FBPTEC4018 — Manage still operations to produce white spirits
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What an assessment for FBPTEC4018 must cover
51 assessable components: 3 elements (21 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 27 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 2 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Prepare for distillation
- 1.1Identify standards, regulations and guidance materials that cover the requirements of working with ethanol in hazardous and explosive environments
- 1.2Identify hazards associated with still operations and manage risks
- 1.3Wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to ensure personal safety
- 1.4Identify specification for product
- 1.5Receive product to be distilled and check quality meets specifications
- 1.6Prepare spirit for distillation, including steeping botanicals where required for end product
- 1.7Prepare still for operation including botanicals where required for product
- 1.8Prepare receival vessels for different parts of still run
- 1.9Prepare to record distillation details in line with regulatory requirements
2 Operate still to distil spirit
- 2.1Transfer spirit to pot of still
- 2.2Place alcohol receival vessel to collect distillate
- 2.3Monitor temperature of distillate to determine alcohol content of distillate
- 2.4Cut flow of distillate at specified points to collect heads, hearts and tails
- 2.5Conduct sensory analysis tests to monitor alcohol content and quality of product
- 2.6Complete processing and batch records to ensure traceability
- 2.7Conduct second distillation run as required for specific product
3 Conduct housekeeping activities
- 3.1Identify options for use of head and tails of still run
- 3.2Clean equipment and work area in line with workplace procedures
- 3.3Conduct routine maintenance activities
- 3.4Dispose of waste in line with regulatory requirements
- 3.5Complete batch records in line with workplace requirements
Performance evidence
- There must be evidence that the individual has managed still operations to collect spirit in line with pre-determined specifications for a white spirit, on at least one occasion.
Knowledge evidence
- white spirits typically distilled including gin and vodka
- definitions of gin and vodka
- types of wash/spirit typically used to produce white spirits
- products that are typically distilled
- different methods used for distilling spirits
- shape and parts of a still and their purpose
- critical differences between a pot still and a column still
- purposes of first and subsequent distillations
- alcohol boiling points
- quality and characteristics of different parts of the still run, including heads, hearts and tails
- harmful chemicals that are produced through distillation, including methanol, and boiling point
- alcohol content of different parts of the still run
- stages and changes required for equipment operation, specific to product
- typical tests carried out to check alcohol content, flavour and quality
- sensory analysis techniques to determine parts of distillation run
- instruments used for testing and how each is calibrated, such as hydrometer, alchometer
- methods for adding to botanicals to spirits, relevant to still used
- sensory features of commonly used botanicals
- options for using heads and tails of distillation run
- procedures and equipment used for transfer operations
- common causes of variation to product and corrective action required
- hazards, risks and controls, including for working with explosive atmosphere, heat, steam and ethanol
- routine maintenance requirements
- waste handling and disposal requirements
- Australian Standards, legislation, regulations and workplace licence requirements related to the production and storage of alcohol
- legislation, regulation and workplace licence requirements related to distilled spirits, including license to operate a still, Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in relation to excise tax, waste disposal
- recording requirements for traceability of product and ATO requirements.
Foundation skills
- Oral communication: Use industry and product appropriate terminology
- Numeracy: Accurately read and interpret gauges and test results Calculations to determine alcohol by volume (ABV) based on gravity change
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Questions about assessing FBPTEC4018
What does an assessment tool for FBPTEC4018 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for FBPTEC4018 needs to address all 51 unit components: 3 elements with 21 performance criteria, 1 performance evidence requirements, 27 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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