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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Identify specifications for cuts
  2. Identify and remove defects

Range Statement


Performance Evidence

The candidate must remove primal cuts from the leg of a small stock carcase.

The candidate must:

bone out the legs according to specifications and work instructions

check the accuracy of cutting lines

identify contamination and take corrective action

identify primals containing contamination or abnormalities and handle according to workplace and regulatory requirements

identify finished primal cuts

comply with workplace health and safety requirements

apply communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) when reporting to supervisors and interacting with team members

use equipment correctly


Knowledge Evidence

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

dropped meat procedures

workplace health and safety requirements for boning small stock

procedure for cuts required to maximise yields for a given carcase

structure of the carcase and cutting lines

work instruction for the removal of all primals to desired specifications

workplace and customer specifications

carcase defects and corrective actions to be taken

sources of contamination and cross-contamination and the ways of minimising the contamination