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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify specifications for cuts
   • Determine specifications for cuts using cut descriptions according to regulatory requirements, customer specifications and workplace requirements.
2. Break carcase using a bandsaw
   • Position carcase securely and safely.
   • Split carcase, then remove shoulders, middles and legs according to work instructions and specifications.
   • Split carcase in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements including the use of safe manual handling techniques and the safe use of a bandsaw.
3. Identify and remove defects
   • Trim defects and contamination and deal with according to workplace requirements.
   • Report persistent defects to supervisors in accordance with work instructions.

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must break a carcase using a bandsaw.

The candidate must:

break a carcase using a bandsaw according to work instructions and specifications for one or more species

apply workplace health and safety requirements

check and adjust the accuracy of cutting lines

use correct techniques for handling hot and/or chilled product

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

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

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Knowledge Evidence

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

workplace health and safety requirements relevant to the task

cutting lines as they relate to the structure of the carcase

dropped meat procedures

how yield is calculated and why it is important

procedure for removal of all primals to desired specifications

work instructions for breaking a carcase in the workplace.

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