Information
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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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FDFOP2004A Clean and Sanitise Equipment
FDFOP2011A Conduct Routine Maintenance
FDFOP20136A Apply Sampling Procedures
FDFPPL2001A Participate in Work Teams and Groups
FDFOP3001A Control Contaminants and Allergens in the Workplace
FDFOP3004A Operate Inter-related Processes in a Packaging System
FDFOP3002A Set up a Production or Packaging Line For Operation
FDFOP2023A Operate a Packaging Process
Provide a brief overview of the Candidate's workplace role and responsibilities:
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Monitoring quality issues, checking specific product codes, maintaining paperwork, supervision of staff, loading and unloading of trucks.
Students are observed a number of times during workplace visits. What tasks was the candidate performing during the time of the observations?
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Storage and inventory control, quality checks, monitoring specs, quality, codes, maintaining paperwork, sample collection, checking packaging.
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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 judgement;
*Take responsibility for own outputs in work and learning;
*Take limited responsibility for the outputs of others (where applicable)
Skills Observations and Critical Questions Checklist
Observe the candidate and check understanding through the associated critical questions:
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WAC 1. Observations - Control contaminants and allergens by:
- Use of PPE
- Personal Hygiene
- Good Housekeeping
- Understanding of cross-contamination risks
- Red line procedures
- Identifying potential contaminants/allergens
- Taking actions if contaminants or allergens are found
- Preventative action implemented
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Types and sources of contaminants and allergens:
- Physical
- Chemical
- Microbiological
- Allergens
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Assessor's Comments:
- Good understanding
- Discussed in detail
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date:
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Critical Questions (CQs) If you find any sort of contamination what do you do?
- Follow SOPs
- Stop/remove from line
- Tell supervisor
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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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Under what circumstances would you need to record your findings?
- According to workplace SOPs
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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:
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What are the risks associated with finding contaminants?
- Danger to consumer
- Damage to brand
- Financial impact
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable understanding
- Acceptable demonstration of procedure
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Can you describe the following types and sources of contamination and associated risks? • Physical • Chemical • Microbiological • Allergen
- Types and sources correctly identified
- Risks to operations, consumer and product are identified
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable answers
- Acceptable demonstration of procedures
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Can you describe 3 control measures used to eliminate or reduce the risks of the above mentioned contamination occurring?
- Control measures are identified
- Control measures are implemented
- Reporting and documentation is identified and undertaken
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Assessor's Comments?
- Acceptable understanding
- Acceptable demonstration of procedure
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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What are the workplace practices and procedures used to assess and determine the level of risk for the above mentioned contaminants and what opportunities are there for improvement?
- Workplace procedures assessed
- Level of risk determined
- Oppertunities for improvement identified
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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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What are the Emergency Procedures and conditions for the implementation of control measures to manage contaminants?
- Workplace food safety program documentation
- Advice on quality and food legislation
- Procedures for implementing control measures
- Other recording requirements
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Assessor's Comments:
- Demonstrated procedures
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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WAC 2. Observations - Operate interrelated processes in a packaged system by:
- Pre-start checks
- PPE
- Start process equipment
- Operate and continuously monitor process equipment
- Identify any issues and adjust equipment accordingle
- Identify system issues and take corrective action
- Shut down system
- Workplace records completed
- Follow safe work practices, identify OH&S hazards and controls
- SOPs followed for pre-start, operation and shut down
- Identify any issues with equipment and rectify or refer depending on issue
- Use of spec sheet - set up accordingly
- Work records are sighted - accurate and complete
- Maintenance requirements are identified and reported
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Assessor's Comments:
- Start up of production area demonstrated
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Critical Questions (CQs) How do the different processes interrelate?
- Process flow - affect of previous processes
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Assessor's Comments:
- Discussed in detail
- Acceptable answers
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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What can you do to improve the process?
- Identified ways in which operational improvements can be made
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Assessor's Comments?
- Good understanding
- Discussed in detail
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date:
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How would you go about having this improvement implemented in your workplace?
- Identified the process for continuous improvement
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Assessor's Comments?
