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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify the steps in offal processing in the plant
   • Identify types of offal processed, their uses and markets
   • Identify steps in processing, packing and storage of offal
   • Identify types of packaging
   • Identify chutes and bins used in the offal room
   • Identify storage locations and requirements
2. Identify production requirements
   • Identify and explain production requirements for offal
   • Identify regulatory requirements and customer specifications for offal
   • Identify and explain specific hygiene and sanitation requirements for offal processing areas
   • Identify and explain specific workplace health and safety requirements for offal processing areas
   • Identify types and sources of offal contamination

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must explain processing of offal in abattoirs, the uses of offal and the hygiene, Quality Assurance (QA) and workplace health and safety requirements for offal processing areas.

The candidate must:

identify types of offal processed at the plant

identify and explain all the steps in offal processing in the plant

identify and explain all the plant offal processing production requirements

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Knowledge Evidence

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

defects in offal and procedures for reporting defects

importance of the storage procedures for offal

nature and importance of customer trim specifications and grades

uses of edible offal including for pharmaceuticals and human consumption

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