IMPBW201 – Handle and store bright beer in brewery

 

Overview 

This standard covers the skills and knowledge needed for you to handle and store bright beer in brewery.

This standard details the skills needed to store and use bright beer in accordance with relevant procedures and regulations. This will also cover keeping the storage area clean and tidy, identifying, recording and taking action to correct any changes and problems in storage conditions. Monitoring and maintaining storage conditions is important to product quality and safety. 

This standard is also about understanding the principles of handling, transferring and storing bright beer in brewing. It covers the design and features of bright beer plant, equilibration, sampling and brewing.

This standard is for you if you are involved in, and require a broad knowledge and understanding of, the handling and storing of bright beer in brewing.

 

Performance criteria

You must be able to:

 

Maintain storage conditions

1.         protect goods and materials from avoidable deterioration 

2.         implement safety and security procedures in accordance with company regulations

3.         keep the storage area clean, tidy and free from obstructions and hazards

 

Monitor changes in storage conditions

4.         identify unacceptable variances in storage conditions by regular, careful monitoring

5.         identify and record any unacceptable variances and defects in the storage facility and equipment

6.         take action within the limits of your authority to correct variances and defects to protect goods and materials

7.         report corrective action to the relevant people

8.         use the results of monitoring to identify realistic suggestions for improving storage conditions

9.         present your suggestions for improvement clearly to the relevant people

 

Knowledge and understanding

You need to know and understand

 

1.         what the key operational procedures are for moving and transferring bright beer

2.         what the basic design features of bright beer plant and pipe work are

3.         what the significance of atmospheric oxygen is in the plant

4.         where and how inert gases are used in the plant

5.         what the essential plant items are for the outlet of a filter to a bright beer tank

6.         what the essential plant items are for the outlet of bright beer tank to a filling machine

7.         what the purposes of storage (holding) are

8.         what the process of equilibration and sampling is

9.         what the minimum and maximum residence times are

10.       what the beer blending procedures are

11.       why it is necessary to blend beer and important to blend beer accurately

12.       how to calculate using beer blend parameters

 

Keywords: Food; drink; manufacturing; brewing; handling; storage; equilibration; blend