List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.
Element | Performance criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Perform cutting operations | 1.1 Operate cutters in accordance with workplace requirements 1.2 Operate cutters in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements 1.3 Identify potential sources of contamination and cross-contamination |
2. Remove hocks, horns or legs or trim necks | 2.1 Remove off-cuts in accordance with workplace requirements 2.2 Dispose of off-cuts according to workplace requirements |
3. Clean and maintain pneumatic cutters | 3.1 Clean and maintain cutters to workplace requirements |
The candidate must maintain and operate a mechanical cutter or scissors.
The candidate must:
operate cutter in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements
operate pneumatic cutter to workplace requirements for one work station
demonstrate procedures for disposal of off-cuts
demonstrate maintenance and sterilisation of cutter
apply relevant regulatory requirements
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
basic operating principles of pneumatic cutter
workplace health and safety requirements
issues associated with use of the cutter
relevant regulatory requirements
potential sources of contamination and cross-contamination
Assessment must be conducted in the workplace under normal conditions.
Competency must be demonstrated at a work station using a cutter at normal chain speed. The pneumatic cutter must be operated for at least one workstation (e.g. cutting hocks, horns or trimming necks) at the speed of the chain.
As a minimum, the following three forms of assessment must be used:
quiz of underpinning knowledge
workplace demonstration
workplace referee or third-party report of performance over time
Assessors must satisfy the current standards for RTOs.