FIELD                 MANUFACTURING

 

Revision and Rollover of Dairy Technology unit standards

 

Subfield

Domain

Id

Dairy Manufacturing

Dairy Technology

760, 761, 764, 765, 766, 768, 769, 770, 8959, 8960, 16300, 16304, 16684, 19524, 19739, 19968, 19981, 19983, 19996, 20003-20005, 20010, 20013

 

The New Zealand Industry Training Organisation has revised and rolled over the unit standards listed above, which were registered in January 1994, April 1997, July 1999, and June 2003.

 

The reason for the rollover is to maintain the currency of the unit standards until they have been reviewed.

 

The review of these unit standards is planned to take place during 2008.

 

Date new versions published                                                      June 2006

 

Planned review date                                                                      December 2008

 

Reason for the revision

 

The unit standards have been revised to update the provisions in the special notes and to bring them up to current technical criteria.

 

Main changes resulting from the revision

 

·        Special notes have been updated to include changes to legislation and references.

·        Purpose statements, elements, and performance criteria have been amended for clarity and to bring them up to current technical criteria.

 

Impact on existing provider accreditations

 

None.

 

Impact on Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP)

 

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 NZITO qualifications are not materially affected by the changes.  They will be updated when they are next reviewed.

 

Qualification title

Standard in the qualification

National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Technology) (Level 3) with an optional strand in Process Improvement [Ref: 0027]

19524

National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Technology) (Level 4) with strands in Food Safety, Process Improvement, Process Testing and Product Skills [Ref: 0001]

19739

 

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

 

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

 

Subfield          Dairy Manufacturing

Domain          Dairy Technology

Id

Title

Level

Credit

19524

Demonstrate knowledge required for the manufacture of liquid fresh milk for the New Zealand Market

Demonstrate knowledge required for the manufacture of liquid fresh milk for the New Zealand market

3

4

19739

Explain the operation of milkfat fractionation process in the dairy industry

Explain the operation of milkfat fractionation processes in the dairy industry

4

32