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AMPA2156
Process blood

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Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024


This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to collect blood from the slaughter floor, process it using equipment such as a centrifuge to recover blood plasma and package the product.

This unit is applicable to workers in meat processing plants where blood is recovered at the point of stick or bleeding and processed to produce by-products such as blood plasma (but excluding blood meal which is dealt with in the unit AMPA3088 Operate blood processing plant).

All work should be carried out to comply with workplace and hygiene requirements.

This unit applies to individuals who work under general supervision, exercise limited autonomy and have some accountability for their own work.

No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.

This unit must be delivered and assessed in the context of Australian meat processing standards and regulations.

You may want to include more information here about the target group and the purpose of the assessments (eg formative, summative, recognition)


Evidence Required

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Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Recover and store blood

1.1 Recover blood hygienically according to work instructions and relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

1.2 Recover blood safely according to workplace and health and safety requirements

1.3 Store blood prior to processing according to workplace requirements

2. Process blood

2.1 Perform pre-operational checks on equipment to workplace requirements

2.2 Process blood according to workplace hygiene requirements

2.3 Process blood safely according to workplace health and safety policies and procedures

3. Pack and store blood products

3.1 Pack blood hygienically according to workplace requirements

3.2 Store packaged blood products according to workplace requirements and customer specifications

The candidate must collect blood from the slaughter floor, process it using equipment such as a centrifuge to recover blood plasma and package the product.

The candidate must:

collect and process blood hygienically, safely and in accordance with:

relevant regulatory requirements

SOPs

work instructions

workplace health and safety requirements

operate processing equipment in accordance with workplace and manufacturer's requirements

use relevant workplace machinery correctly

pack and store blood products according to workplace requirements

apply relevant mathematical skills to ensure processing, packaging and storage requirements are met

The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:

nature and uses of blood products produced

relevant work instructions and SOPs

ways of minimising contamination and cross-contamination

workplace health and safety policies and procedures

workplace and manufacturer's requirements for operating processing equipment

workplace health and safety hazards and ways of minimising them

sources of contamination and cross-contamination

Assessment must involve processing one or more blood products.

Competency in this unit must be demonstrated under normal workplace conditions.

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.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

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Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Recover and store blood

1.1 Recover blood hygienically according to work instructions and relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

1.2 Recover blood safely according to workplace and health and safety requirements

1.3 Store blood prior to processing according to workplace requirements

2. Process blood

2.1 Perform pre-operational checks on equipment to workplace requirements

2.2 Process blood according to workplace hygiene requirements

2.3 Process blood safely according to workplace health and safety policies and procedures

3. Pack and store blood products

3.1 Pack blood hygienically according to workplace requirements

3.2 Store packaged blood products according to workplace requirements and customer specifications

The candidate must collect blood from the slaughter floor, process it using equipment such as a centrifuge to recover blood plasma and package the product.

The candidate must:

collect and process blood hygienically, safely and in accordance with:

relevant regulatory requirements

SOPs

work instructions

workplace health and safety requirements

operate processing equipment in accordance with workplace and manufacturer's requirements

use relevant workplace machinery correctly

pack and store blood products according to workplace requirements

apply relevant mathematical skills to ensure processing, packaging and storage requirements are met

The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:

nature and uses of blood products produced

relevant work instructions and SOPs

ways of minimising contamination and cross-contamination

workplace health and safety policies and procedures

workplace and manufacturer's requirements for operating processing equipment

workplace health and safety hazards and ways of minimising them

sources of contamination and cross-contamination

Assessment must involve processing one or more blood products.

Competency in this unit must be demonstrated under normal workplace conditions.

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.
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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
Recover blood hygienically according to work instructions and relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) 
Recover blood safely according to workplace and health and safety requirements 
Store blood prior to processing according to workplace requirements 
Perform pre-operational checks on equipment to workplace requirements 
Process blood according to workplace hygiene requirements 
Process blood safely according to workplace health and safety policies and procedures 
Pack blood hygienically according to workplace requirements 
Store packaged blood products according to workplace requirements and customer specifications 

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