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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Recover and store blood
   • Recover blood hygienically according to work instructions and relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
   • Recover blood safely according to workplace and health and safety requirements
   • Store blood prior to processing according to workplace requirements
2. Process blood
   • Perform pre-operational checks on equipment to workplace requirements
   • Process blood according to workplace hygiene requirements
   • Process blood safely according to workplace health and safety policies and procedures
3. Pack and store blood products
   • Pack blood hygienically according to workplace requirements
   • Store packaged blood products according to workplace requirements and customer specifications

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must collect blood from the slaughter floor, process it using equipment such as a centrifuge to recover blood plasma and package the product.

The candidate must:

collect and process blood hygienically, safely and in accordance with:

relevant regulatory requirements

SOPs

work instructions

workplace health and safety requirements

operate processing equipment in accordance with workplace and manufacturer's requirements

use relevant workplace machinery correctly

pack and store blood products according to workplace requirements

apply relevant mathematical skills to ensure processing, packaging and storage requirements are met

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Knowledge Evidence

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

nature and uses of blood products produced

relevant work instructions and SOPs

ways of minimising contamination and cross-contamination

workplace health and safety policies and procedures

workplace and manufacturer's requirements for operating processing equipment

workplace health and safety hazards and ways of minimising them

sources of contamination and cross-contamination

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