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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Remove hide or pelt from head
   • Remove hide or pelt from head in accordance with workplace requirements
   • Remove hide or pelt from head leaving underlying muscle undamaged
   • Remove hide or pelt from head in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements
   • Identify and manage sources of contamination and cross-contamination according to workplace requirements

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must manually remove the hide or pelt from a head.

The candidate must:

use sterilisation techniques required prior to and during the skinning of the head

skin the head to workplace requirements

work cleanly and to avoid the risks of contamination of the head and carcase

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

keep work area clean and tidy

dispose of hide or pelt in accordance with work instructions

identify sources of contamination and cross-contamination and rectify accordingly

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Knowledge Evidence

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

workplace requirements for removing hide or pelt from head

consequences of incorrectly removing hide or pelt from head

use of head meat

relevant regulatory requirements

workplace health and safety requirements related to removing hide or pelt from head

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