Assessment Requirements for FBPTEC4021 Apply regulatory requirements to the production of alcoholic beverages

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Assessment Requirements for FBPTEC4021 Apply regulatory requirements to the production of alcoholic beverages

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Release 1	This version released with FBP Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical Training Package version 3.0.

Performance Evidence

An individual demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements and performance criteria of this unit.

There must be evidence that the individual has effectively monitored the production of alcoholic beverages to ensure compliance with legislation, including:

identifying legal requirements that apply to the production of at least one alcoholic beverage

accurately completing records for the production of at least one type of alcoholic beverage, including records that cover:

raw materials

fermentation

brew house or distillation

bulk storage

packaging

packaged stock.

Knowledge Evidence

An individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge required to perform the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit. This includes knowledge of:

the legal responsibilities of an alcoholic beverage manufacturing company as they relate to excise, product content and packaging, trade measurements:

Excise Tariff Act 1921

Excise Act 1901 and Excise Regulation 2015

National Measurement Act 1960 and the National Trade Measurement Regulations 2009 (trade measurement law)

Food Standards Code

authorities responsible for administering the legislation and their roles

Australian Taxation Office (ATO) guidelines to clarify excise requirements (available at the ATO website)

requirement to hold a licence to manufacture or store underbond excisable alcohol products

activities that the ATO consider as manufacturing for excise purposes:

fermentation (except for wine)

distillation

the addition of flavours and/or colours (including in-line mixing as part of packaging into bottles, cans or kegs)

reduction (adding water)

blending

diluting

denaturing spirits

maturation of spirits in wood

repackaging of duty-paid beer from bulk containers

services provided by the National Measurement Institute including requirements of trade measurement laws for the retail sale of beer, wine and spirits

methods to establish the volume of containers

allowable tolerances in alcoholic strength of product

calibration and certification testing requirements for measuring and testing equipment

requirement for a liquor licence to sell and consume alcohol from a production site

excise tariffs and classification of excisable alcohol products (brandy, rum, whisky, wine, other excisable beverage)

excise rates for alcohol product manufactured at specified site

when excise duty is imposed and how it is acquitted

allowable methods to determine alcohol content and volume and permitted variations

instruments used to determine alcohol content and volume of excisable good and the requirement for calibration and certification

legal definition of brandy, whisky and rum and the requirement to be stored in wood for 2 years

requirements of blended alcoholic spirits and the declared maturation age of the product (taken to be the youngest constituent of the spirit)

records required by the ATO for the production excisable alcohol products, including:

details of raw materials used in the manufacture of excisable products

fermentation records

distillation records (only for spirits)

bulk storage records

packaging records

packaged stock records

company record keeping requirements.

Assessment Conditions

Assessment of skills must take place under the following conditions:

physical conditions:

skills must be demonstrated in a workplace setting or an environment that accurately represents a real food processing workplace

resources, equipment and materials:

alcoholic beverage production operations

specifications:

workplace processes and procedures

relevant legislation

ATO resources.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Links

Companion Volumes, including Implementation Guides, are available at VETNet: - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=78b15323-cd38-483e-aad7-1159b570a5c4