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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Select ingredients
  2. Weigh and batch ingredients
  3. Record usage

Range Statement


Performance Evidence

The candidate must prepare dry ingredients in a smallgoods manufacturing establishment.

The candidate must:

follow the requirements of the work instruction

work at production speed

calibrate scales (where required)

follow a recipe correctly

select ingredients according to product specifications

weigh ingredients to product specifications and daily production requirements

record usage of ingredients to workplace requirements

explain and demonstrate batching in accordance with food standards code

apply mathematical skills appropriate to the task

apply relevant workplace health and safety, workplace and regulatory requirements

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


Knowledge Evidence

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

possible effects on product and on consumer health of using incorrect ingredients

health and hygiene factors relating to the preparation of dry ingredients

ingredient batches

workplace health and safety requirements related to the preparation of dry ingredients

relevant workplace and regulatory requirements

various additives, spices, binders and ingredients and explain their functions in the product

procedure for checking scale accuracy