Required skills

collecting treating and disposing of waste generated by packaging operations

communicating with stakeholders including customers work teams and management

controlling temperature to ensure requirements for packaging materials andor packaged product are being met

determining logistics for the physical movement of packaging materials and packaged product

developing packaging schedules

giving attention to detail

identifying occupational health and safety OHS hazards carrying out risk assessment and applying hierarchical controls

locating interpreting and applying relevant information to determine preferred packaging forms

planning

processing requirements including quality and legal requirements for packaged product identification of weight date codes and other labelling requirements printing standards and documentation

solving problems

Literacy skills used for

compiling reports

preparing detailed procedures and specifications

preparing technical reports

reading and interpreting food standards and other technical standards

reading and interpreting production specifications

reading and interpreting technical specifications

Numeracy skills used for

calculating production data

estimating costs

estimating volume

formulating design criteria

recording production data

Required knowledge

identification of packaging requirements from product specifications

packaging equipment purpose and operation including the operating principles of common packaging equipment such as fill and seal cartoning labelling vacuum sealing heat shrink wrapping andor palletising

purpose and principles of packaging methods

relationships between packaging methods or processes and other processing operations

risk of product contamination from incorrect use andor storage of packaging and packaging consumables

stacking or packaging specifications procedures and operating parameters

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

Critical aspects for assessment evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit

Assessment must confirm the ability to

determine the packaging requirements for seafood product and to propose solutions which satisfy the range of technical and regulatory requirements

Assessment must confirm knowledge of

costings for new packaging methods

packaging parameters from product specifications

packaging specifications control points and operating parameters

loadshifting equipment requirements

management of food safety requirements

OHS requirements

printing labelling andor marking requirements

relevant protective clothing andor equipment

the physical packaging packing and stacking equipment requirements

treatments for the disposal of wastes generated by packaging operations

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment may be conducted in the workplace or in a simulated work environment

Resources may include

access to enterprise expertise in production engineering and costing

access to offsite facilities to view alternative packaging processes

enterprise policy relating to the control and disposal of wastes

enterprise product specifications

food safety and other relevant technical standards

HACCP plan

OHS policy and procedures

packaging and labelling regulations andor requirements

Method of assessment

The following assessment methods are suggested

project work or scenario based

workplace documentation

written or oral questions

Guidance information for assessment

This unit may be assessed holistically with other units within a qualification

Relevant government regulations, licensing and other compliance requirements may include:

Food safety and hygiene regulations and procedures may include:

ESD principles may include:

Characteristics of packaging may include:

Physical barriers and inertness may include:

Analysis of materials may include consideration of:

Closure systems may include:

Pre-packaging may include: