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. Describe the symptoms of the major emergency diseases as they relate to food animals | 1.1 Identify the major emergency diseases of food animals processed in Australia 1.2 Describe the impact of emergency diseases on the meat industry 1.3 Describe the symptoms of these major emergency diseases as they may be seen at ante-mortem 1.4 Describe the symptoms of these major emergency diseases as they may be seen at post-mortem |
2. Identify the reporting process for suspected emergency diseases | 2.1 Explain the responsibilities for reporting emergency disease suspects as set out in the enterprise’s emergency disease preparedness plan 2.2 Describe a meat processing enterprise’s responsibilities after reporting a suspected emergency disease outbreak 2.3 Explain the role of AUSVET Plan in controlling emergency diseases 2.4 Describe the potential impact of emergency diseases on the livestock and meat industry |
The candidate must recognise the symptoms of emergency diseases and conditions which might be seen during the performance of meat inspection procedures.
The candidate must:
identify the major emergency disease risks to the food animal species relevant to the students duties
identify the symptoms of these emergency diseases
explain the reporting requirements when an emergency disease is suspected in livestock or carcases
explain the steps to be taken by a meat processing company in the event of a suspected outbreak of an emergency disease
explain the steps to be taken by regulators when there is a suspected outbreak of an emergency disease
The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:
the major emergency diseases of food species animals
the symptoms of the major emergency diseases of food species animals
the reporting requirements when an emergency disease is suspected in livestock or carcases
the steps to be taken by a meat processing enterprise in the event of a suspected outbreak of an emergency disease and how they are to be implemented
the AUSVET plan and the role of regulators, companies and producers in the event of an the reporting requirements when an emergency disease is suspected in livestock or carcases
the steps to be taken by regulators when there is a suspected outbreak of an emergency disease
the enterprise’s emergency disease preparedness plan
Competency must be demonstrated on the actual carcase and viscera of at least one species of food animal as well as from models or diagrams of the other food animal species. The species covered must include as a minimum cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry and kangaroos. Other food species could include any other species slaughtered or harvested legally in Australia for human consumption.
Assessment may occur in the workplace or in a suitable teaching environment.
A minimum of three different forms of assessment must be used. These should take the form of:
quiz of underpinning knowledge
identification of signs and symptoms of diseases in different species from images and diagrams
assignment
Assessors must satisfy the current standards for RTOs.