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AHCWRK306A
Comply with industry quality assurance requirements

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Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024


This unit is applied within routines, methods and procedures. Some discretion and judgement is required in the organisation and supervision of work, services, actions and the achievement of quality outcomes within time constraints.

This unit covers the process of complying with industry quality assurance requirements in the production of food and fibre products and defines the standard required to: follow quality assurance practices on food safety and quality, biosecurity and animal welfare; identify and report issues that impact on product quality; contribute to review of work output against quality standards; and keep records that are required under enterprise quality assurance procedures.

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Employability Skills

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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:

follow quality assurance practices on food safety and quality, biosecurity and animal welfare

identify and report issues that impact on product quality

contribute to review of work output against quality 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

implement quality assurance practices on food safety and quality, biosecurity and animal welfare

implement standard operating procedures

report problems that affect quality

use literacy skills to read, interpret and follow organisational policies and procedures, follow sequenced written instructions, record information collected accurately and legibly, and select and apply procedures for a range of tasks

use oral communication skills/language competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation, including questioning techniques, active listening, clarifying information and consulting with supervisors as required

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

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

Required knowledge

industry quality assurance requirements, such as the Australian Pig Industry Quality Program (APIQ)

animal production processes

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) approach to quality assurance

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

enterprise Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) requirements and environmental procedures.

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

Quality assurance may include:

quality assurance systems for food safety and quality, biosecurity, environmental management and animal welfare

systems can be developed at an industry or enterprise level.

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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 industry quality assurance requirements are determined. 
Hazards to food safety and quality are identified for work area according to enterprise guidelines and standard operating procedures. 
Critical control points for work area are determined according to workplace procedures. 
Record keeping is completed according to industry quality assurance requirements. 
Standard operating procedures are implemented according to enterprise requirements. 
Non-conforming or defective product reported to supervisor according to enterprise/industry requirements. 
Corrective action is taken according to enterprise policy and procedures. 
Potential or existing quality problems are recognised. 
Instances of variation in quality from specifications or work instructions are identified. 
Variations and potential problems are reported to supervisor/manager according to enterprise guidelines. 

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