ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

1. Review mill plan and flow diagram to ensure all logistics and support services are correctly identified

1.1 Ensure incorporation of grain and other materials receiving locations.

1.2 Ensure incorporation of all grain, flour and by-product storage facilities.

1.3 Review mill flow diagram for inclusion of all break and reduction system equipment and intermediate storage facilities.

1.4 Ensure incorporation of all administration, maintenance, utilities and storage areas.

1.5 Identify directly milled and blended flour products in product flow diagrams and relate to storage and despatch facilities.

2. Support product flow through mill

2.1 Review facilities and set operating procedures for grain receival.

2.2 Ensure operators have required training and test materials for testing grain.

2.3 Ensure storage availability for received grain including any divisions.

2.4 Determine intermediate storage requirements based on forward production schedule.

2.5 Establish product handling, storage and despatch procedures for just-in-time customers.

2.6 Establish product handling, storage and despatch procedures for daily, weekly or other regular deliveries.

2.7 Identify any non–standard storage and despatch requirements.

2.8 Establish and supervise inspection and cleaning regime for bins and silos.

2.9 Establish and supervise temperature and moisture testing for storage bins and silos.

3. Establish mill stock control system

3.1 Integrate warehouse control and information requirements with mill management and control system.

3.2 Ensure customer orders are passed as soon as possible after receipt to production, storage, and transport departments.

3.3 Establish bin stock measuring frequency and method.

3.4 Set and monitor weighbridge operation and recording procedures for all bulk inward and outward grain and mill products.

3.5 Identify locations for automatic and manual recording of internal product transfers.

3.6 Establish authorisation and access procedures for use of additives and adjuncts.

4. Supervise blending of flours to meet orders

4.1 Supervise internal transfer of flour to holding bins.

4.2 Determine if volumetric, on-line or batch blending is to be used.

4.3 Determine formula for required blend including any required additives and adjuncts.

4.4 Specify flours to be used to most economically achieve required formula.

4.5 Supervise blending operation including data entry into batch or process control computer.

4.6 Supervise transfer of blended flour to packing, despatch or storage.

5. Supervise product despatch

5.1 Set and monitor "give away" margin above minimum weight in packed flour.

5.2 Supervise operation of bag and sack packing, closing equipment.

5.3 Determine where required if enterprise or contract vehicles are to be used.

5.4 Supervise bag, sack and bulk flour despatch as appropriate.

5.5 Supervise packing and despatch of by-products including palletisation of wheatfeed where required.

6. Manage OHS, mill safety, security and regulatory procedures for mill or area of responsibility

6.1 Establish or review perimeter security.

6.2 Establish site access control point for all vehicle and pedestrian traffic.

6.3 Review adequacy of truck holding and turnaround facilities.

6.4 Establish or review site OHS plan and procedures.

6.5 Ensure personal protective equipment (PPE), pedestrian walkways, and other pedestrian safety procedures are known and followed.

6.6 Review fire protection plan and fire protection facilities including location and type of extinguishers, suppression systems and alarms.

6.7 Review visitor reception, registration and escort protocols for visitor access to non-administration areas.

6.8 Establish compliance procedures for environmental, food safety and other regulatory requirements.

7. Review mill dust control procedures

7.1 Review equipment and storage cleaning schedule and procedures for dust control effectiveness.

7.2 Arrange regular inspections for potential ignition sources.

7.3 Review current dust control and dust explosion relief equipment and arrange for any required maintenance or additional dust control/dust explosion relief equipment.

7.4 Establish training in dust control procedures for all employees and contractors.

8. Manage pest control procedures

8.1 Review site pest control plan.

8.2 Ensure all employees are trained to identify signs of insect, rodent and bird infestation.

8.3 Establish inspection, sampling and testing regime for all equipment, storage areas and all inward and outward goods.

8.4 Determine cause and type of infestations.

8.5 Specify appropriate control measures for insect.

8.6 Supervise protection of employees, community and product during treatments.

8.7 Ensure compliance with regulations and environmental guidelines.

8.8 Establish pest reporting and treatment recording procedures.

9. Manage contractors for mill or area of responsibility

9.1 Establish schedule of contractors and their capabilities for services not performed in–house.

9.2 Establish procedures and delegations for engaging contractors.

9.3 Establish site access register for contractors.

9.4 Ensure contractors are briefed on all mill regulatory and commercial requirements.