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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Thaw product in air
   • Select product to be thawed and move to thawing chillers according to workplace requirements
   • Check chillers according to workplace requirements
   • Thaw product according to work instructions and regulatory requirements
   • Complete product monitoring and recording according to workplace requirements
   • Undertake thawing in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements
   • Identify and minimise potential sources of contamination and cross-contamination
2. Store and despatch thawed product
   • Store and rotate thawed product according to workplace and regulatory requirements
   • Maintain product segregation as required
   • Keep records according to workplace requirements

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

Candidates must consistently thaw product according to workplace and regulatory requirements.

Candidates must:

follow the requirements of the work instruction

work at production speed

check and prepare chillers for thawing

thaw product according to workplace and regulatory requirements

maintain control of the flow of product through thawing and despatch to further processing

apply communication and mathematical skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

keep records to workplace requirements

follow workplace hygiene and workplace health and safety requirements

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Knowledge Evidence

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

sources of contamination and cross-contamination

ways of minimising contamination

regulations dealing with the thawing of product

workplace requirements for thawing product including:

workplace health and safety

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

principles of stock rotation

work instructions

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