Assessor Resource

AMPA3049
Slice and trim leg - small stock

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Version 1.0
Issue Date: March 2024


This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to slice and trim relevant cuts of meat from small stock legs, including sheep, pigs, goats, game animals such as kangaroos, wallabies and other small stock processed for human consumption or pet meat.

This unit is applicable to workers in boning rooms, food service operations, smallgoods plants, wholesale and retail operations.

All work should be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, customer requirements and product specifications.

This unit applies to individuals who work under broad direction and take responsibility for their own work including limited responsibility for the work of others. They provide and communicate solutions to a range of predictable problems.

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. Identify specifications for cuts

1.1 Determine specifications for cuts using cut descriptions according to regulatory requirements, customer specifications and workplace requirements

2. Slice and trim primary meat cuts

2.1 Slice primary meat cuts into finished meat cuts according to specifications and work instructions

2.2 Meet workplace health and safety requirements including the safe and effective use of knives and safe manual handling techniques

2.3 Follow dropped meat procedures in accordance with workplace requirements

3. Identify and remove defects

3.1 Identify, remove and report defects according to government regulations and workplace standards

3.2 Report persistent defects to supervisor in accordance with work instructions

The candidate must slice and trim relevant cuts of meat from small stock legs, such as from sheep, pigs, goats, game animals such as kangaroos, wallabies and other small stock processed for human consumption or pet meat.

The candidate must:

slice and trim the legs according to specifications and work instructions

check the accuracy of cutting lines

identify contamination and take corrective action

identify contamination or abnormalities and handle according to workplace and regulatory requirements

identify finished cuts

comply with workplace health and safety requirements

apply relevant communication skills when reporting to supervisors and interacting with team members

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

primal or sub primal cutting lines as they relate to workplace specifications and regulatory requirements

basic anatomy of small stock relevant to cutting lines

how yield is calculated and why it is important

regulatory requirements as they relate to carcase cutting lines

relevant specifications for meat cuts sliced and trimmed from legs

Assessment must be conducted in an operating and registered meat processing plant or premises.

Competency must be demonstrated at the normal rate of production for that plant.

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 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. Identify specifications for cuts

1.1 Determine specifications for cuts using cut descriptions according to regulatory requirements, customer specifications and workplace requirements

2. Slice and trim primary meat cuts

2.1 Slice primary meat cuts into finished meat cuts according to specifications and work instructions

2.2 Meet workplace health and safety requirements including the safe and effective use of knives and safe manual handling techniques

2.3 Follow dropped meat procedures in accordance with workplace requirements

3. Identify and remove defects

3.1 Identify, remove and report defects according to government regulations and workplace standards

3.2 Report persistent defects to supervisor in accordance with work instructions

The candidate must slice and trim relevant cuts of meat from small stock legs, such as from sheep, pigs, goats, game animals such as kangaroos, wallabies and other small stock processed for human consumption or pet meat.

The candidate must:

slice and trim the legs according to specifications and work instructions

check the accuracy of cutting lines

identify contamination and take corrective action

identify contamination or abnormalities and handle according to workplace and regulatory requirements

identify finished cuts

comply with workplace health and safety requirements

apply relevant communication skills when reporting to supervisors and interacting with team members

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

primal or sub primal cutting lines as they relate to workplace specifications and regulatory requirements

basic anatomy of small stock relevant to cutting lines

how yield is calculated and why it is important

regulatory requirements as they relate to carcase cutting lines

relevant specifications for meat cuts sliced and trimmed from legs

Assessment must be conducted in an operating and registered meat processing plant or premises.

Competency must be demonstrated at the normal rate of production for that plant.

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
Determine specifications for cuts using cut descriptions according to regulatory requirements, customer specifications and workplace requirements 
Slice primary meat cuts into finished meat cuts according to specifications and work instructions 
Meet workplace health and safety requirements including the safe and effective use of knives and safe manual handling techniques 
Follow dropped meat procedures in accordance with workplace requirements 
Identify, remove and report defects according to government regulations and workplace standards 
Report persistent defects to supervisor in accordance with work instructions 

Forms

Assessment Cover Sheet

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