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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Confirm equipment settings
   • Put in place and secure automated equipment safety guards.
   • Select and confirm equipment settings in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements.
2. Operate equipment for scalding or de-hairing
   • Power scalding or de-hairing equipment in accordance with regulatory and workplace requirements.
   • Operate scalding or de-hairing equipment in accordance with workplace and manufacturer's specifications.
   • Operate scalding or de-hairing equipment in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements.
   • Operate equipment within its capacity and the capacity of the operator.
   • Scald and de-hair carcase to workplace requirements.
3. Identify and report defects
   • Monitor carcases leaving the process to ensure de-hairing meets workplace requirements.
   • Monitor defects and take corrective action in accordance with workplace requirements.

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must operate scalding and de-hairing equipment.

The candidate must:

operate and monitor de-hairer according to manufacturer's specifications and work instructions

monitor defects in processing and take corrective action

report defects in accordance with workplace requirements

use communication skills relevant to the task

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Knowledge Evidence

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

defects to be identified and reported in accordance with workplace requirements

workplace health and safety requirements of operating machinery

potential sources of contamination and ways of preventing it

work instructions related to operating scalding or de-hairing equipment

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