Note: The following required skills should be applied as appropriate to the equipment and processes that are used in the particular winery or workplace. Ability to: access workplace information to identify distillation requirements select, fit and use personal protective clothing and/or equipment confirm supply of necessary product, materials and services. This may include checking temperature and alcoholic strength liaise with other work areas prepare product and materials as required. This may include heating the incoming product confirm equipment status and condition. This may include checking: computer operation air pressure from compressor fuel intake water flow to condensers receiver vessels for product and by-products set up and start up the process. This will include any tests or procedures required to meet Customs and Excise regulations monitor the process and equipment operation to identify out-of-specification results or non-compliance. This may involve monitoring: wine feed alcohol content of the feed steam input cooling water flow rates to condensers volume of charge temperature of distillate alcoholic strength of distillate heat source reflux temperatures temperature of incoming wine temperatures throughout still and/or column temperatures and strengths at take-off points receivers for heads, hearts and tails evaporation rates charge characteristics pressure of still and/or column condensate rate or flow monitor supply and flow of product, materials and services to and from the process take corrective action in response to out-of-specification results or non-compliance report and/or record corrective action as required conduct product and batch changeovers take samples and conduct tests shut down equipment in response to an emergency situation shut down equipment in response to routine shutdown requirements prepare equipment for cleaning. This may involve draining and/or dismantling equipment, and removing waste either manually or by rinsing, in preparation for cleaning and sanitation record workplace information. This will include meeting the requirements of Customs and Excise regulations maintain work area to meet housekeeping standards ensure that all Customs and Excise regulations are adhered to sort, collect, treat, recycle or dispose of waste according to enterprise procedures manually clean and sanitise equipment according to enterprise procedures clean and sanitise equipment according to enterprise procedures carry out routine maintenance according to enterprise procedures carry out transfer operations according to enterprise procedures perform heat exchange operations according to enterprise procedures identify, rectify and/or report environmental non-compliance according to enterprise procedures use oral communication skills/language to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation, including questioning, active listening, asking for clarification and seeking advice from supervisor work cooperatively within a culturally diverse workforce |