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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for pre-operational hygiene assessment
   • Explain purpose of pre-operational hygiene assessment
   • Identify area to be checked
   • Check cleaning and maintenance records relating to identified area
   • Identify testing requirements according to workplace requirements
   • Assemble, check and calibrate equipment, as required
2. Conduct pre-operational hygiene assessment
   • Conduct visual assessment, including equipment and fittings
   • Conduct pre-operational testing according to workplace, hygiene and sanitation, regulatory, and workplace health and safety requirements
   • Record results according to workplace requirements
3. Evaluate results and take corrective action
   • Analyse results and identify areas of non-conformance
   • Take corrective action where required
   • Re-test or assess, as necessary, to ensure compliance with workplace requirements

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must undertake a pre-operations hygiene assessment prior to the commencement of production.

The candidate must:

prepare for and conduct pre-operations hygiene assessment according to workplace, hygiene and sanitation, workplace health and safety and regulatory requirements

use testing equipment correctly

accurately interpret and record results

consistently identify areas of non-conformance and take corrective action

comply with workplace health and safety requirements

apply relevant communication skills when reporting to supervisors and interacting with team members

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Knowledge Evidence

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

process for conducting pre-operational hygiene assessment

likely causes of contamination

corrective action to be taken when contamination is identified

workplace record-keeping requirements

regulatory requirements as they relate to pre-operational inspection processes

relevant workplace health and safety requirements

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