FIELD            MANUFACTURING

 

Revision and Rollover of Meat Industry Generic unit standards

 

Subfield

Domain

id

Meat Processing

Meat Industry Generic

12624-12626, 16539, 17681-17689, 19451-19458

 

The New Zealand Industry Training Organisation (NZITO) has revised the unit standards listed above that were registered in June 1999, August 1999, September 2000 and June 2003 and extended their period of registration.

 

The review of these unit standards is planned to take place during 2005.

 

Date new versions published                                                      August 2004

 

New comments by date                                                                December 2005

 

Expiry date of new versions of the unit standards                December 2006

 

Outline of revision process

 

The unit standards have been revised as a result of legislation changes, the unit standards have had minor editorial changes, and the relevant updates have been made.

 

Main changes resulting from the revision

 

The revision process has resulted in the following changes to the unit standards.

·        The purpose statement in unit standards 19451-19458 has been changed reflect the target audiences.

·        Prerequisites have been removed from unit standards 19451-19458.

·        Unit standards elements, performance criteria and range statements have been amended for clarity and special notes and have been updated.

·        Titles of some unit standards have minor changes.

·        References to the Meat Industry Standards in titles, special notes, purpose statements, elements and performance criteria have been updated to reflect current terminology.

·        Minor grammatical and formatting errors have been addressed.

 

Impact on existing accreditations

 

None.

 

Impact on existing qualifications

 

Qualifications that contain the revised standards or classifications are tabled below.

 

Affected

The qualification lists a revised classification (domain or subfield) in an elective set

The qualification lists a standard that has changes to level or credits

Not materially affected

The qualification lists a standard that has a new title

The qualification lists a standard that has a new classification

 

The following New Zealand Industry Training Organisation qualification is not materially affected by the change.  It will be updated when it is next reviewed or revised.

 

Qualification Title

Classification or Id

National Certificate in Meat Processing (Further Processing) (Level 2) with strands in Boning and Trimming, Saw Operations, Processing, Packaging, and Dispatching [Ref: 0690]

17688

National Certificate in Meat Processing (Level 4) with strands in Supervisory Management, and Risk Management [Ref: 0692]

17682

National Certificate in Meat Processing (Meat Industry Standards) [Ref: 0969]

17681-17688

National Certificate in Meat Processing (Meat Industry Standards) [Ref: 0969]

19453

National Certificate in Meat Processing (Smallgoods) (Level 2) with strands in Raw Processing; Cooked Processing; Slicing, Packaging and Dispatching; and optional strands in Workplace Health and Safety, and Workplace Communications [Ref: 0956]

17688

 

Summary of main changes to standards' titles

 

The following table shows the changes made to the standards.  All changes are in bold.

 

Subfield          Meat Processing

Domain          Meat Industry Generic

Id

Title

Level

Credit

17681

Demonstrate knowledge of the meat processing industry standard regarding licensing and construction

Demonstrate knowledge of the meat industry standards regarding licensing, design and construction

2

2

17682

Demonstrate knowledge of the meat processing industry standard regarding quality assurance

Demonstrate knowledge of the meat industry standard regarding quality assurance

3

4

17683

Demonstrate knowledge of the meat processing industry standard regarding hygiene and sanitation

Demonstrate knowledge of the meat industry standard regarding hygiene and sanitation

3

4

17684

Demonstrate knowledge of the meat processing industry standard regarding procurement of animals

Demonstrate knowledge of the meat industry standard regarding procurement of animals for food

3

4

17685

Demonstrate knowledge of them meat processing industry standards regarding slaughter and dressing

Demonstrate knowledge of the meat industry standard regarding slaughter and dressing

3

4

17686

Demonstrate knowledge of the meat processing industry standards regarding edible processing

Demonstrate knowledge of the meat industry standard regarding processing of edible product

3

4

17687

Demonstrate knowledge of the meat processing industry standards regarding inedible processing

Demonstrate knowledge of the meat industry standard regarding by-products

3

4

17688

Demonstrate knowledge of the meat processing industry standards regarding storage

Demonstrate knowledge of the meat industry standard regarding storing and transport

3

4

19453

Analyse the requirements for Meat Industry Standard 4: Procurement of Animals

Analyse the requirements for Meat Industry Standards 4: Procurement of Animals for Food

4

8