974; Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code available at 2 Breads may include but are not limited to: white, grain, rye, wholemeal, multigrain; combinations, varieties; thick, thin. Automated slicing equipment may be: reciprocating, hydro, band, or gravity fed. Automated packaging equipment may include but is not limited to: vertical or horizontal packing machines. 3 Definitions Organisational procedures refers to documents that include: worksite rules, codes, and practices; equipment operating instructions; production specifications; documented quality management systems; and health and safety requirements. PPE refers to personal protective equipment and may include but is not limited to: protective clothing; gloves; safety glasses, headwear, and footwear; hearing protection; safety devices. 4 Competence is to be demonstrated on two occasions of slicing and wrapping bread using preset automated equipment.

2 Page 2 of 5 Outcomes and evidence requirements Outcome 1 Use safe working practices. 1.1 PPE is used in accordance with 1.2 Work environment is kept clean and free from hazards in accordance with hazards to personnel, product, plant. 1.3 Documentation is referred to and/or completed in accordance with Outcome 2 Prepare automated bread slicing equipment. 2.1 Slicing equipment is cleaned and lubricated in accordance with organisational procedures. 2.2 Slicing equipment is prepared to produce required slice thickness and number of slices per loaf in accordance with production 2.3 Slicing equipment is prepared with correct blade tension, blade, and conveyor speed for product, in accordance with production and equipment Outcome 3 Slice bread using automated equipment. 3.1 Bread temperature, size, and volume are checked in accordance with 3.2 Slicing equipment is operated in accordance with 3.3 Sliced bread thickness and weight are in accordance with product 3.4 Number of slices per loaf is in accordance with product

3 Page 3 of Sliced bread is in suitable condition for packaging in accordance with production condition may include but is not limited to crumb, crust, tearing, size, contaminant free. 3.6 Variations in specified technical performance of automated slicing equipment are identified, and rectified and/or reported in accordance with organisational procedures. Outcome 4 Prepare automated bread packaging equipment. 4.1 Packaging materials are available in sufficient quantity to meet scheduled and anticipated production. materials may include but are not limited to plastic bags, adhesive tape, closures. 4.2 Packaging equipment is prepared, and guides and electronic eye settings are in accordance with production schedule. 4.3 Air pressure is checked and air lines are free from water. 4.4 Conveyor equipment is available and operational by required time. 4.5 Packaging equipment is loaded with packaging materials in a manner that minimises jamming and maximises production. 4.6 Collation system is available and operational by required time. collation system may include but is not limited to trays, outers, packaged bread storage. 4.7 Bag table height is in accordance with production Outcome 5 Operate and adjust automated bread packaging equipment. 5.1 Sliced bread is enclosed by correct packaging in accordance with production 5.2 Sliced bread is supported by packaging and is of uniform size.

4 Page 4 of Sliced bread is in position and packaging configuration is in accordance with product configuration may include but is not limited to correct place in packaging, damage free. 5.4 Packaging around bread is free from contamination. contamination may include but is not limited to crust, crumb, foreign matter. 5.5 Packaging is closed and secured in accordance with packaging 5.6 Variations in specified technical performance of automated packaging equipment are identified, and rectified and/or reported in accordance with 5.7 Product changeovers are notified to affected parties in accordance with affected parties may include but are not limited to people working upstream and/or downstream in production, colleagues, team members, supervisor. Replacement information This unit standard was replaced by unit standard This unit standard and unit standard replaced unit standard 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 27 May December 2018 Review 2 19 May December 2018 Review 3 17 March December 2018 Rollover 4 16 February December 2020 Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0111 This CMR can be accessed at

5 Page 5 of 5 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.