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Document no: 10FP3058, version 3, student name
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Audit Title
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Client / Site
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Position
Course:
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FDF 30111 Certificate III in Food Processing
Unit code(s) and name:
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FDFFS2001A Implement the food safety program and procedures
FDFFS3001A Monitor the implementation of quality and food safety
FDFOP2064A Provide and apply workplace information
FDOHS3001A Contribute to OHS processes
MSAENV272B Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices -
Provide a brief overview of the Candidates workplace role and responsibilities
- Monitoring CCP's
- Completing Quality Paperwork
- Checking Product Quality
- Staff Supervision
- Monitoring OH&S Requirements
- Cleaning & Sanitation
- Basic Routine Maintenance
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Students are observed a number of times during workplace visits. What tasks was the candidate performing at the time of the observations?
- Monitoring CCP's
- Completing Quality Paperwork
- Checking Product Quality
- Staff Supervision
- Monitoring OH&S Requirements
- Cleaning & Sanitation
- Basic Routine Maintenance
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AQF Level Characteristics:
*Demonstrate some relevant theoretical knowledge;
*Apply a range of well-developed skills;
*Apply known solutions to a variety of predictable problems;
*Perform processes that require a range of well developed skills where some discretion and judgement is required
*interpret available information, using discretion and/or judgement
*Take responsibility for own outputs in work and learning
*Take limited responsibility for the output of others (where applicable)
Skills Observation and Critical Questions Checklist
Observe the candidate and check understanding through the associated critical questions:
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O.1 Comply with the personal hygiene requirements of the food safety program:
- Wearing hygienic clothing correctly
- Washing and sanitising hands
- Walking through sanitiser foot baths (where applicable)
- No unauthorised jewellery or personal items
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable demonstration
- Observed hygiene standards
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Critical Questions (CQs) Why is it important to ensure you wash your hands, wear hairnets correctly and comply with other GMP requirements?
- Prevent contaminating food and equipment
- Setting a good example to other employees
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Assessor's Comments:
- Handled product correctly
- Acceptable practices
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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O.2 Select, fit and use personal protective clothing and equipment correctly and ensure others in the work group are doing the same:
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Assessor's Comments:
- PPE worn correctly
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Critical Questions (CQs) Does wearing PPE guarantee your safety? What other preventative measures keep you safe in the workplace?
- No
- PPE is the last resort on the hierarchy of controls
- Guarding
- Signage
- Controlled traffic patters
- Emergency stop buttons
- Mechanical aids
- Non slip flooring
- Good housekeeping
- Chemical handling training
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable answers
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Q.3 Follow all occupational health and safety procedures while conducting duties
- Correct manual handling techniques
- Mechanical aids (where applicable)
- Use Chemicals Safely
- Observe signage and guarding
- Prevent tripping hazards
- Practice electrical safety
- Follow lock/tag out procedures
- Movement complies with food safety program
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable manual handling
- Demonstrated correct requirements
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Critical Questions (CQs)<br>Can you identify and potential safety and/or environmental hazards in this process/work area? What might go wrong if there were no controls to prevent this from occurring?
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Assessor's Comments:
- Environmental hazards discussed
- Student has acceptable knowledge
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Q.4 Monitor the production process for any food safety, quality and OH&S non-conformances:
- Watching the process for inconsistencies
- Inspecting packaging and raw materials
- Monitoring critical control points
- OH&S requirements followed
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Assessor's Comments:
- Production monitoring observed
- Continuos product monitoring
- No product defects observed
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Critical Questions (CQs) If I was a new employee you were responsible for training, what would you tell me about the food safety and quality requirements for this work area? And what would you tell me about the OH&S requirements for this work area?
- Explained the companies GMP policies
- Demonstrated communication skills
- Explained company's safe work procedures
- Explained OH&S requirements
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable answers
- Acceptable procedures demonstrated
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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How do you know what the food safety and quality requirements are for your work area?
- Documented in the food safety program
- Signage
- HACCP documents
- Induction and training
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Assessor's Comments:
- SOP's sighted
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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O.5 Responding to food safety or quality non-conformance and taking the appropriate corrective and preventative action:
- Take action to rectify defects
- Removing defective item from line
- adjusting equipment to prevent defects
- notifying appropriate personnel
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Assessor's Comments:
- Adjustments made
- Acceptable procedures demonstrated
- Monitoring observed
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Critical Questions (CQs) Who do you report quality and food safety incidents to?
