IMPMC106 – Control screen room processes in milling

 

Overview 

This standard is about the skills and knowledge needed for you to control screen room processes in milling.

You will need the skills and knowledge to control the screenroom processes which include screening, cleaning and conditioning processes. This includes cleaning by separation, screening by sieving, gravity, shape, air resistance as well as metal detection. It also covers wheat damping, conditioning and drying.

This standard is for you if you work in food and drink manufacture and/or supply operations and carry out operative tasks in and around the screenroom to control these screenroom processes.

 

Performance criteria

You must be able to:

 

Prepare for processing

1.         prepare for screening and cleaning in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements, organisational health and safety, hygiene and environmental standards and instructions

2.         set up equipment according to specification

3.         make sure that material is available and fit for use

4.         start up the plant and check that it is running to specification

5.         take action in response to operating problems in accordance with organisational requirements

 

Carry out processing

6.         carry out screening and cleaning in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements, organisational health and safety, hygiene and environmental standards and instructions

7.         use equipment and make sure that it is supplied with materials and services

8.         achieve the required output to the correct specification

9.         make sure the material is transferred to the next stage in the process

10.       take action in response to operating problems within the limits of your responsibility

11.       maintain communication according to organisational procedures

12.       complete all records according to organisational standards

              

                                                   

Knowledge and understanding

You need to know and understand

 

1.         what the legal or regulatory requirements, the organisational health and safety, hygiene and environmental standards and instructions are and what may happen if they are not followed

2.         what recording, reporting and communication is needed, how to carry this out and the reasons why it is important to do so

3.         how to carry out the necessary pre-start checks and why it is important to do so

4.         how to follow the start up procedures for the processing and why it is important to do so

5.         how to follow work instructions and why it is important to do so

6.         how to carry out processing and why it is important to do so

7.         when and how to undertake routine maintenance and checks

8.         what action to take when the process specification is not met

9.         when it is necessary to seek assistance and how to seek it

10.       how to operate, regulate and shut down the relevant equipment

11.       how to make equipment ready for future use

12.       what the limits of your own authority and competence are and why it is important to work within them

13.       what the basic purposes of cleaning, damping and conditioning are

14.       what basic effects cleaning, damping and conditioning have on the material being processed in the screenroom

15.       what the implications of incorrect cleaning, damping and conditioning are

16.       the flow and order of processes which make up total screenroom activity

17.       the purpose and system for wheat cleaning

18.       what the purpose and importance of separation processes are

19.       how modern milling separation plant is laid out and functions

20.       how de-stoners and exhaust fans work including combinator/concentrator, combi-cleaner

21.       how disc/cylinder separators work including spiral seed separators

22.       what specific gravity tables are and how they work

23.       what magnet separators are and how they work

24.       how dry scourers work including vertical, horizontal and centrifugal impact

25.       what aspirators are and how they work

26.       what the purpose and importance of damping systems are including automatic (microwave/capacitance), water wheels/pumps and flow meters

27.       how damping works based upon simple screw worm/special conveyor

28.       how modern milling conditioning bins are laid out and function

29.       what measurers, weighers and blending weighers are and how they work

30.       what the damping systems are in screenroom processing

31.       what the first break weigher is and how it works

 

Keywords: Food; drink; manufacturing; milling; wheat; cleaning; de-stoners; combinators; concentrator; seed; conveyor; weigher