Application
This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to prepare and operate blending equipment.
This unit is suitable for operators in smallgoods and food services establishments preparing product for wholesale distribution.
All work should be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, customer requirements and product specifications.
This unit applies to individuals who work under broad direction and take responsibility for their own work including limited responsibility for the work of others. They provide and communicate solutions to a range of predictable problems.
No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.
This unit must be delivered and assessed in the context of Australian meat processing standards and regulations.
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. Prepare blending equipment | 1.1 Prepare blending equipment according to workplace, hygiene and sanitation, and workplace health and safety requirements 1.2 Assess equipment and report faults to ensure equipment is maintained to an operating level which meets manufacturer's specifications and workplace requirements 1.3 Use equipment and tools are used according to manufacturer's specifications |
2. Make adjustments to, and operate, blending equipment | 2.1 Adjust blending equipment when necessary 2.2 Use tools and equipment for adjusting processing equipment 2.3 Operate blending equipment 2.4 Use blending equipment to blend a variety of products to production requirements 2.5 Follow and observe workplace, hygiene and sanitation, and workplace health and safety requirements throughout the process |
3. Blend products | 3.1 Blend a range of products to workplace, health and safety, hygiene and sanitation, and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements and product specifications, at a speed similar to production requirements |
4. Clean and maintain blending equipment | 4.1 Clean and maintain blending equipment according to work instructions |
Evidence of Performance
Candidates must prepare and operate blending equipment.
Candidates must:
follow the requirements of the work instruction
work at production speed
use blending equipment to blend a variety of products to production requirements
demonstrate effective operation of tools and equipment used for adjusting blending equipment
demonstrate safe handling procedures for operating blending equipment
operate equipment to manufacturer's specifications, workplace and health and safety requirements
clean and maintain blending equipment as required in work instructions
apply mathematical and communication skills relevant to the task
learn new techniques, operate new equipment and adjust to workplace change as required
apply relevant regulatory requirements
take corrective action to improve own work performance
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:
safe handling procedures for operating blending equipment
conditions under which processing equipment might need adjusting
cleaning and maintenance procedures for blending equipment if required in work instructions
relevant regulatory requirements
purpose and use of equipment used in blending
Assessment Conditions
Competency must be demonstrated over time and under typical operating and production conditions for the enterprise.
Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal production conditions.
As a minimum, the following three forms of assessment must be used:
quiz of underpinning knowledge
workplace demonstration
workplace referee or third-party report of performance over time
Assessors must satisfy the current standards for RTOs.
Foundation Skills
Foundation Skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.