- Discussed in detail
- Acceptable answers
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Can you explain what is required to prepare the packaging system for operation?
- All equipment, materials and services are confirmed
- Equipment available to meet packaging standards
- Cleaning and maintenance requirements identified and confirmed
- How machine settings are adjusted to meet safety requirements
- How the operating parameters are entered
- How product components are loaded to meet packaging requirements
- What pre-start checks are carried out
- How equipment performance is checked and adjusted
- Equipment is safe and ready to operate
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable practices demonstrated
- Start up observed
- Monitoring observed
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Operate and monitor the packaging system
- How to start up the system and explain the company procedures for doing so
- What system equipment components are monitored and what variations in operating conditions need to be identified
- How you identify variation in equipment operation and what steps are involved in reporting maintenance requirements
- How you monitor the system to confirm that packaging specifications are met
- How you identify out-of-specification product/packaging and what steps are involved to rectify and/or report to maintain the process within specification
- Why it is important to maintain the work area according to good housekeeping standards
- Why it is important that work is conducted in accordance with workplace environmental guidelines
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Assessor's Comments?
- Machinery operated
- Adjustments made
- Variations recorded
- No out of specification product observed
- OH&S issues recorded
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Can you explain the steps required to hand over packaging system operation on shift changeovers?
- All workplace records need to be maintained according to workplace recording requirements
- That the handover needs to be carried out according to workplace procedures
- That all process operators are aware of system and related equipment status at completion of handover
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Assessor's Comments:
- Records sighted and filled out correctly
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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WAC 3. Observations - Set up a production or packaging line by:
- Conduct pre-start checks
- PPE
- Determine product requirements
- Set up line
- Monitor production
- Identify any faults or inconsistencies
- Take corrective action
- Implement preventative action
- Complete workplace records
- Follow OH&S hazards and controls
- Shut down
- Routine maintenance
- Follow SOPs
- Follow spec sheet
- Appropriate tools and equipment for used for set up
- Ensure supply of necessary equipment and materials to ensure production
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Set up will cover:
- Safety guards for equipment
- Sensors
- Metal detection
- X-ray machines
- Program speed etc.
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Monitoring will cover:
- Loading and positioning materials/ingredients
- Visual inspection
- Monitoring and adjusting equipment - computer or manual
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Assessor's Comments:
- Checked
- Cleaned
- Calibrated
- Acceptable understanding
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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 have the wrong product spec sheet?
- Stop production
- Report
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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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Explain what is required to prepare for line or process set up
- The materials are confirmed and available to meet production requirements
- Equipment and related accessories are confirmed, available and fit for use
- The tools and equipment required for line set up are available, operational and fit for use
- Processing parameters and settings have been identified to meet production or packaging requirements
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable answers
- Observed set up of production line
- Checklists completed
- OH&S checks completed
- Proper hygience
- Spec and product codes identified
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Can you explain what is involved or required in the set up of the production line or process for operation?
- Cleaning and maintenance requirements and status are identified and confirmed
- Equipment is inspected to confirm condition
- Machine settings are selected or adjusted as required to meet safety and production requirements
- Processing or packaging parameters are entered as required to meet production requirements
- Equipment performance is checked and adjusted as required
- Pre-start checks are carried out as required by workplace requirements
- Line setup is completed to match production or packaging schedule and operating requirements
- The line is ready and safe to operate and any maintenance requirements are reported according to workplace reporting requirements
- Relevant Personnel are notified of setup completion
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable answers
- Acceptable demonstration
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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WAC 4. Observations - Operate a packaging process by:
- Conduct pre-start checks
- PPE
- Start machinery
- Load and position materials
- Monitor production
- Monitor and adjust equipment as required
- Identify any faults and inconsistencies as required
- Take corrective action
- Implements preventative action
- Complete workplace records
- Follow OH&S hazards and controls
- SHut down
- Follow SOPs
- Follow spec sheet
- Ensure sufficient consumables
- Ensure supple of necessary equipment and materials to enable production
- Any out of spec processes must be identified
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Set up will cover:
- Safety guards for equipment
- Sensors
- Metal detection
- X-ray machines
- Program speed etc.
