Inspect and load an export container of frozen manufacturing beef

What is going on

Order EX-26-2210 for Pacific Rim Provisions in the United States is 980 cartons of frozen 90 chemical lean manufacturing beef. The container arrives at dock 2 at 1 pm and the Packing and Loadout Manager has asked you to run the container inspection, supervise the pick against the loadout order and make sure every pallet has a probe temperature reading before it goes in. Product must stay at or below minus 18 degrees Celsius. The consignment data must be transferred to the export documentation system and the seal number recorded before the order is marked as loaded. Two containers were rejected at inspection last quarter, so the manager wants the inspection recorded properly whatever the outcome.

Your brief

Inspect the container, pick and load the order to the loadout sheet with temperature checks, record the inspection and the seal in the systems, and confirm the order is eligible and ready for export documentation.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

• Read the container inspection and sealing section of the Export Compliance and Traceability Policy and list every item you will check on the container before loading.
• Using the inspection findings supplied by your assessor, decide whether the container is accepted or rejected and record a Container inspection check in the QA Monitoring and Verification Log.
• Explain the hygiene and temperature rules for handling frozen product between the cold store and the container, including maximum time on the dock.
• Complete the loadout sheet for 980 cartons across 20 pallets, recording lot numbers, carton counts and a probe temperature for each pallet, and identify any pallet that must be rejected.
• Update order EX-26-2210 in the Loadout and Despatch Orders system from Picking to Loaded, adding the seal number and the reconciled carton count in the product summary.
• Describe how you would confirm the product is eligible for the United States market before release, and who must be notified if a lot is not eligible.
• Record a near miss in the Incident and Hazard Register for a forklift and pedestrian interaction on the dock during loading and state the immediate control you applied.

What someone in this role would produce

• Container inspection checklist and log entry
• Completed loadout sheet with pallet temperatures
• Updated loadout order with seal number
• Eligibility confirmation note
• Near miss register entry