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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare and maintain equipment
   • Perform pre-operational checks in accordance with workplace, health and safety and hygiene and sanitation requirements
   • Perform routine maintenance in accordance with workplace requirements
2. Monitor and control flow of raw materials
   • Monitor nature and quality of the raw materials to ensure compliance with workplace and regulatory requirements
   • Report defects in raw materials promptly and take corrective action in accordance with workplace requirements
   • Control flow of raw materials into bulk bins and/or the processing equipment in accordance with work instructions
3. Render edible product
   • Operate equipment in accordance with workplace regulations, workplace health and safety requirements and manufacturer's specifications
   • Render edible product to workplace and customer specifications
   • Perform routine monitoring, record keeping and sampling to ensure compliance with product specifications
   • Identify sources of potential contamination of the product and preventative and take corrective measures in accordance with work instructions
   • Maintain cleanliness of work area in accordance with workplace requirements

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must operate rendering equipment and produce an edible product.

The candidate must:

apply communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

apply the regulatory requirements for the rendering of the edible product

identify production problems and out-of-specification product and take corrective action

render product in accordance with work instructions, hygiene and sanitation and regulatory requirements

sample and monitor product quality to ensure product meets workplace and customer requirements

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:

regulatory requirements for the rendering of the edible product

operating and maintenance procedures for the rendering equipment

relevant work instructions for the operation of the equipment

workplace health and safety requirements for the operation of the rendering equipment

relevant product specifications

sampling and monitoring procedures relevant to the product

possible sources of contamination of the product and the relevant preventative measures

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