Application
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to identify mill operations and technologies in a stockfeed mill.
The unit applies to production operators who are required to recognise and work safely and effectively with stockfeed milling materials, equipment, processes and common risks.
All work must be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, in accordance with State/Territory work health and safety, and food safety regulations, legislation and standards that apply to the workplace.
No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements | Performance Criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Locate stockfeed mill departments, walkways, storage and assembly areas | 1.1 Identify raw materials receival and storage areas in mill 1.2 Identify control rooms and other main operator stations in mill 1.3 Identify milling, batch and mixing, pelletising, liquid, mash and block stockfeed production areas 1.4 Identify additive storage in mill 1.5 Locate support services, including maintenance, administration, laboratory and quality assurance, and information technology departments in mill 1.6 Locate finished products storage and despatch areas in mill 1.7 Locate walkways and emergency assembly areas in mill |
2. Recognise stages of the mill production process | 2.1 Identify main raw materials and source in mill production process 2.2 Identify receival processes, including weighing, volume and quality checks 2.3 Identify milling process in mill production 2.4 Identify batching and mixing processes, including recipe, micronutrients and additives 2.5 Identify post-mixing processes, including pelletising, mashing, pressing and setting 2.6 Locate labelling and packing operations in mill production |
3. Identify range of stockfeeds, their purpose and target species | 3.1 Identify differences in pellet, mash, liquid and block stockfeeds 3.2 Identify target species and animals for stockfeed mill products 3.3 Recognise properties and benefits of stockfeed |
4. Recognise main risks to stockfeed milling operations | 4.1 Locate dust control and dust control procedures 4.2 Identify additives requiring special safety and handling procedures 4.3 Locate typical pests and related pest control procedures 4.4 Identify main risks to product quality, including contamination, incorrect recipe adherence, incorrect sequencing and product transference, and incorrect labelling and packaging 4.5 Identify environmental procedures for mill operations |
Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential for performance in this unit of competency but are not explicit in the performance criteria.
Skill | Description |
Reading | Read diagrams and sketches Interpret labelling for a range of stockfeed types |
Writing | Record product information on paper-based and electronic media |
Numeracy | Apply correct ratios of raw materials and quality characteristics for different types of finished stockfeed |
Navigate the world of work | Apply workplace procedures to own role and responsibilities Understand main tasks, responsibilities and boundaries of own role, including use of personal protective clothing and equipment, housekeeping standards and environmental care requirements Ask questions to clarify understanding or seek further information |
Interact with others | Use oral communication skills as specified by the organisation, including questioning, active listening, asking for clarification and seeking advice from supervisor Communicate and report operational and safety information to relevant personnel |
Get the work done | Maintain a clean and hazard-free work area Maintain hygiene standards and wear required personal protective equipment Describe quality specifications for different types of stockfeed Describe familiar and generally predictable problems within workplace guidelines and using experience of past solutions |
Sectors
Grain processing (GRA)