FIELD                        MANUFACTURING

 

Review of Food Production – Poultry Products unit standards 18820-18855

 

Subfield

Domain

Id

Food and Related Products Processing

Food Production – Poultry Products

18820-18855

 

Competenz has completed the review of the unit standards listed above.

 

Date new versions published                        July 2006

 

Planned review date                        December 2011

 

Summary of review and consultation process

 

Three meetings involving Competenz and industry representatives were convened from the middle of 2005 through to early 2006 to deliberate the review of unit standards.  Due to the number of unit standards under review, and the new industries that had come on board, considerable time was taken to account for the changes and differences in areas such as industry processes and technology.

 

The groups were asked to consider the following:

·        The currency of the unit standards and their suitability for existing and proposed qualifications.

·        The accuracy and appropriateness of their content.

·        Level and credits commensurate with performance outcomes.

·        Any gaps in skills and/or knowledge that could be captured by the development of new unit standards.

 

During 2005/06 feedback was received from industry, agreed upon, and incorporated into the above standards.  The industry indicated that poultry rather than chicken was a more appropriate term in the titles of almost all unit standards as the industry has diversified beyond the scope of chicken.

 

Main changes resulting from the review

 

·        Improved special notes to better convey assessment parameters, including improved definitions, updated references to legislation, and number of occasions/items required to show competence;

·        Improved and updated range statements, including clearer use of range statements.

·        Amendments to level and/or credits to better reflect the level of judgement required by the candidate, extent of supervision, and overall learning demand.

·        Titles of the following unit standards were amended to better convey the performance expectation of the unit standards, with elements similarly altered in many instances to ensure parity with the title -18820-18835, 18837-18842, 18844-18849, and 18851-18855.

·        Increase in Level to reflect the changes in content to the following unit standards – 18823, 18831, 18847, 18852, and 18853.

·        The credit value of unit standard 18840 increased from 1 to 2.

·        The credit value of unit standards 18821, 18834, 18841, 18842, 18848, and 18850 has decreased.

·        Unit standard 18843 has been replaced by unit standards 22868 and 22871.

 

New unit standards

In addition to the replacements unit standards, five new unit standards have been developed for Food Production – Poultry Products to cater for the differences in process and technology that exist within the new industries that have been providing feedback on all the unit standards.

 

Unit standard 18843 categorised as category C expires at the end of December 2008.

 

Impact on existing provider accreditations

 

Current Accreditation for

Accreditation extended to

Nature of accreditation

Classification or Id

Level

Nature of accreditation

Classification or Id

Level

Subfield

Food and Related Products Processing

2

Standard

18823, 18831, 18847, 18852, 18853, 22868, 22871

3

 

Impact on Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP)

 

None.

 

Impact on existing qualifications

 

None.

 

Summary of main changes to standards’ Ids, classification, titles, levels, and credits

 

The following summary shows the changes made to the standards as a result of the review.  All changes are in bold.

 

Key to review category

 

A

Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same Id and a new version number

B

Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same Id and a new version number

C

Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new Id

D

Standard will expire and not be replaced

 

Subfield            Food and Related Products Processing

Domain            Food Production – Poultry Products

Id

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

18820

Handle, maintain and use knives safely while producing chicken products

Handle, maintain and use knives safely in the poultry processing industry

2

4

B

18821

Produce wholebird chicken products

Produce whole-bird poultry products

2

12

7

B

18822

Produce marinated chicken products using an injection marinating machine

Produce marinated poultry products using an injection marinating machine

3

4

B

18823

Produce marinated chickenproducts using a Latesha or Gaylesh tumblemarinating machine

Produce marinated poultry products using a vacuum tumble marinating machine

2

 

3

10

 

 

B

18824

Produce marinated chicken products using a tumble marinating machine

Produce marinated poultry products using a tumbler marinating machine

2

4

B

18825

Produce coated fresh chicken products

Produce coated fresh poultry products

2

4

B

18826

Produce and pack stuffed chicken rolled roasts

Produce and pack stuffed poultry rolled roasts

2

2

B

18827

Produce stuffed chicken breasts

Produce stuffed poultry breasts

2

3

B

18828

Demonstrate knowledge of the production of secondary chicken products

Demonstrate knowledge of the production of secondary poultry products

2

2

B

18829

Check calibration of, and use scales in chicken processing

Check calibration of, and record calibration of  scales in poultry manufacturing

2

1

B

18830

Package and label chicken products

Package and label poultry products

2

2

B

18831

Demonstrate knowledge of the production of primary processed chickens

Demonstrate knowledge of the production of primary processed poultry

2

 

3

8

B

18832

Produce KFC chicken portions using a KFC chicken portion machine

Inspect KFC poultry portions on automated nine cut automatic saw machine production line

2

12

B

18833

Operate an automatic chicken cutting machine

Set up, adjust and operate an automatic poultry cutting machine

2

8

B

18834

Produce chicken portions using a hand operated saw

Produce poultry portions using a hand operated saw

2

8

 

7

B

18835

Produce chicken thigh fillets

Produce poultry thigh fillets using automated equipment

2

4

B

18836

Produce chicken nibbles

2

2

B

18837

Produce chicken breast fillets

Produce poultry breast and/or tenderloin fillets

2

12

B

18838

Trim chicken breast fillets to specified size and weight

Trim poultry fillets to specified size and weight

2

4

B

18839

Produce stir fry cut chicken pieces

Produce stir fry cut poultry pieces

2

2

B

18840

Operate a chicken carcass mincing machine

Operate a poultry carcass mincing machine

2

1

2

B

18841

Operate automated free-flow frozen chicken portion weighing and packaging equipment

Operate automated free-flow frozen poultry portion weighing and packaging equipment

2

20

 

10

B

18842

Hang live chickens

Hang live birds in shackles

2

 

8

6

B

18843

 

22868

and

 

22871

Set up and adjust primary chicken processing machinery and production line

Set up, adjust and operate primary poultry processing production line in the eviscerate room

Set up, adjust and operate primary poultry processing production line in the kill room

2

 

3

 

 

3

12

 

10

 

 

10

C

 

18844

Inspect and eviscerate chicken carcases

Inspect and eviscerate poultry carcasses

2

4

B

18845

Hang and grade eviscerated chicken carcases

Hang and grade eviscerated poultry carcasses

2

4

B

18846

Carry out quality control checks for chicken processing

Carry out quality control checks for poultry processing

2

12

B

18847

Operate a system for cooling eviscerated chicken carcases

Operate a system for cooling eviscerated poultry carcasses

2

 

3

12

B

18848

Use computerised label system to produce identifying barcode labels for packaged chicken products

Set up, shut down and clean computerised labelling system for poultry products

2

9

 

 

4

B

18849

Pack chicken products in atmosphere-modified packs

Pack poultry products in atmosphere-modified packs

2

1

B

18850

Take part in dixie wash processes

2

6

2

B

18851

Perform general support duties in a chicken processing team

Perform general support duties in a poultry processing production team

2

8

B

18852

Operate a spiral freezer for frozen chicken products production

Operate a poultry products spiral freezer for frozen poultry products production

2

 

3

2

B

18853

Operate a blast chiller and freezer for chicken products production

Operate a blast chiller and freezer for poultry products production

2

 

3

8

B

18854

Coordinate production and packaging to meet orders in a chicken products production team

Coordinate production and packaging to meet orders in a poultry processing production team

3

4

B

18855

Demonstrate knowledge of quality assurance in the chicken processing industry

Demonstrate knowledge of quality assurance in the poultry processing industry

3

6

B

22866

Produce poultry whole-leg manually using a boning knife

2

4

New

22867

Produce cut, tucked and trussed whole-bird poultry products

2

5

New

22869

Produce poultry nine cut portions using a hand operated saw

2

3

New

22870

Rehang poultry carcasses on an automatic poultry cutting machine

1

1

New

22872

Stick live birds not stuck by the automated equipment

2

2

New