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AMPA3063
Bone small stock carcase - shoulder

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Version 1.0
Issue Date: March 2024


This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to remove primal cuts from the shoulder of a small stock carcase. Species covered by this unit include sheep, goats, pigs, kangaroos and any other small stock species processed.

This unit is applicable to those boning small stock shoulders. Workers will be employed in boning rooms, food services, 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.

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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 standards, customer specifications and workplace requirements

2. Bone shoulder

2.1 Slice and remove primal cuts from the carcase according to work instructions and specifications

2.2 Slice and remove primal cuts from the carcase according to workplace health and safety requirements including the safe and effective use of a knife and following safe manual handling techniques

2.3 Cut primal lines in compliance with regulatory requirements

2.4 Handle meat safety and quality hazards according to workplace procedures

2.5 Cut primals to maximise yield

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

Candidates must consistently bone small stock carcase shoulders at production speed.

Candidates must:

operate equipment in accordance with workplace requirements

correctly identify the cut specifications

bone the shoulder in accordance with workplace requirements

check and correct, where necessary, the accuracy of cutting lines

identify and remove defects

apply communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

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

structure of the carcase and identify primal cutting lines

procedure for removal of all primals to desired specifications

sources of contamination and cross-contamination and the ways of minimising it

importance of and technique required to maximise yield from a carcase

work instructions and dropped meat procedures

carcase defects and appropriate corrective actions.

Competency must be demonstrated in an operating meat processing plant or facility at normal production speed.

Assessment must occur in a registered meat processing plant or facility.

As a minimum, the following three forms of assessment must be used:

demonstration in the workplace or simulated environment

quiz of underpinning knowledge

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 standards, customer specifications and workplace requirements

2. Bone shoulder

2.1 Slice and remove primal cuts from the carcase according to work instructions and specifications

2.2 Slice and remove primal cuts from the carcase according to workplace health and safety requirements including the safe and effective use of a knife and following safe manual handling techniques

2.3 Cut primal lines in compliance with regulatory requirements

2.4 Handle meat safety and quality hazards according to workplace procedures

2.5 Cut primals to maximise yield

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

Candidates must consistently bone small stock carcase shoulders at production speed.

Candidates must:

operate equipment in accordance with workplace requirements

correctly identify the cut specifications

bone the shoulder in accordance with workplace requirements

check and correct, where necessary, the accuracy of cutting lines

identify and remove defects

apply communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

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

structure of the carcase and identify primal cutting lines

procedure for removal of all primals to desired specifications

sources of contamination and cross-contamination and the ways of minimising it

importance of and technique required to maximise yield from a carcase

work instructions and dropped meat procedures

carcase defects and appropriate corrective actions.

Competency must be demonstrated in an operating meat processing plant or facility at normal production speed.

Assessment must occur in a registered meat processing plant or facility.

As a minimum, the following three forms of assessment must be used:

demonstration in the workplace or simulated environment

quiz of underpinning knowledge

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 standards, customer specifications and workplace requirements 
Slice and remove primal cuts from the carcase according to work instructions and specifications 
Slice and remove primal cuts from the carcase according to workplace health and safety requirements including the safe and effective use of a knife and following safe manual handling techniques 
Cut primal lines in compliance with regulatory requirements 
Handle meat safety and quality hazards according to workplace procedures 
Cut primals to maximise yield 
Identify, remove and report defects according to government regulations and workplace standards 
Report persistent defects to supervisor in accordance with work instructions 

Forms

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