Elements and Performance Criteria
- Locate stockfeed mill departments, walkways, storage and assembly areas
- Raw materials receival and storage areas are located
- Control rooms and other main operator stations are located
- Milling, batch and mixing, pelletising, liquid, mash and block stockfeed production areas are located
- Additive storage is located
- Support services, including maintenance, administration, laboratory and quality assurance, and information technology departments are located
- Finished products storage and despatch areas are located
- Walkways and emergency assembly areas are located
- Describe flow of product through mill and purpose of each stage in the production process
- Main raw materials and source are described
- Receival processes, including weighing, volume and quality checks are described
- Milling process are described
- Batching and mixing processes, including recipe, micronutrients and additives are described
- Post-mixing processes, including pelletising, mashing, pressing and setting are described
- Labelling and packing operations are described
- Describe range of stockfeeds, their purpose and target species
- Describe main risks to stockfeed milling operations
- Explain importance of dust control and dust control procedures are explained
- Additives requiring special safety and handling procedures are identified
- Typical pests are described and pest control procedures explained
- Main risks to quality, including contamination, incorrect recipe adherence, incorrect sequencing and product transference, incorrect labelling and packaging are described
- Environmental procedures for mill operations are identified