New Zealand Certificate in Primary Industry Skills (Level 2, 50 Credits)
Compulsory
Primary Electives
167 Practice food safety methods in a food business (4cr)
497 Demonstrate Workplace health and safety requirements (3cr)
4249 Describe obligations as an employee (3cr)
7644 Clean and sanitise equipment manually (2cr)
7682 Pack food and or related product (2cr)
7755 Safe practices in the food processing workplace (5cr)
7756 Handle chemicals safely (2cr)
7758 Identify product and packaging faults on food (5cr)
18857 Build a column and lock stacked pallets (2cr)
18858 Operate a strapping machine (2cr)
24528 Food and related products processing requirements (5cr)
24529 Basic food related quality requirements (5cr)
28262 Use and maintain knives in a primary operation (5cr)
28263 Monitoring food safety using HACCP (5cr)
28267 Sharpen a knife in a primary products operation (2cr)
28630 Contamination, cleaning and sanitation (5cr)
28633 Cleaning and sanitation in a primary operation (5cr)
29089 Apply product safety practices to own work area (5cr)
30039 Industry workplace hygiene and food safety (5cr)
30040 Handling, sharpening, and maintenance of knives (3cr)
30041 Describe personal health and safety (2cr)
Seafood
5328 Identify and assess characteristics of seafood quality (4cr)
5332 Hygienic work practices while working with seafood (5cr)
6202 Chilling and chill seafood product (5cr)
6204 Weigh and label packed seafood product (5cr)
6213 Safe work practices in the seafood industry (5cr)
15656 Basic knife skills to cut seafood product (5cr)
15884 Characteristics of bivalve molluscan shellfish quality (2cr)
20310 Use a chemical in a seafood operation (5cr)
25945 Maintain a safe work area (5cr)
31496 Clean and sanitise a seafood operation work area (3cr)
Employability
377 Demonstrate knowledge of diversity in workplaces (2cr)
496 Manage personal wellness (3cr)
504 Produce a CV (2cr)
1299 Be assertive in a range of specified situations (4cr)
3503 Communicate in a team to complete a routine task (2cr)
9677 Communicate in a team which has an objective (3cr)
9707 Workplace communication requirements (3cr)
10781 Produce a plan for own future directions (3cr)
12349 Demonstrate knowledge of time management (3cr)
12355 Describe strategies for managing stress (3cr)
24697 Perform income-related calculations for finances (2cr)
24709 Produce a budget to manage personal finances (3cr)
28088 Credit and debt and their impacts on finances (3cr)
28094 Produce a household budget (3cr)
New Zealand Certificate in Food or Beverage (Level 3, 40 Credits)
Compulsory
Hygiene & Product Safety
Electives
168 Food contamination hazards, and control methods (4cr)
7666 Label food and/or related products manually (2cr)
7759 Quality control practices to food or related products (6cr)
17459 Safe manual handling practices (3cr)
25043 Lockout & reinstate machinery in the workplace (4cr)
28634 Clean & sanitise work areas, machinery & equipment (2cr)
29145 Work in a freezer storage area (10cr)
29146 Work in & control a cool storage area (10cr)
29148 Check, weigh, pack, & handle incoming product (10cr)
29149 Prepare containers to pack products (5cr)
29150 Dispatch products in a primary industry operation (10cr)
29151 Weigh products and label containers (5cr)
30265 Apply health & safety risk assessment to a job role (8cr)
40395 Operate & maintain packaging & labelling equipment (10cr)
40400 Sharpen, use, and maintain hand knives (10cr)
40404 Use a bandsaw in a food processing operation (10cr)
Communication & Wellbeing
1304 Communicate with people from other cultures (2cr)
9681 Contribute within a team or group that has an objective (3cr)
31832 Manage personal wellbeing during operational duties (5cr)
New Zealand Certificate in Seafood Processing (Level 3, 50 Credits)
Fish and Fish Products
Compulsory
Electives
Filleter 1 species
Filleter 6 species
Retail - Point of sale
(20 credits from this pool)
12475 Store and monitor, seafood product at point-of-sale (5cr)
12476 Weigh, label, and pack seafood product at point-of-sale (7cr)
12477 Clean seafood product display and storage areas (10cr)
12478 Prepare and service a seafood display at point-of-sale (15cr)
21985 Provide information to customers at point-of-sale (5cr)
Machine operator
(+ 1 from below)
Packer
Labourer
(+ 1 from below)
Cleaning and sanitation strand
Compulsory
Electives
Seafood logistics strand
Compulsory
Seafood logistics - Unloading
Electives
Seafood logistics - Coolstore
Live holdings strand
Mussels
Compulsory
Electives
Receiving
Harvesting
Oysters
Compulsory
Electives
Receiving
Harvesting
Crayfish / lobsters
Compulsory
Electives
Other (choose 25cr)
5316 The effects and control of seafood spoilage (10cr)
17252 Monitor and maintain reticulated water systems for a seafood live holding facility (20cr)
25943 Risk Management Programme (5cr)
25944 Carry out seafood product quality checks (10cr)
25946 Contamination, cleaning and sanitation (10cr)
Pāua
Compulsory
Farming
Farming-breeding
Monitoring
Fin fish
Compulsory
Live holdings - Fin fish
Farming
Harvesting
New Zealand Certificate in Seafood Processing (Level 4, 70 Credits)
Legislation and compliance
Monitor seafood processing
12315 Hazard analysis critical control point system (10cr)
15654 Supervise the compliance system in a seafood operation (10cr)
18403 Food safety legislation and its application in the NZ seafood industry (10cr)
18495 Yield and productivity in the seafood industry (5cr)
21976 Quality and contamination control in a seafood operation (10cr)
25942 Carry out seafood product checks, complete documentation for receiving and dispatching product (5cr)
Risk management