This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to manually link and tie meat products.

Operators in smallgoods plants require this unit where they are required to manually link and tie products such as sausages, frankfurts, salamis and Strasbourg.

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

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

This unit must be delivered and assessed in the context of Australian meat industry 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)

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. Link and tie product	1.1 Link and tie product at a rate similar to workplace production requirements 1.2 Link product in accordance with product specifications and workplace requirements 1.3 Link and tie product according to regulatory, workplace health and safety, and hygiene requirements 1.4 Hang product according to workplace requirements

The candidate must manually link and tie meat products.

The candidate must:

follow the requirements of the work instruction

work at production speed

link and tie product to workplace, health and safety, and hygiene requirements

handle knives safely and effectively (as required)

identify, remove and report defective products to workplace requirements

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

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

rationale for linking, tying and hanging products

workplace requirements for dealing with waste products and broken casings

applicable regulatory requirements

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

Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal production conditions.

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

workplace demonstration

workplace referee’s observation of performance over time

quiz, question and answer

Assessors must satisfy the current standards for RTOs.

List each assessment task's title, type (eg project, observation/demonstration, essay, assingnment, checklist) and due date here

Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.

Element	Performance criteria
Elements describe the essential outcomes.	Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1. Link and tie product	1.1 Link and tie product at a rate similar to workplace production requirements 1.2 Link product in accordance with product specifications and workplace requirements 1.3 Link and tie product according to regulatory, workplace health and safety, and hygiene requirements 1.4 Hang product according to workplace requirements

The candidate must manually link and tie meat products.

The candidate must:

follow the requirements of the work instruction

work at production speed

link and tie product to workplace, health and safety, and hygiene requirements

handle knives safely and effectively (as required)

identify, remove and report defective products to workplace requirements

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

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

rationale for linking, tying and hanging products

workplace requirements for dealing with waste products and broken casings

applicable regulatory requirements

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

Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal production conditions.

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

workplace demonstration

workplace referee’s observation of performance over time

quiz, question and answer

Assessors must satisfy the current standards for RTOs.

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice	Yes	No	Comments/feedback
Link and tie product at a rate similar to workplace production requirements
Link product in accordance with product specifications and workplace requirements
Link and tie product according to regulatory, workplace health and safety, and hygiene requirements
Hang product according to workplace requirements

Assessment Cover Sheet

AMPS213 - Manually link and tie product

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Assessment Record Sheet

AMPS213 - Manually link and tie product

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