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Monitor CCPs/RCPs:
- Weight
- Label
- Metal detection
- Product codes
- Glue temperatures
- Allignment and appearance
- Configuration
- Seal integrity
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Assessor's Comments:
- Worked from spec sheet to check codes
- Set up checks completed
- Checked 6 every hour
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Critical Questions (CQs) • Can you explain how you prepare the equipment and/or process for operation?
- All packaging components/consumables, materials and items to be packaged neet to be confirmed and available to meet operating requirements
- The equipments is inspected to confirm cleaning and maintenance status
- All process and/or machine components and related attachments are fitted and adjusted to meet operating requirements
- Operating parameters need to be entered as required to meet safety and production requirements
- The correct loading and positioning of all materials, product and packaging components/consumables
- Need to check equipment performance and adjust as required
- Need to carry out pre-start checks as required by workplace requirements
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable answers
- Showed good knowledge
- Continuous monitoring
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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What key steps are involved to operate and monitor the equipment and/or process?
- How the process is started and operated according to workplace procedures
- How the equipment is monitored to identify variation in operating conditions
- Explanation of the variation in equipment operation and what maintenance requirements are to be reported according to the workplace reporting requirements
- How is the process monitored to confirm that the target specifications are met
- What happens once out-of-specification process outcomes are identified, how these are rectified and/or how they are reported to maintain the process within specification
- Why it is important to maintain the work area according to good housekeeping standards
- Why you need to maintain workplace records
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Assessor's Comments:
- Out-of-spec product discussed in detail
- Acceptable answers
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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What are the steps you go through to safely shut down the equipment and/or process?
- Appropriate shutdown procedure is explained for the equipment and process identified and is in accordance with workplace procedures
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Assessor's Comments:
- Shutdown of line discussed in detail
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Date:
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WAC 5. Observations - Regularly sample products by:
- Prepare equipment, containers and labels
- PPE
- Collect samples
- Check sample against spec sheet
- Transfer sample for testing
- Record and report findings
- Take any action required
- Sampling plan and spec sheet must be checked in order to know what and when sampling occurs
- SOPs
- OH&S requirements
- Food safety practices
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Assessor's Comments:
- Samples taken as spec sheet and codes dictate
- SOP's followed
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Critical Questions (CQs) • Why are taking this sample?
- Moisture
- PH
- Bulk density
- Wetability
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Assessor's Comments:
- Samples taken and tested
- Acceptable procedures observed
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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How do you store the sample to maintain the sample integrity?
- Follow SOPs
- Micro sampling test must be refrigerated
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Assessor's Comments:
- Samples kept
- Dry and labelled as required
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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How and why do you need to prepare for taking samples?
- The sampling requirements to be explained in accordance with the sampling plan and why a sampling plan is necessary
- The need to prepare the sampling equipment, containers and labels
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Assessor's Comments:
- Sampling procedures discussed in detail
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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What is the process you use for collecting your required samples?
- What a sample plan is and how the samples are collected according to the sampling procedures and the requirements of the sampling plan
- How the samples are handled and prepared to preserve the sample source integrity
- What some of the abnormalities or defects in source material and/or sample are and how this is reported
- What information for the sample information is recorded and what the workplace sample recoding requirements are
- Work area should be maintained according to good housekeeping standards and why this is important
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Assessor's Comments:
- Samples taken and tested correctly
- Stored as required
- Acceptable procedurs observed
- Work area maintained to reduce contamination
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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WAC 6. Observations - Clean and sanitise equipment by:
- Prepare equipment for cleaning
- Make equipment safe
- Prepare chemicals
- Maintain work area to meet housekeeping
- PPE
- Clean and sanitise
- Inspect equipment
- Report any non-compliances
- Dispose of any waste appropriately
- Correctly sample and test where relevant and according to procedures
- Complete work records
- Store equipment and chemicals
- Restore equipment to operating order
- SOPs
- Cleaning checklist
- OH&S and environmental guidelines - preparation, use, storage and disposal of cleaner, sanitisers and waste
- Food safety procedures
- Preparing and restoring equipment may involve basic assembly of equipment parts
- Maintain housekeeping standards
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Assessor's Comments:
- SOPs sighted
- Chemicals stored correctly
- PPE worn
- Labels satisfactory
- Records maintained
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Critical Questions (CQs) • Who do you need to advise of the cleaning operation?
