Application
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to monitor and provide advice on cleaning milking machines.
All work must be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, work health and safety, animal welfare and biosecurity legislation and codes, and sustainability practices.
This unit applies to individuals who work under broad direction and use discretion and judgement in the selection and use of available resources.
No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Element | Performance criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Identify cleaning problems | 1.1 Establish hygiene practices through interview and shed records 1.2 Establish bacterial levels for the plant from factory test results and identify potential cleaning problems 1.3 Identify residues and other evidence of poor cleaning regimes by Inspecting and disassembling milking equipment 1.4 Establish cleaning and hygiene regimes and identify cleaning chemicals to be used 1.5 Determine water quality and quantity for optimal cleaning outcomes 1.6 Identify work health and safety hazards, assess risks, implement control measures and keep records |
2. Carry out cleaning routines | 2.1 Carry out manufacturer specified machine and ancillary equipment cleaning routines 2.2 Carry out manufacturer specified vat cleaning routines 2.3 Monitor water temperature and circulating chemical concentrations throughout the cleaning cycle 2.4 Remove milk stone and other accumulated residues by manually cleaning milking facility equipment |
3. Determine chemicals and cleaning routines | 3.1 Determine and document suitable cleaning routines in consultation with equipment manufacturer and chemical company 3.2 Determine and record cleaning routine and hygiene regime for the milking facility and all installations 3.3 Evaluate cleaning routine and hygiene regime to ensure that equipment and cleaning performance meets established performance specifications |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.
The candidate must provide evidence that they can:
identify cleaning problems
carry out cleaning routines
determine chemicals and cleaning routines
apply enterprise work health and safety policies
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:
types, functions, cleaning, monitoring and maintenance of milking machines, milking machine components and milking facility equipment
requirements, criteria and assessment methods for optimal performance of milking machines and their components
possible faults, problems and poor performance with milking machines and their components, impacts on milking operations and corrective actions for these faults and problems
requirements, criteria, procedures, routines and assessment methods for optimal cleaning and hygiene of milking machines and their components
types, handling, use and disposal of detergents and cleaning agents, work health and safety and environmental practices for these agents
relevant work health and safety requirements
Assessment Conditions
Competency is to be assessed in the workplace OR workplace and simulated environment that accurately reflects performance in a real workplace setting.
Assessors must satisfy current standards for RTOs.
Foundation Skills
Foundation Skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Range Statement
Sectors
Milk Harvesting (MKH)