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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Receive stock
   • Receive accompanying documentation and check for completeness
   • Carry out physical check of received stock (head count) against the National Vendor Declaration (NVD), Post Sale Summary (PSS) or Waybill
   • Check PSS for statuses and implement company procedures where relevant
2. Check NLIS devices
   • Check for presence of NLIS devices
   • Implement workplace procedure for untagged stock
   • Record information for state jurisdictions (if required)
   • Notify state authority (if required) when non-compliance is detected
3. Communicate issues/matters arising to internal management
   • Use established workplace communication processes
   • Complete records of issues/matters arising and actions taken according to enterprise requirements

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must manage (National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) data for stock identified with Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFIDs) from the point of arrival at an abattoir and whilst they are in lairage.

The candidate must:

receive stock

check NLIS devices

communicate issues/matters arising to internal management

read and interpret a pre-sale catalogue or vendor declaration

read and interpret an NVD and PSS

use communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to interact with agents or transporters, raise and explain issues and problems

use negotiation skills to resolve issues such as problems with original location, incomplete NVDs or Property Identification Codes (PICs)

use mathematical skills to verify stock arriving against number listed on NVD/PSS

take appropriate steps to minimise workplace health and safety risks when working with livestock

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Knowledge Evidence

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

the NLIS system, including the origin and nature of the system, its commercial importance, role in food safety and importing country requirements, role in traceability

NLIS regulatory requirements in relation to abattoirs

purpose, nature of and regulations underpinning the use of PICs

NLIS devices including Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFIDs) and boluses, and their purpose and function in the NLIS

status, abbreviations and what they mean, and the required actions to be taken in response

how to deal with problems of original location

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