Knowledge of: purpose and basic principles of the cooling/hardening process, including the principles of heat transfer and the difference between latent heat energy transfer and sensible heat energy transfer basic operating principles of equipment, such as main equipment components, status and purpose of guards, equipment operating capacities and applications, and the purpose and location of sensors and related feedback instrumentation the flow of the cooling/hardening process and the effect of product output on downstream processes stages and changes which occur during cooling/hardening quality characteristics to be achieved by cooling/hardening process effect of in-feed characteristics on cooling/hardening process performance operating requirements and parameters and corrective action required where operation is outside specified operating parameters typical equipment faults and related causes, including signs and symptoms of faulty equipment and early warning signs of potential problems techniques used to monitor the cooling/hardening process, such as inspecting, measuring and testing as required by the process inspection or test points (control points) in the process and the related procedures and recording requirements common causes of variation and corrective action required contamination/food safety risks associated with the process and related control measures occupational health and safety (OHS) hazards and controls requirements of different shutdowns as appropriate to the process and workplace production requirements, including emergency and routine shutdowns and procedures to follow in the event of a power outage isolation, lock out and tag out procedures and responsibilities procedures and responsibility for reporting production and performance information environmental issues and controls relevant to the cooling/hardening process, including waste collection and handling procedures related to the process basic operating principles of process control, where relevant, including the relationship between control panels and systems and the physical equipment sampling and testing associated with process monitoring and control where relevant cleaning and sanitation procedures where relevant routine maintenance procedures where relevant product/batch changeover procedures where relevant |