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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Overview runner processing
   • Identify steps in processing the runners
   • Identify uses of runners
   • Identify and explain runner specifications, defects and grading
   • Identify and comply with hygiene and sanitation requirements for the runner room
   • Identify and comply with workplace health and safety requirements for the runner room
2. Hang digestive tract on carousel
   • Take digestive tract from holding bins and hang on carousel, where part of work instructions
3. Strip runners from digestive tract
   • Strip and place runners in ringers according to workplace requirements
   • Remove waste material on carousel and place in inedible bin or chute
4. Wash, grade and pack runners
   • Wash runners and strip excess water
   • Count runners into bins
   • Inspect runners for defects and grade
   • Add brine mix or salt to bins and seal bins in accordance with workplace requirements

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must process runners as part of a runner room operation.

The candidate must:

process runners to workplace requirements

comply with hygiene and sanitation requirements

demonstrate measures to minimise contamination

identify defects in runners including disease, damage and contamination

store runners according to workplace procedures and specifications

dispose of runners not fit for consumption in the appropriate chute or bin

apply relevant regulatory requirements

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Knowledge Evidence

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

hygiene and sanitation requirements

runner specifications and grading

sources of contamination and cross-contamination

relevant regulatory requirements

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