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Produce column and lock stacked pallets of packaged food and related products manually

Level / 2
Credits / 2

PurposeThis unit standard is for people who are currently working, or who intend to work, in jobs which involve producing column and lock stacked pallets of packaged food and related products manually.

People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the difference between a column and lock stacked pallet; build a column pallet for the storage of packaged food or related products manually; build a lock stacked pallet of packaged food or related products manually; produce and attach pallet identification labels to a pallet of food or related products; and wrap and secure a pallet of food or related products.

Subfield / Food and Related Products Processing
Domain / Food and Related Product Storage and Distribution
Status / Registered
Status date / 20 December 2001
Date version published / 24 August 2006
Planned review date / 31 August 2008
Entry information / Open.
Accreditation / Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB) / Competenz (Food and Beverage)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference / 0111

This AMAP can be accessed at

Special notes

1Legislation relevant to this unit standard may include but is not limited to the: Health and Safety in Employment Act1992, Food Act 1981, Food (Safety) Regulations 2002.

2Related products may include: beverages, household products, or personal care products.

Manually includes safe lifting practices, in line with OSH guidelines, when stacking food products onto pallets by hand.

3Company policies and procedures are those stated policies and/or procedures made known to the candidate as being the required performance standard – eg location for filing documentation.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Explain the difference between a column and lock stacked pallet.

Performance criteria

1.1The explanation compares column and lock packing in terms of safety and stability during transit.

1.2The explanation compares column and lock packing in terms of usefulness as temporary fixed storage.

1.3The explanation compares column and lock packing in terms of number of packages able to be safely palletised.

Element 2

Build a column pallet for the storage of packaged food or related products manually.

Performance criteria

2.1The column pallet is built in accordance with the company operating procedures.

2.2The column pallet is built in accordance with the company safety policies and procedures.

2.3The column pallet is built in accordance with the company quality assurance policies and procedures.

Element 3

Build a lock stacked pallet of packaged food or related products manually.

Performance criteria

3.1The lock stacked pallet is built in accordance with the company operating procedures.

3.2The lock stacked pallet is built in accordance with the company safety policies and procedures.

3.3The lock stacked pallet is built in accordance with the company quality assurance policies and procedures.

3.4The lock stacked pallet is built in accordance with the company order and delivery requirements.

Element 4

Produce and attach pallet identification labels to a pallet of food or related products.

Performance criteria

4.1The pallet identification label produced and attached is consistent with the contents of the pallet.

4.2The pallet identification label is produced and attached in accordance with the company operating procedures.

Element 5

Wrap and secure a pallet of food or related products.

Performance criteria

5.1The pallet of food or related products is wrapped and secured in accordance with the company operating procedures.

5.2The pallet of food or related products is wrapped and secured in accordance with the company safety policies and procedures.

Please note

Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.

Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.

Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.

Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The AMAP 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.

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 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018