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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine cooling and storage system requirements
   • Determine available cooling water supply quantity and test the quality of the water supply
   • Ensure the planned milk cooling and storage systems meet industry standards and match enterprise and herd needs
   • Determine and record design considerations including appropriate siting of components
   • Determine work health and safety hazards, assess risks, implement controls and report as required
2. Determine milk pre-cooling requirements
   • Measure and record maximum peak flow of milk delivery
   • Check cooling water temperatures and quality against design specifications
   • Compare available milk cooling equipment with design requirements and select suitable equipment
   • Determine work health and safety and human health regulatory requirements and establish compliance targets
   • Determine water cooling system requirements in line with planned equipment and available resources
3. Determine milk storage requirements
   • Determine enterprise milk production levels and projected production increases
   • Establish milk entry temperature and other critical design considerations in consultation with the enterprise and from available data
   • Select a suitable milk vat to meet shed production requirements and bulk milk collection routines
4. Install milk cooling and storage equipment
   • Install plate cooler and other components of the pre-cooling system in line with established system design and industry standards
   • Install vat and refrigeration equipment to meet design specifications
   • Complete commissioning tests to ensure the operation of all elements of the cooling and storage systems comply with performance targets and milk supply quality standards
5. Operate and maintain milk cooling and storage equipment
   • Complete routine maintenance program requirements in line with manufacturers' recommendations
   • Determine repair and service requirements, including rectification of operational faults, as part of maintenance routines

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

determine cooling and storage system requirements

determine milk pre-cooling requirements

determine milk storage requirements

install milk cooling and storage equipment

operate and maintain milk cooling and storage equipment

implement enterprise work health and safety policies

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

relevant requirements and industry standards for design, planning, installing and operating milk cooling and milk storage systems

types, functions, cleaning, operating, monitoring and maintenance of milk cooling and milk storage systems and all components

requirements, components and considerations for designing, planning, siting and installing milk cooling and milk storage systems and their components, and to meet the needs of the enterprise

requirements, criteria and assessment methods for determining water quality and the impacts of water quality on maintenance and performance of milk cooling and milk storage systems

possible faults, problems and poor performance with milk cooling and milk storage systems and their components, impacts on enterprise operations and corrective actions for these faults and problems

criteria and methods for assessing performance of milk cooling and milk storage systems and their components

requirements and assessment methods for determining enterprise milk production levels

relevant work health and safety requirements

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