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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Perform preparatory cuts
   • Select legs for de-boning according to workplace specifications
   • Inspect legs for defects and trim or dispose of defects in accordance with workplace requirements
   • Make preparatory cuts prior to mechanical boning
2. Prepare and maintain boning machinery
   • Perform routine checks and maintenance according to manufacturer's requirements and work instructions
   • Report faulty or out-of-specification performance of machinery to appropriate personnel
3. De-bone legs
   • Secure legs
   • Operate mechanical boning machinery in accordance with work instructions, to minimise waste and meet workplace product quality requirements
   • Identify and follow workplace health and safety requirements
   • Dispose of bones in accordance with workplace requirements
   • Complete workplace housekeeping requirements

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must operate a leg boning machine.

The candidate must:

prepare leg boning machine for operation

perform preparatory cuts according to work instructions

trim defects as required in work instructions

disassemble, clean, sanitise and maintain machine to workplace requirements

operate boning machine including routine checks and maintenance included in workplace requirements

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

apply relevant regulatory requirements.

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Knowledge Evidence

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

how yield is calculated and why it is important

hygiene and sanitation requirements for the operation of a mechanical boner

workplace health and safety requirements for mechanical boning, include emergency shut-down procedures

specifications for mechanically boned leg product

purpose and location of preparatory cuts on leg to be boned

relevant regulatory requirements as they apply to the task

work instructions relating to mechanical leg boning

potential defects and explain their causes.

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