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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify specifications for cuts
   • Determine specifications for forequarter cuts using cut descriptions according to regulatory requirements, customer specifications and workplace requirements
2. Remove primal cuts from forequarter of carcase
   • Remove primal cuts from carcase according to workplace requirements and specifications
   • Cut primal lines in compliance with regulatory requirements
   • Deal with meat safety and quality hazards according to workplace procedures
   • Remove primal cuts from carcase according to workplace health and safety requirements including safe manual handling techniques and safe effective use of a knife
   • Cut primals from a carcase using a technique that maximises yield
3. Identify, remove and trim defects
   • Identify and deal with defects and contamination according to workplace requirements
   • Report persistent defects in carcases to a supervisor in accordance with work instructions

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must remove primal cuts from the forequarter of large stock carcases, such as beef, horse, buffalo

The candidate must:

demonstrate the procedure for boning large stock carcase forequarter primal cuts in accordance with workplace requirements

bone product in safe and hygienic manner

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

maintain the accuracy of cutting lines

use equipment correctly

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

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Knowledge Evidence

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

personal hygiene, dropped meat and workplace health and safety procedures

primal cutting lines as they relate to the structure of the large stock carcase

regulatory, workplace and meat safety procedures and specifications

boning procedure for cuts that is required to maximise yield for a given carcase

procedure for removal of all forequarter primals to desired specifications

carcase defects and the corrective action to be taken

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