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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify offal
   • Identify different types of offal, including edible and inedible offal, according to workplace requirements
2. Separate offal into edible and inedible offal
   • Separate offal and sort into edible and inedible offal according to workplace requirements
   • Identify offal that is fit for human consumption (where applicable) and pass to appropriate area for processing according to workplace requirements
   • Separate gall bladder from liver
   • Wash offal that may have sustained damage, where applicable
   • Identify condemned offal according to inspection brands or marking
   • Place offal in chutes or bins according to workplace requirements

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must separate offal into edible and inedible types (including pet meat).

The candidate must:

identify the various organs processed on the viscera table

separate offal to hygiene and sanitation, workplace, Quality Assurance (QA) and workplace health and safety requirements

identify condemnation marks on offal

handle offal to avoid bile, ingesta, excreta or content contamination

dispose of inedible offal in appropriate bins or chutes

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, workplace, QA and workplace health and safety requirements associated with separating offal on the slaughter floor

impact of contamination of edible offal on further processing

importance of accurate separation of offal on the viscera table

relevant regulatory requirements

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