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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Skin sheep head
   • Skin sheep head to workplace requirements
   • Skin sheep head to workplace health and safety, and hygiene and sanitation requirements
   • Remove pelt cleanly
   • Skin sheep head without contamination or cross-contamination
   • Use nose roller in accordance with work instructions
   • Dispose of waste in accordance with workplace requirements
   • Clean and sanitise, and follow basic maintenance program for the nose roller in accordance with workplace requirements

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must operate a nose roller or similar machine to mechanically skin a sheep head.

The candidate must:

demonstrate the basic start-up operations and routine maintenance as prescribed in the work instructions

operate the nose roller in accordance with work instructions

operate the nose roller in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements

clean and sanitise, and follow basic maintenance program for the nose roller in accordance with workplace requirements

dispose of waste in accordance with workplace requirements

keep work area clean and tidy

apply relevant regulatory requirements

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Knowledge Evidence

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

workplace health and safety requirements associated with nose roller

basic operation of nose roller

uses of head meat and offal

work instruction for operating a nose roller

relevant regulatory requirements

sources of contamination of heads

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