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Elements and Performance Criteria
Range Statement
Performance Evidence
Evidence must demonstrate the candidate’s consistency of performance over time.
The candidate must:undertake market research, including determining:demographic make-up of local areaspecific religious needs of local area, including halal or kosher meatsspecific cuts of meat preferred by major local cultural groupspreferences for organic meatspreferences for value-added products or basic meat cutsmore sophisticated expectations of product including brands that promote good animal welfare practices, environmentally-friendly production and processing, Australian made and owned productspreferences for particular species, including game meatprices they are prepared to pay for meatwhat is sold by competitorsuse appropriate research methodology, including internet research, questionnaires, observations, conversations with customers, other local residents, local council data, suppliers or other industry members, existing market research dataresearch suppliers and brands for product features and supply chain policies and practicesseek advice from appropriate sources when introducing/investigating new product linesapply communication skills relevant to the taskapply mathematical skills to determine economic viability of various product linesapply relevant workplace health and safety and regulatory requirementsreport findings and make recommendations based on market research and accurate cost/price/profit calculations to senior staff membersprovide sound information to customers about product lines, brands and supply chain, using appropriate language and showing sensitivity to cultural differences research and follow cutting specifications for non-standard meat cutsprovide sound information to customers on link between specialised brands and product costdemonstrate effective interpersonal skills in providing advice to customersdemonstrate awareness of cultural and ethnic differences and respond appropriately
Knowledge Evidence