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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. |
Relevant government regulations, licensing and other compliance requirements may include: | business or workplace operations, policies and practicesenvironmental hazard identification, risk assessment and controlfood safety, Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), hygiene and temperature control along chain of custody. |
Food safety and hygiene regulations and procedures may include: | Australian Shellfish Sanitation programdisplay, packaging and sale of food, including seafood and aquatic productsequipment design, use, cleaning and maintenance exporting requirements, including Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS) Export Control (Fish) ordershandling and disposal of condemned or recalled seafood productsHACCP, food safety program, and other risk minimisation and quality assurance systemslocation, construction and servicing of seafood premises people, product and place hygiene and sanitation requirementsPrimary Products Standard and the Australian Seafood Standard (voluntary) processing, further processing and preparation of food, including seafood and aquatic products product labelling, tracing and recallreceipt, storage and transportation of food, including seafood and aquatic productsrequirements set out in Australian and New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) Food Standards Code and state and territory food regulationstemperature and contamination control along chain of custody. |
PPE may include. | protective hair, beard and boot coversgloves or mittsuniforms or overalls. |
Hazards and risks may include: | biological:bacteriamouldsother organismsyeastchemicals (e.g. additives, chemicals and natural poisons)hygiene:cleanliness of equipment, apparatus, work surfaces and containersclothing (e.g. maintenance and laundering)personal habits or practices (e.g. smoking, spitting, nose blowing, coughing and hand washing)reporting illnessphysical contaminants:broken glass, metal, plastic and fibreglassforeign matterother organismssewagesoils and watertemperature changes or fluctuations. |
Workplace may include: | aquaculture operation (e.g. farm, hatchery and nursery)fishing vesselretail or wholesale outletseafood and aquatic product processing plantstorage facility, dispatch and transport operation. |
Enterprisehygiene applies to: | equipment/work areapersonal habits or hygieneproduct contamination and cross-contaminationuse of PPE. |
Seafood and aquatic products may include: | edible by-productsfinished/processed product (e.g. smoked, dried and frozen)live seafoodother aquatic productsseafood (e.g. fillets, whole fish, shell fish and prawns). |
Handled and stored in a manner that: | is appropriate to product (e.g. fillets, whole fish, shell fish, frozen and live stock)prevents damage (e.g. flesh-ripped, torn, squashed, product dropped or thrown)ensures product is stored at correct temperatures and in appropriate areaskeeps the worker safe use when using and storing knives and tools. |
Contamination may occur when: | cooked product is contaminated by raw productedible product is contaminated by wasteproduct, people or equipment that have been in contact product is moved between food handling areas. |
Requirements of an approved food safety program include: | approved by local council or appropriate health departmentrisk identificationidentification of risk areas (control points)minimisation of risksmonitoring risks (control points)reporting and recording requirementsHACCP-based programs, where applicable. |
Areas of risk are known as control points and may occur during: | harvesting, handling and transportingpurchasing, delivery and storagepreparation, processing and cookingcooling, freezing, defrosting, heating, reheating and storageholding or display. |
Monitored may include: | recording databy visual checksfollowing inspection requirements of enterprise risk management plan. |