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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Acknowledge and greet customer
  2. Establish customer requirements
  3. Convey a professional image
  4. Take orders courteously and accurately
  5. Refer customer complaints
  6. Receive customer enquiries
  7. Record information from enquiries

Required Skills

Required skills

Ability to

apply communication skills to meet customer needs and enterprise requirements

provide an overview of the range ofproducts and services offered by the enterprise

seek advice or assistance from more experienced team members when necessary

operate telephone system

demonstrate polite and efficient telephone technique

demonstrate suitable behaviour by attending to customer needs promptly and courteously displaying tact satisfying customer needs ethically and maintaining professional standards of dress and personal hygiene

arrange pick up or delivery with customer according to enterprise procedures

apply relevant Occupational Health and Safety OHampS and regulatory requirements

use mathematical skills appropriate to the task

Required knowledge

Knowledge of

how to interact with others in an appropriate way

workplace complaints policies and procedures

workplace requirements related to acknowledging and greeting customers including enterprise ethical standards

relevant OHampS and regulatory requirements

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

The meat industry has specific and clear requirements for evidence A minimum of three forms of evidence is required to demonstrate competency in the meat industry This is specifically designed to provide evidence that covers the demonstration in the workplace of all aspects of competency over time

These requirements are in addition to the requirements for valid current authentic and sufficient evidence

Three forms of evidence means three different kinds of evidence not three pieces of the same kind In practice it will mean that most of the unit is covered twice This increases the legitimacy of the evidence

All assessment must be conducted against Australian meat industry standards and regulations

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Competency must be demonstrated over time and under typical operating conditions for the enterprise

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal operating conditions

Method of assessment

Recommended methods of assessment include

quiz of underpinning knowledge

workplace demonstration

workplace referee or thirdparty report of performance over time

Assessment practices should take into account any relevant language or cultural issues related to Aboriginality or Torres Strait Islander gender or language backgrounds other than English Language and literacy demands of the assessment task should not be higher than those of the work role

Guidance information for assessment

A current list of resources for this unit of competency is available from MINTRAC wwwmintraccomau or telephone


Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Customers include regular or first-time visitors to the enterprise, or those making contact by telephone.

Workplace requirements may include:

enterprise ethical and customer standards

enterprise standard for greeting and thanking the customer

enterprise-specific requirements

OH&S requirements

order forms

Quality Assurance(QA) requirements

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

the ability to perform the task to production requirements

work instructions.

Customer requirements may include:

advice on enterprise products and services

different cultural and ethnic needs

immediate purchase of customer-selected items.

Customer orders may be taken:

by email

by fax

by phone

face to face.

Procedures for following up customer enquiries may include:

contacting customer when additional information, product or service is available

recording in order book

referring to another staff member, butcher or manager

telephoning or writing to a supplier.

Customer complaints may include:

concerns about products

advice given

service provided by the enterprise.

Communication may include:

clear oral responses

completing workplace documentation

effective listening

interacting with people from a range of cultural, social and ethnic backgrounds

reading and interpreting workplace documentation

recognition and use of non-verbal communication strategies

recognition of cultural diversity

use of communications technology.

Range of products may include:

a range of meats (e.g. veal, beef, lamb, mutton, pork, chicken, game, venison, kangaroo, emu)

BBQ spits

dry stock

manufactured goods

smallgoods

special cuts.

Range of services may include:

coordinating with promotions

demonstrations

ingredients

recipes

taste preferences

value-added products, ingredients.

OH&S requirements may include:

enterprise OH&S policies, procedures and programs

OH&S legal requirements

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) which may include:

coats and aprons

ear plugs or muffs

eye and facial protection

head-wear

lifting assistance

mesh aprons

protective boot covers

protective hand and arm covering

protective head and hair covering

uniforms

waterproof clothing

work, safety or waterproof footwear

requirements set out in standards and codes of practice.

Regulatory requirements may include:

Export Control Act

federal and state regulations regarding meat processing and food handling

hygiene and sanitation requirements

relevant Australian Standards

relevant regulations.

Mathematical skills may include:

following basic flow charts, mimic panels and numerically-sequenced tasks and procedures

reading and interpreting analogue and digital measures, including clocks, scales, pressure gauges, thermometers and cash registers

recognising out-of-specification, acceptable or unacceptable range on simple graphs and charts

recognition and accurate copying of numbers relating to temperature, time, volume, weight and quantity

routine simple calculations using specified fixed formulas and procedures

understanding and accurately using terms, such as hotter or cooler, heavier or lighter, slow or fast, increasing or decreasing, and lower or higher in own work

use of calculators.