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AHCWRK206A
Observe enterprise quality assurance procedures

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Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024


This unit is carried out under supervision, within enterprise guidelines.

This unit covers the process of observing enterprise quality assurance procedures in agricultural production and defines the standard required to: identify critical control points in the production process; implement quality assurance procedures; check quality of own work against standards; keep records that are required under enterprise quality assurance.

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Employability Skills

This unit contains employability skills.



Evidence Required

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Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to workplace operations and satisfy holistically all of the requirements of the performance criteria and required skills and knowledge and include achievement of the following:

identify critical control points in the production process

implement quality assurance procedures

check quality of own work against standards

keep records that are required under enterprise quality assurance.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Competency requires the application of work practices under work conditions. Selection and use of resources for some worksites may differ due to the regional or enterprise circumstances.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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Required skills

apply basic quality assurance practices

follow work instructions

check quality of work

use literacy skills to follow sequenced written instructions and record information accurately and legibly

use oral communication skills/language competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation including questioning, active listening, asking for clarification and seeking advice from supervisor

use numeracy skills to estimate, calculate and record routine workplace measures

use interpersonal skills to relate to people from a range of social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities.

Required knowledge

animal production processes

HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) approach to Quality Assurance (QA)

enterprise QA policies, guidelines and standard operating procedures relating to food safety and quality, animal welfare and biosecurity

enterprise OHS requirements.

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole.

Products may include:

all farm food and fibre products that are covered by quality assurance schemes.

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Elements of the enterprise quality assurance system in relation to food safety and quality, Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), animal welfare and biosecurity are recognised. 
Information about quality or problems is communicated to appropriate personnel. 
Hazards to food safety and quality are identified for work area according to enterprise guidelines. 
Steps in producing eggs or meat or harvesting milk are identified. 
Critical control points for immediate work area are identified according to workplace procedures. 
Basic record-keeping is completed according to enterprise guidelines. 
Work instructions related to the immediate work areas are identified and followed in accordance with workplace requirements. 
Work instructions are followed for documenting the quality process. 
The quality of the product is checked as prescribed in work instructions. 
Problems that affect or could potentially affect quality are reported to supervisor. 
Actions are taken to correct the problem under supervision or workplace instruction. 

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