Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify the stages and operations required in the processing of a food product
- Identify the facilities, equipment, workflow and process controls for a processed food product
- Functions of the major production stages are classified and analysed
- Equipment used to perform each operation stage is identified
- The facilities, workflow and layout of the workplaces, or technical work area, together with their core activities and links with other parts of the organisation are identified
- Process controls are documented for a processed food product
- The workforce structure and the roles and responsibilities of workplace personnel are established for a given food product
- Information management processes are investigated for a food processing operation
- Produce flow diagrams for nominated unit operations
- Correct nomenclature and symbols are used to show processes, inputs and outputs
- The completed flow diagram is reviewed and suggestions for improvements for product quality and operational efficiency are documented
- Energy and resource usage, and environmental impacts, of production processes are quantified
- Procedures for testing for yields and/or variances are identified at each stage
- Areas for process improvement are identified for further analysis