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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Validate the kill sheet with slaughter floor staff
  2. Upload data to the NLIS database
  3. Check NLIS data upload history
  4. Respond to email errors

Range Statement


Performance Evidence

The candidate must manage the reporting of slaughter data to the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) data base.

The candidate must:

validate the kill sheet with slaughter floor staff

upload data to the NLIS database

check NLIS data upload history

respond to email errors

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

validate the kill sheet

upload slaughter data to the NLIS database

resolve upload problems

raise and explain issues and problems with slaughter floor staff

use negotiation skills to resolve issues

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


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

sources of errors with slaughter data

NLIS uploading procedures

NLIS rules for responding to error emails

on-site data storage procedures

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