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Title / Apply quality assurance principles in an ovine cutting room
Level / 3 / Credits / 4
Purpose / This unit standard is for people in the supervisory or quality assurance role whose job is to ensure that beef meat products comply with the written specification for AUS-MEAT National Accreditation Standards.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe the quality assurance process for checking ovine product compliance, and assess ovine product compliance against specifications.
Classification / Meat Processing > Meat Industry Generic
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Animal Products Act 1999.
2 Resource documents include but are not limited to – AUS-MEAT National Accreditation Standards, available at http://www.ausmeat.com.au/.
3 Definitions
Industry requirements include but are not limited to – site specific requirements, company quality management requirements, hygiene, health and safety, regulatory and legislative requirements.
Written specifications – product specifications set by the customer and customer country requirements and AUS-MEAT National Accreditation Standards relating to cuts, weights, presentation, and packaging.
Industry specifications – product specifications and AUS-MEAT National Accreditation Standards relating to cuts, tolerances, product names, and yield determination.
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures which are documented in memo, electronic or manual format and are available in the workplace.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the quality assurance process for checking ovine product compliance.
Evidence requirements
1.1 The quality assurance role is described in terms of implementation in an ovine cutting room.
1.2 The key parts of a quality assurance system are described in terms of their effectiveness.
Range key parts may include but are not limited to – customer requirements, specifications, measuring and checking, recording, corrective action, training of employees, external audit.
1.3 The sections of a quality assurance system are described in terms of their relationship to ensuring ovine product compliance.
1.4 Key quality assurance terms are defined in terms of their application in an ovine cutting room.
Range terms include but are not limited to – specification, product compliance.
1.5 Processes for identifying and managing non-conforming product in an ovine cutting room are described in accordance with organisational requirements.
1.6 Processes for monitoring critical control points at work stations are described in accordance with organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
Assess ovine product compliance against specifications.
Evidence requirements
2.1 The written specifications are described in terms of terminology for ovine products.
2.2 The ovine products are confirmed as matching the written specifications.
2.3 Ovine products are assessed in accordance with the written and industry specifications.
2.4 Non-conforming product is identified and corrective action taken in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.5 Product compliance is documented in accordance with industry and organisational requirements.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for Assessment /Registration / 1 / 27 February 2006 / 31 December 2012
Review / 2 / 21 July 2011 / 31 December 2016
Review / 3 / 27 January 2015 / 31 December 2016
Rollover / 4 / 17 September 2015 / 31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0033
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Primary Industry Training OrganisationSSB Code 101558 / Ó New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2015 / / New Zealand Qualifications Aut