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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Select meat product
   • Select meat product to be placed in casing to product specifications, hygiene and sanitation, workplace and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements
2. Fill casings
   • Select appropriate casings and filling nozzle (where appropriate) according to workplace requirements and product specifications
   • Fill casings to consistency required by product specifications, hygiene and sanitation, workplace and QA requirements
   • Identify, remove and report defective product to workplace requirements
3. Operate metal detector
   • Operate metal detector (where appropriate) to workplace requirements and manufacturer's specifications
4. Form product
   • Shape and form product according to product specifications, workplace, hygiene and sanitation, QA and customer requirements
   • Shape and form a variety of products to production requirements
5. Link or twist, clip and net product
   • Link or twist product to meet product specifications
   • Perform clipping according to specifications
   • Form product according to specifications
   • Shape and net products (if required) according to product specifications
   • Remove defective products from production and report according to workplace requirements

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must manually shape and form products into a specified shape.

The candidate must:

follow the requirements of the work instruction

work to production speed

correctly fill a range of product lines in terms of:

casing

clips

length

tension

weight

shape and form a range of products to product specifications, workplace, hygiene and sanitation, QA and customer requirements

demonstrate operation, adjustments and actions of filling machine to address faults

operate a metal detector if a detector is included in the operation

identify, remove and rectify faulty product

identify defects in natural casings

clean equipment according to workplace requirements

apply relevant communication and mathematical skills

explain filling to required product specifications for a variety of products

apply relevant workplace health and safety, and regulatory requirements

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Knowledge Evidence

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

hygiene requirements for forming products

filling to required product specifications for a variety of products

how and why products must be formed and shaped

possible faults in skins and their effect on the product

procedures for dealing with waste product and broken casings

relevant workplace health and safety, and regulatory requirements

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