- Product supevisor
- Coordinator
- Quality Coordinator
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable answers
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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O.6 Handle food, materials and equipment hygienically to maintain the quality and safety of the product:
- Wearing food handling gloves
- Washing or sanitising hands
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable answers
- Acceptable procedures demonstrated
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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O.7 Maintain work area and equipment in and orderly and hygienic state, including modelling safe work policies and procedures in own work:
- Storing tools in appropriate ares
- Cleaning as you go
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Assessor's Comments:
- Demonstrated correct procedures
- Process observed
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Critical Questions (CQs) Why is it important to keep the workplace neat and tidy?
- Prevent tripping and slipping
- Minimise contamination
- A better work environment
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable answers
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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O.8 Conduct any required food and safety checks:
- Visual inspection
- Weight check
- Seal integrity check
- Temperature check
- Metal detector check
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Assessor's Comments:
- Continuous monitoring
- Visual inspection observed
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Critical Questions (CQs) What investigations and actions would you take if some laboratory micro test results from products manufactured on your line were out of specification? Why might this be a problem? Describe any incidents that may have occurred in the past. (Problems are highlighted in red)
- Inspect equipment for wear and tear
- Check for dirty areas
- Additional cleaning
- Monitor performance of other workers
- Check for cross-contamination
- Dead legs in pipework
- Take samples and submit for testing
- Product may be contaminated
- Product may need to be disposed and replaced
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Assessor's Comments:
- Checks completed
- Samples collected
- Correct procedures demonstrated
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Describe any OH&S, food safety and quality checks you do or samples you take and explain why this is important.
- OH&S checklists
- Temperate checks
- pH checks
- Date code checks
- Weight checks
- Samples take at start middle and end
- Regularly check for safe production of food
- It is a requirement of regulatory, company and customer
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Assessor's Comments:
- Records maintained
- Checks completed
- Acceptable answers
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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O.9 Take samples (where relevant).
- Take samples with sterile equipment
- Samples must be clearly labelled and stored
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Assessor's Comments:
- Records maintained
- Correct procedures followed
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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O.10 Handle and disposed of out-of-specification or contaminated food, waste and recycled material in accordance with the requirements of the food safety program (within the scope of responsibility).
- Waste clearly identified
- Waste placed in appropriate receptacles
- Reject or rework is clearly identified
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Assessor's Comments:
- Demonstrated correct procedures
- Process observed
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Critical Questions (CQs) Why is product and material traceability important?
- Used to identify product in case of recall
- Helps to investigate potential problems
- We know which line made the product
- We know what materials were used
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Assessor's Comments:
- Good understanding
- Acceptable answers
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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What is the process for dealing with product, raw material or packaging that is out of specification?
- Depends on company procedure
- Depends on extent of non-conformance
- Remove it from the process
- Quarantine or dispose of product
- Put a hold label on it
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Assessor's Comments:
- Correct actions discussed
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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O.11 Communicate effectively and appropriately with others in the work area to give or receive food safety and quality information and OH&S information.
- Ask someone to take a sample etc.
- Asking for/listening to instructions
- Giving instruction to other employees
- Effective use of 2 way communication
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Assessor's Comments:
- Good communication
- Observed acceptable procedures
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Critical Questions (CQs) How would you go about organising a meeting to discuss some food safety and quality issues on your line?
- Identify who needs to be there
- Provide details about the meeting
- Chair meeting and take minutes
- Distribute minutes to all attendees
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Assessor's Comments:
- Discussed requirements in detail
- Good understanding
- Acceptable answer
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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O.12 Use/maintain workplace documentation.
- Locate and use an SOP
- Cleaning procedure
- Production schedule
- Product specification
- MSDS
- Product instruction or recipe
- OH&S documentation
- Safe work procedures
- Incident reports
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Assessor's Comments:
- SOP located
- Observed SOP being used
- SOP's available
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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O.13 Record workplace information in the required format.
- Entering data from various checks into a computer
- Filling out incident report forms
- Enter information for inventory management
- Data must comply with program requirements
- Info must be signed or initialled
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Assessor's Comments:
- Quality records sighted
- Records maintained
- Records available
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Critical Questions (CQs) What is the purpose of keeping records of food safety and quality checks?
- As evidence that checks are completed
- Data can be used for product improvement
- Regulatory and customer compliance
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Assessor's Comments:
- Good understanding
- Acceptable answers
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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O.14 Show me where the emergency stop buttons are on the equipment you are working on.
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Assessor's Comments:
- E-stops demonstrated
- Acceptable procedures
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Critical Questions (CQs) When do you need to use an emergy stop?
- When machine needs to be stopped quickly
- Safety may be compromised
- Machine may be damaged
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Assessor's Comments:
- Good understanding
- Acceptable answers
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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When and why should a lock-out/tag-out process be used?
- Before maintenence is performed
- Before opening electrical cabinets
- Before removing safety guarding
- Lockouts are to prevent possible hazards
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Assessor's Comments:
- Procedure discussed in detail
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Who is authorised to perform this procedure in your area?
- Authorised personnel in accordance with LOTO
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable answers
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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What do you do if you see a piece of equipment you need to use has been locked/tagged out?
- Depends on level of authority
- Depends on company procedures
- Leave it alone
- Contact person whose name is on it
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Depends on the level of authority and company procedures. Leave it alone and contact the person whose name is on the tag and ask them to come and remove it.
- Leave equipment alone
- Notify supervisor
- Observed correct procedures
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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O.15 Work is conducted in accordance with workplace environmental guidelines.
- Aware of company guidelines
- Recycling policy
- Reusing policy
- Rework policy
- Saving water/energy policies
- Reducing pollution
- Noise reduction techniques
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Assessor's Comments:
- Good knowledge
- Company procedures followed
- Observed acceptable procedure
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Critical Questions (CQs) How do you manage waste and rework?
- Store in designated locations
- Keep clean and tidy
- Waste and rework clearly identified
- Do not cross-contaminate
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Assessor's Comments:
- Good understanding
- Acceptable procedures followed
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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What are the company's policies around environmental sustainability and what do you do to follow these?
- Aware of environmental guidelines
- Identify recycling procedure
- Identify reusing procedure
- Identify rework procedure
- Identify saving water and energy procedure
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Assessor's Comments:
- Discussed in detail
- Observed correct procedure
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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O.16 Cleaning and sanitation procedures where relevant.
- Preparing equipment for cleaning
- Notify relevant personnel of intentions
- Purging lines
- Conducting pre-cleaning rinses
- Operating CIP control panels
- Cleaning equipment complies with GMP policy
- Chemicals used safely with PPE
- Follow appropriate cleaning procedure
- Correct chemicals used in prescribed doses
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Assessor's Comments:
- Observed cleaning procedure
- Records maintained
- Records available and sighted
- PPE worn correctly
- Manual handling acceptable
- Chemicals handles correctly
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Critical Questions (CQs) What do you do if you find any pests or signs of pest infestation in the workplace?
- Take immediate action
- Remove and clean
- Report to appropriate personnel
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Assessor's Comments:
- Good knowledge
- Acceptable answers
- Reported to supervisor
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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O.17 Environmental work practices:
- Identifies issues
- Complies with regulations
- Reports incidents
- Follows procedures
- Minimises resource damage
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Assessor's Comments:
- Discussed requirements in detail
- Observed correct procedures
- Acceptable answers
- Records maintained
- Records accaptable
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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O.18 Carry out calculations and/or estimations:
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
- Estimation
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Assessor's Comments:
- Calculations Completed
- Acceptable
- Correct procedures followed
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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O.19 Follow emergency procedures in case of a fire.
- Knowledge of emergency procedure
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Assessor's Comments:
- Procedures decribed
- Procedures demonstrated
- Company procedures followed
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Critical Questions (CQs) Describe the emergency signals and alarms that may occur and what to do if you hear them:
- Described alarms and signals
- Described procedures that follow
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Assessor's Comments:
- Alarms discussed
- Good knowledge demonstrated
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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O.20 Appropriate bandage and dressings.
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Assessor's Comments:
- First aid kit sighted
- Available stocks in kit
- Acceptable answers
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
General Observations - Across Tasks: During the many tasks the student demonstrates, the following should observed across the task.
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Access and use workplace information, including policies and procedures, food safety program etc.
- Identify requirements
- Locate/source
- Interpret/analyse
- Apply
- Share
- Follow
- Respond to requests
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Assessor's Comments:
- Observed student
- Acceptable procedures
- Records sighted and correct
- Records maintained
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Communication:
- Listening
- Clarifying
- Questioning
- Seeking advice
- Reading/writing required level for job
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Assessor's Comments:
- Good communication skills
- Observed acceptable procedures
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date observed:
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Work cooperatively Within a culturally diverse workforce.
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Assessor's Comments:
- Good team member
- Correct procedures
- Model employee
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Any additional comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Operates within the parameters of their own work role and responsibilities.
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable demonstration
- Good skills observed
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Assessors comments/feedback (include any actions required to be taken i the event of 'non-satisfactory' for any part of this assessment.
Final Signoff
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From your observations at the time of the assessment, the candidate's performance was:
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Assessors Name and Signature:
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Date
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Student's Name and Signature:
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Date