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AMPR201
Break and cut product using a bandsaw

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Version 1.0
Issue Date: March 2024


This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to break and cut products using a bandsaw.

This unit is applicable to workers in meat processing plants, smallgoods factories, boning rooms, food services operations, knackeries, game processing plants, wholesale and retail operations.

All training must be conducted in accordance with Australian meat industry standards and regulations.

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

This unit applies to individuals who work under general supervision and exercise limited autonomy with 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.

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



Evidence Required

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. Break carcase into specified cuts using a bandsaw

1.1 Follow cutting lines for breaking of product according to workplace health and safety, hygiene, Quality Assurance (QA), and workplace requirements

1.2 Cut carcase into standard primal cuts according to workplace, workplace health and safety, hygiene and QA requirements

2. Cut product using a bandsaw

2.1 Cut product according to workplace, workplace health and safety, and hygiene and sanitation requirements

3. Hang and store product

3.1 Hang product according to workplace requirements

3.2 Store product according to workplace requirements

Evidence must demonstrate the candidate's consistency of performance over time at production speed.

The candidate must:

assemble and operate a bandsaw to manufacturer's, workplace and workplace health and safety requirements

complete a safety check on the bandsaw

ensure the safety of team members while working with a bandsaw

report equipment faults, either verbally or in writing, according to workplace requirements

use hanging and hooking techniques according to workplace health and safety, hygiene and sanitation, QA and workplace requirements

store and rotate meat product according to workplace requirements

seek advice from appropriate resources before using bandsaw on new products

work effectively individually or as part of a team

use relevant communication skills

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

primal cuts of carcase

principles of storage and rotation of product according to workplace and regulatory requirements

cutting lines for breaking carcase according to specifications

safety procedures related to use of bandsaw

Competency must be demonstrated over time and under typical operating and production conditions for the enterprise.

Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal enterprise conditions or in a simulated environment.

Where the candidate cannot use a bandsaw in their usual place of work they must complete the requirements of the unit in an alternative work placement or in a simulated environment.

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 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. Break carcase into specified cuts using a bandsaw

1.1 Follow cutting lines for breaking of product according to workplace health and safety, hygiene, Quality Assurance (QA), and workplace requirements

1.2 Cut carcase into standard primal cuts according to workplace, workplace health and safety, hygiene and QA requirements

2. Cut product using a bandsaw

2.1 Cut product according to workplace, workplace health and safety, and hygiene and sanitation requirements

3. Hang and store product

3.1 Hang product according to workplace requirements

3.2 Store product according to workplace requirements

Evidence must demonstrate the candidate's consistency of performance over time at production speed.

The candidate must:

assemble and operate a bandsaw to manufacturer's, workplace and workplace health and safety requirements

complete a safety check on the bandsaw

ensure the safety of team members while working with a bandsaw

report equipment faults, either verbally or in writing, according to workplace requirements

use hanging and hooking techniques according to workplace health and safety, hygiene and sanitation, QA and workplace requirements

store and rotate meat product according to workplace requirements

seek advice from appropriate resources before using bandsaw on new products

work effectively individually or as part of a team

use relevant communication skills

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

primal cuts of carcase

principles of storage and rotation of product according to workplace and regulatory requirements

cutting lines for breaking carcase according to specifications

safety procedures related to use of bandsaw

Competency must be demonstrated over time and under typical operating and production conditions for the enterprise.

Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal enterprise conditions or in a simulated environment.

Where the candidate cannot use a bandsaw in their usual place of work they must complete the requirements of the unit in an alternative work placement or in a simulated environment.

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 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
Follow cutting lines for breaking of product according to workplace health and safety, hygiene, Quality Assurance (QA), and workplace requirements 
Cut carcase into standard primal cuts according to workplace, workplace health and safety, hygiene and QA requirements 
Cut product according to workplace, workplace health and safety, and hygiene and sanitation requirements 
Hang product according to workplace requirements 
Store product according to workplace requirements 
Follow cutting lines for breaking of product according to workplace health and safety, hygiene, Quality Assurance (QA), and workplace requirements 
Cut carcase into standard primal cuts according to workplace, workplace health and safety, hygiene and QA requirements 
Cut product according to workplace, workplace health and safety, and hygiene and sanitation requirements 
Hang product according to workplace requirements 
Store product according to workplace requirements 

Forms

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