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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Clean carcase hanging equipment
   • Rotate hanging equipment through cleaning, rinsing and, where applicable, oiling tanks, in accordance with workplace requirements
   • Handle cleaning chemicals in accordance with manufacturer's specifications and workplace health and safety requirements
   • Identify and deal with damaged spreaders, gambles and any other hanging equipment in accordance with workplace requirements
   • Monitor and adjust level and concentration of cleaning tank to ensure complete sanitising of iron work
   • Identify workplace health and safety risks and follow specified procedures
   • Follow workplace health and safety requirements related to chemical and manual handling hazards when loading and unloading tanks
   • Use hoists in accordance with manufacturer's specifications, workplace and workplace health and safety requirements
2. Maintain flow of equipment cleaning process
   • Inspect hanging equipment for damage and when necessary, sent for repair or disposal
   • Return spreaders, gambles and any other hanging equipment to the slaughter floor promptly
   • Process and handle spreaders, gambles and any other hanging equipment to avoid damage
   • Keep work area neat and clean with clear segregation of sanitised and non-sanitised iron work
   • Promptly report difficulties encountered with maintaining the flow through the cleaning process promptly to the supervisor

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must clean hanging equipment such as rollers, gambrels, spreaders, shackles and hooks which are either iron or plastic.

The candidate must:

inspect hanging equipment thoroughly for damage

correctly use mechanical handling aids where appropriate

demonstrate the capacity to clean hanging equipment

adjust cleaning materials and process to suit the variety of materials to be cleaned

maintain a clean and neat work area

follow the cleaning procedure for iron work as described in work instructions

despatch hanging equipment promptly to slaughter floor

maintain the flow of hanging equipment through the cleaning process

report damage of hanging equipment requiring repair or disposal either orally or in writing according to work instructions

report any difficulties to supervisor

co-operate and communicate with team members to maintain flow through the cleaning process

apply relevant regulatory requirements

use relevant communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

work in a safe manner with due regard to the cleaning chemicals used, manual handling dangers and any other workplace health and safety requirements.

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Knowledge Evidence

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

cleaning and sanitising process for hanging equipment

function of hanging equipment in production

need for adequate sanitising of the hanging equipment

need for oiling of the iron work (where applicable)

relevant regulatory requirements

workplace health and safety requirements for cleaning hanging equipment

workplace health and safety hazards and precautions of working in this area

consequences of not returning the hanging equipment promptly to the slaughter floor

repercussions of faulty or damaged hanging equipment returning to the slaughter floor

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