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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify specifications for cuts
   • Determine specifications for cuts using cut descriptions according to regulatory standards, customer specifications and workplace requirements
2. Slice and trim primary meat cuts
   • Slice primary meat cuts into finished meat cuts according to specifications and work instructions
   • Slice primary meat cuts into finished meat cuts following workplace health and safety requirements including safe manual handling techniques and the safe and effective use of knives
   • Follow dropped meat procedures in accordance with workplace requirements
   • Take corrective action to ensure out-of-specification product is not forwarded for packing
3. Identify and remove defects
   • Identify, remove and deport defects according to government regulations and workplace standards
   • Report persistent defects to supervisor in accordance with work instructions

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must slice and trim the relevant cuts of meat from the shoulder of a small stock carcase.

The candidate must:

slice and trim small stock shoulder as specified in the work instruction

check and adjust the accuracy of small stock cutting lines

identify primal cuts

identify out-of-specification product

apply relevant regulatory requirements

report defects accurately, promptly and in accordance with work instructions

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

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Knowledge Evidence

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

primal or sub primal cutting lines as they relate to workplace specifications and regulatory requirements

basic anatomy relevant to cutting lines

how yield is calculated and why it is important

causes of defects and out-of-specification products

relevant regulatory requirements.

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