Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
FDFGR3004A Mapping and Delivery Guide
Control mill processes and performance
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | FDFGR3004A - Control mill processes and performance |
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Description | This Unit covers the skills required by a shift miller to control flour and byproduct production in a flour mill. The Unit also includes equipment setting as well as setting equipment and process requirements that must be implemented by other employees. The Unit includes the setting of all break, scratch, sizing, reduction and other milling related processes as well as the supervision of wheat conditioning. | ||
Employability Skills | This Unit contains employability skills. | ||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This Unit applies to a shift miller who is required to set equipment in a flour mill to control the processes and performance across the mill to achieve maximum extraction and recipe compliance. The Unit applies to all industrial flour mills including semolina mills and including mills without purifiers. It covers the setting of the mill for a variety of grists and finished flour. The miller must also take into account the capability of equipment and the need to avoid imbalances, product build ups and chokes. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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Prerequisites/co-requisites | Nil. | ||
Competency Field |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
Slides PPT |
Assessment 1 | Assessment 2 | Assessment 3 | Assessment 4 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Prepare or interpret mill flow sheet |
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Element: Prepare for flour and byproduct production |
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Element: Determine break system settings |
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Element: Determine settings for purifiers where fitted |
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Element: Determine settings for scratch or sizing system |
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Element: Determine settings for reduction passages |
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Element: Determine settings for final production stages |
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Element: Monitor mill equipment |
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Element: Monitor mill performance |
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