- Leading hand
- Supervisor
- Shift co-ordinator
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable answers
- Discussed requirements in detail
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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What is required to ensure you are prepared for the cleaning task?
- All cleaning and sanitising agents and services are available and ready for use
- All equipment is cleared of product and/or packaging material or consumables in preparation for the cleaning task
- The equipment needs to be rendered safe to clean
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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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What is the process you undertake to clean and sanitise equipment to meet the workplace requirements?
- The equipment is to be cleaned and sanitised according to workplace procedure and requirements and why this is important
- The equipment needs to be inspected to confirm operating condition and cleanliness
- That unacceptable equipment condition is to be identified and reported according to workplace procedures
- All cleaning equipment and chemicals are to be stored according to workplace procedures
- All waste from cleaning process is to be disposed of according to workplace procedures
- The equipment needs to be restored to operating order on completion of cleaning task
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Assessor's Comments:
- Records of cleaning sighted
- Acceptable answers
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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WAC 7. Observations - Conduct routine maintenance on machinery and equipment you are responsible for:
- Identify routine maintenance tasks
- Identify the need for maintenance - regularly or often as required
- Report maintenance activities to affected personnel
- Access workplace information such as equipment history, faults and/or difficulties
- Choose appropriate equipment and tools to conduct the maintenance
- PPE
- Conduct the maintenance
- Prepare machine/equipment for use
- Complete maintenance documentation
- Dispose of waste appropriately
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When conducting maintenance consideration must be given to:
- Hygiene
- Product proximity
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Documentation sighted will include:
- Checklists
- Intrusive maintenance documentation
- SOPs
- Allowable maintenance activities
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List machinery and equipment:
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List routine maintenance tasks:
- Replacement of consumable components, such as o-rings, hoses, filters and other bolt on/off equipment parts
- Lubrication of equipment and maintenance of fluid levels
- Simple adjustment, alignment or attachment of equipment components, parts, guides and sensors
- Clearing blocked nozzles, such as glue nozzles
- Positioning/attaching equipment components
- Carrying out basic maintenance on video inkjet machines
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable practice observation
- Inkjet checked
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Critical Questions (CQs) • Who is authorised to put on lock out tags?
- Anyone
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Assessor's Comments:
- Lock out tags discussed
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Who is authorised to remove lock out tags?
- Only the person who puts it on
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable answer
- Good understanding demonstrated
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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What is the purpose of an emergency stop button?
- To take the power out of the machine quickly
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Assessor's Comments:
- E-stops demonstrated
- Reasons discussed
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Under what circumstances would you use the emergency stop button?
- Packing jammed
- Products jammed
- Person caught in it
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Assessor's Comments:
- E-stops demonstrated
- Reasons discussed
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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What are some common faults that will occur with this equipment?
- Will vary depending on equipment
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Assessor's Comments:
- Acceptable answer
- Good understanding demonstrated
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Can you explain what is meant by "conduct routine inspection of plant and equipment"?
- Equipment is inspected to identify signs of wear
- Nature of maintenance requirements is assessed
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Assessor's Comments:
- Continuous monitoring of plant and machinery for OH&S and quality reasons
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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What do you need to do or prepare prior to conducting routine maintenance?
- The maintenance task is assessed to determine tools and services required
- The equipment is prepared for maintenance
- The correct hand tools are selected according to the maintenance tasks required
- Ensure that the tools are checked before use and unsafe or faulty items are reported within standard procedures
- The maintenance should be planned and scheduled in consultation with affected work areas to minimise disruption to production processes
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Assessor's Comments:
- Continuous monitoring of plant and machinery for OH&S and quality reasons
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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What do you need to do to carry out the maintenance, and what are the workplace reporting requirements?
