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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Establish shift operating environment
  2. Monitor quality during shift
  3. Set and supervise grain supply and intake procedures
  4. Set and supervise grain conditioning process and specifications
  5. Supervise production
  6. Integrate maintenance schedule with shift operations
  7. Implement risk management procedures
  8. Provide guidance to other mill employees

Required Skills

Required skills include

Ability to

identify typical flours including semolina and other mill products

identify grain types and main grain varieties

liaise with other departments on flour product requirements

calculate

water required to achieve target moisture content

extraction rate on

dirty wheat basis

clean wheat basis

total production basis

protein loss for each grist

milling gainslosses

integrate OHS HACCP and dust control procedures with mill operations

communicate production requirements and technical information to other employees

Required knowledge includes

Knowledge of

differences in types of milling processes including differences in milling of different grains varieties and milling for flour or for semolina

process and purpose of flour milling including

opening of grain to enable removal of endosperm

separation of bran

grinding of endosperm to flour

sifting of ground stock to

remove oversize endosperm particles

remove flour

remove any bran and endosperm that has not been ground

kibbling

middlings and semolina process

methods used to establish the most economic grist for a particular flour ie the balancing of flour specification grain availability cost of grain available etc

financial impacts of mill performancesettings

principles of preventative maintenance including failure mode effects analysis FMEA

food safety food labelling and other regulations affecting flour mills

grain varieties and specifications

flour types and specifications

food labelling regulations relevant to flour products

HACCP principles and procedures

dust control procedures

OHS standards and requirements

environmental regulations

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

Assessment must be carried out in a manner that recognises the cultural and literacy requirements of the assessee and is appropriate to the work performed Competence in this Unit must be achieved in accordance with food safety standards and regulations

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this Unit

Evidence of ability to

interpret production requirements and grain tests for desirable mill settings

assist employees with conduct and interpretation of grain and flour tests

match grain receival screening and storage processes to production requirements during shift

prepare or supervise production of grists according to recipes

set and manage milling and blending operations

supervise dust control HACCP and OHS procedures during shift operations

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must occur in a real or simulated workplace where the assessee has access to

personal protective clothing and equipment

work procedures including advice on safe work practices food safety quality and environmental requirements

equipment manuals including operating parameters

specifications control points and processing parameters

break and reduction roll process and related equipment and services

conditioned grain suitable for the break and reduction roll process

sampling schedules and test procedures and equipment as required

documentation and recording requirements and procedures

cleaning procedures materials and equipment as required

Method of assessment

This Unit should be assessed together with core Units and other Units of Competency relevant to the function or work role Examples could be

FDFOPA Control contaminants and allergens in the workplace

FDFOP3001A Control contaminants and allergens in the workplace

FDFGRA Control mill processes and performance

FDFGR3004A Control mill processes and performance

FDFOPA Operate inter related processes in a production system

FDFOP3003A Operate inter related processes in a production system.

Guidance information for assessment

To ensure consistency of performance competency should be demonstrated on more than one occasion over a period of time in order to cover a variety of circumstances cases and responsibilities and where possible over a number of assessment activities


Range Statement

The range statement relates to the Unit of Competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Mill

The term mill is used to refer to the whole mill site including the actual milling equipment, equipment used for associated processes, and transport, warehouse, maintenance, testing and administration facilities.

Grain

Grain refers to all edible grains that can be milled for flour, semolina and other grain based food and non-food products. Examples of grains covered by this Unit include wheat, rye, spelt, triticale, oats, corn and barley.

Grist

Grist is a blend that may be made from a single wheat (or other grain) or be produced from a combination of wheats (or other grains).

Mill testing regime

The mill testing regime refers to the determination of:

range of tests required per product

test locations e.g. operator tests, on site laboratory tests and externally conducted tests

test frequency/sampling rate

criteria for acceptance/rejection/re-test

reporting requirements

training required by employees to conduct tests.

Mill performance

Mill performance is the production of the maximum amount of flour to required specifications in the most efficient and profitable way. Indicators of mill performance may include:

mill gain or loss

extraction rate

flour production per shift and other selected periods.

HACCP Plan

The detailed establishment and implementation of a mill HACCP plan is not included in this Unit. However establishing and supervising compliance with the HACCP plan is included.

Production records will usually include:

capacity per hour or per 24 hours to first break

output per hour of final flour

extraction rate

moisture content of flour/grain

water absorption of flour

protein content of flour

colour grade.