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. Operate meat meal mill | 1.1 Monitor meat meal fed into mill feeder bin 1.2 Monitor mill operation in accordance with workplace requirements 1.3 Monitor mill operation in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements 1.4 Maintain housekeeping for meat meal mill area 1.5 Monitor quality of meat meal and report problems accordance with workplace requirements 1.6 Produce meat meal to workplace requirements and customer specifications 1.7 Take meat meal samples for testing in accordance with workplace requirements |
The candidate must operate a meat mill plant including loading, drying and monitoring the quality of the finished meal.
The candidate must:
operate meat meal mill to workplace health and safety requirements
monitor the operation of the meat meal mill to workplace requirements
monitor the quality of meat meal
produce meat meal to workplace requirements and customer specifications
report equipment faults in accordance with workplace requirements
carry out routine maintenance on meat meal mill as specified in workplace requirements
apply relevant regulatory requirements
use communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
defects in meat meal
meat meal processing
workplace health and safety hazards of operation of the meat meal mill
relevant regulatory requirements
workplace requirements and customer specifications for meat meal
Assessment must be conducted in an operating rendering plant.
Competency has to be demonstrated by operating a meat meal mill at normal production rates.
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.