- All routine maintenance on equipment needs to be carried out according to workplace procedures
- All maintenance tasks and activities need to be reported accordingly to workplace procedures
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Assessor's Comments:
- Maintenance requests discussed
- Demonstrated maintenance request form
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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What is required on completion of maintenance tasks?
- All equipment is returned to the correct operating order
- All tools and materials need to be stored according to workplace procedure
- Need to inform relevant personnel of maintenance
- Work area should be maintained accordingly to good housekeeping standards and why this is important
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Assessor's Comment:
- Hygiene checks
- Start uo
- Put tools away and account for all parts
- Complete paperwork
- Sign off
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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WAC 8. Observations - Participate in the work team and plan work activities through daily team meetings:
- Identify production schedules
- Identify and rectify issues from previous shift
- Agree on team targets and goals
- Identify own role - targets, goals and responsibilities
- Confirm own skills will enable you to complete tasks
- Plan work to achieve the goals - allocate tasks to team members/staffing levels
- Ask for assistance if needed
- Support others
- Quality issues
- Performance standards
- Quality standards
- Minimise issues
- On-going monitoring during shift of production targets
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Assessor's Comments:
- Yes
- No
- N/A
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Critical Questions (CQs) • Explain what is meant by participating in a work team
- Offering your thoughts to solve a problem
- Listening openly to others in the team
- Following through with agreed actions
- Communicating actions taken back to the team
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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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Discuss the importance of identifying team objectives
- Importance of team tasks, key responsibilities and performance measures
- Why should tasks require discussion and importance of agreement in achieving goals and performance standards
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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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What do you do in planning work activity?
- Setting personal work tasks, negotiating roles to ensure team goals and performance standards are met
- Contribute information to planning work group activities
- Identify personal skills to match with team skills requirements
- Plan personal workload to meet team goals and performance standards, and why this is important
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Assessor's Comments:
- Discussed requirements in detail
- Acceptable understanding
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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What are your teams requirements to complete work tasks and what is the importance of roles in meeting these requirements?
- That all work is undertaken to achieve team goals and performance standards
- The importance of communication between team members and with other work areas, and ensure it is appropriate and timely
- Make timely requests for assistance as required to meet team goals and performance standards
- Provide assistance to other team members to achieve team goals and performance standards
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Assessor's Comments:
- Team goals discussed at shift start up
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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WAC 9. Observations - Environmental work practices: Whilst working, the student should be able to point out to you and discuss their environmental work practices in reference to the points listed and the tasks at hand. Tick the boxes when observed.
- Identifies issues
- Complies with regulations
- Reports incidents
- Follows procedures
- Minimises resource usage
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Assessor's Comments:
- Discussed in detail the company's environmental policy
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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Critical Questions (CQs) • Which government body regulates safe environmental practises?
- EPA
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Assessor's Comments:
- Good understanding demonstrated
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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General Observations (GO) - Across Tasks: During the many tasks the student demonstrates, the following should be observed across the tasks:
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GO.1 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:
- Workplace documents available to all staff
- Sighted for this department
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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GO.2 Communication: Communication is required for the student to perform their tasks to standard. These skills will be demonstrated across many of the above observations.
- Listening
- Questioning
- Clarifying
- Seeking advice
- Reading and writing to required level for job role
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Assessor's Comments:
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Any Additional Comments:
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Satisfactory?
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GO.3 Work co-operatively within a culturally diverse workforce. Student should demonstrate throughout all tasks their ability to work co-operatively with all team members and respect the different cultures in the workplace.
- Has been observed communicating with all staff regardless of cultural difference
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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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GO.4 Operates within the parameters of their own work role and responsibilities. All tasks observed should be performed within the parameter of each individuals level of responsibility.
- Has been observed fulfilling their job role in a professional manner
- Has demonstrated skills to perform all areas of individual responsibility
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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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Assessor's Comments/Feedback (include any actions required to be taken in the event of 'Non Satisfactory' for any part of this assessment:
Final Sign Off:
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From your observations at the time of the assessment, the candidate's performance was:
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Student's Name and Signature:
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Assessor's Name and Signature: