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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Locate stockfeed mill departments, walkways, storage and assembly areas
   • Identify raw materials receival and storage areas in mill
   • Identify control rooms and other main operator stations in mill
   • Identify milling, batch and mixing, pelletising, liquid, mash and block stockfeed production areas
   • Identify additive storage in mill
   • Locate support services, including maintenance, administration, laboratory and quality assurance, and information technology departments in mill
   • Locate finished products storage and despatch areas in mill
   • Locate walkways and emergency assembly areas in mill
2. Recognise stages of the mill production process
   • Identify main raw materials and source in mill production process
   • Identify receival processes, including weighing, volume and quality checks
   • Identify milling process in mill production
   • Identify batching and mixing processes, including recipe, micronutrients and additives
   • Identify post-mixing processes, including pelletising, mashing, pressing and setting
   • Locate labelling and packing operations in mill production
3. Identify range of stockfeeds, their purpose and target species
   • Identify differences in pellet, mash, liquid and block stockfeeds
   • Identify target species and animals for stockfeed mill products
   • Recognise properties and benefits of stockfeed
4. Recognise main risks to stockfeed milling operations
   • Locate dust control and dust control procedures
   • Identify additives requiring special safety and handling procedures
   • Locate typical pests and related pest control procedures
   • Identify main risks to product quality, including contamination, incorrect recipe adherence, incorrect sequencing and product transference, and incorrect labelling and packaging
   • Identify environmental procedures for mill operations