Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for work in processing area
- Read or listen to work instructions from supervisor and clarify where needed
- Identify work health and safety hazards and inform supervisor
- Wear appropriate personal protective equipment and ensure correct fit
- Confirm that materials are available according to operating requirements
- Identify and confirm workplace cleaning and maintenance requirements and status
- Prepare the blend, sieve and bagging equipment and process for operation
- Fit and adjust machine components and related attachments to meet safety and operating requirements
- Enter processing and operating parameters as required to meet safety and production requirements
- Load or position materials, ingredients, product and consumables according to operating requirements
- Carry out pre-start checks, adjusting equipment performance according to operator instructions
- Operate and monitor the blend, sieve and bagging process
- Deliver ingredients to the blender in the required quantities and sequence to meet recipe specifications according to workplace and food safety procedures
- Start, operate and monitor the process for variation in operating conditions according to workplace procedures, including safety requirements
- Monitor the process to confirm that ingredients are blended, sieved and bagged to meet specifications
- Identify, rectify and report out-of-specification equipment, product or process outcomes according to workplace requirements
- Follow and apply workplace cleaning and environmental working procedures
- Shut down the blend, sieve and bagging process