Elements and Performance Criteria
- Remove the head
- Head is severed at the base of the jaw (i.e. the atlanto-occipital joint)
- Head is removed in accordance with work instructions including, where relevant, compliance with Specified Risk Material (SRM) requirements
- Head is removed according to Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) requirements
- Head is forwarded for further processing, or disposed of, according to workplace requirements
- Machinery for removal of head is prepared, operated and maintained in accordance with work instructions (where this is relevant to a particular work instruction)