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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify specifications for cuts
   • Identify specifications for cuts including those from the hindquarter and forequarter using cut descriptions according to regulatory standards, customer and workplace requirements
2. Remove primal cuts from the carcase
   • Remove primal cuts from carcase including those from the hindquarter and forequarter according to work instructions and specifications
   • Bone product in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements including those associated with the activation and use of mechanical aids, safe manual handling techniques, and the safe and effective use of a knife
   • Cut primal lines in compliance with regulatory requirements
   • Deal with meat safety and quality hazards according to work instructions and workplace procedures
   • Cut primals to maximise yield
   • Follow workplace requirements for the activation and use of mechanical aids
3. Identify and remove defects
   • Trim and deal with defects and contamination 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 remove all the primal cuts from a large stock carcase such as from beef, horse and buffalo while utilising mechanical aids.

The candidate must:

confirm specifications including customer and workplace requirements

demonstrate correct equipment set up, handling and basic maintenance requirements, where part of work instructions

bone a carcase into a broad range of primal cuts from the forequarter and hindquarter in accordance with workplace requirements

use mechanical aids in the boning process in accordance with workplace requirements

identify contamination and handle according to workplace requirements

check and correct the accuracy of cutting lines

comply with workplace health and safety 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:

structure of the carcase as it relates to cutting lines

personal hygiene and dropped meat procedures

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

primal specifications

procedure for cuts required to maximise yield for a given carcase

work instruction for the removal of all primals to desired specifications.

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