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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Prepare to transport food
  2. Transport food

Range Statement


Performance Evidence

The candidate must transport meat and/or meat products.

The candidate must:

prepare to transport food, including:

confirming that food holding containers or receptacles meet workplace hygiene standards

confirming that equipment used to maintain the required environment during transport is ready for use

food parameters (including temperature, loading and unloading areas, and containers and receptacles) are met prior to loading, transporting and unloading

confirming vehicle and associated equipment are ready to transport food

load and unload food as required by work responsibility by following procedures to ensure that food is loaded and unloaded in correct sequence and configuration and that food cannot become contaminated by being located in proximity to other food or non-food items

maintain work area and vehicles in a tidy state to meet workplace requirements

transport food safely

observe relevant workplace health and safety requirements

locate and follow workplace information relating to food safety responsibilities

identify and implement the methods and procedures used to control food safety hazards

monitor food safety hazards as required by workplace requirements

record results of monitoring and maintain records as required by the food safety program

report non-conformance and/or unusual circumstances which could affect food safety

take appropriate corrective action in response to failure to meet food safety requirements as required by workplace procedures

undertake record-keeping responsibilities relating to food safety

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

use work instructions to find advice on food safety responsibilities relating to own work


Knowledge Evidence

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

characteristics of food transported as they affect loading and handling of food and the potential for cross-contamination resulting from location in proximity to other food or non-food items that are transported

procedures and responsibilities for food safety relating to own work

non-conformance and/or unusual circumstances which could affect food safety

microbiological, physical and chemical hazards that can occur when loading, transporting and unloading food, including the types of hazards likely to occur, the conditions under which they occur and possible consequences

environmental conditions necessary to maintain food safety

methods and procedures used to control food safety hazards