AMPA3001 - Stick and bleed animal Competency Mapping Template

Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

AMPA3001 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Stick and bleed animal

Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024

Qualification	-	Unit of Competency	AMPA3001 - Stick and bleed animal
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application	This unit describes the skills and knowledge required for the humane, effective and hygienic bleeding of animals.This unit is applicable to workers in registered slaughtering establishments.All work should be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, customer requirements and product specifications.This unit applies to individuals who work under broad direction and take responsibility for their own work including limited responsibility for the work of others. They provide and communicate solutions to a range of predictable problems.No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.This unit must be delivered and assessed in the context of Australian meat processing standards and regulations.
Duration and Setting	X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. Assessment must occur in a registered slaughtering establishment under normal production conditions. Competency must be demonstrated at normal chain speed. As a minimum the following three forms of assessment must be used: quiz of underpinning knowledge workplace demonstration workplace referee or third-party report of performance over time Assessors must satisfy the current standards for RTOs.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field

Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners		Student Learning Resources	Handouts Activities	Slides PPT	Assessment 1	Assessment 2	Assessment 3	Assessment 4
Elements of Competency	Performance Criteria
Element: Stick and bleed the animal	Accurately locate and identify major blood vessels, trachea and/or oesophagus Use knife to sever the major blood vessels safely and hygienically to workplace requirements Stick animal in manner to avoid undue and unnecessary suffering to the animal in accordance with animal welfare requirements Make incision exposing the trachea or oesophagus in accordance with animal welfare, regulatory and workplace requirements, where part of work instruction Conduct sticking procedures to minimise risk of contamination to the carcase and to maintain product quality Identify and explain threats of contamination and cross-contamination in the sticking process Bleed animal in a fast and complete process to avoid undue suffering Bleed carcase in accordance with workplace and regulatory requirements

Evidence Required

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Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Stick and bleed the animal

1.1 Accurately locate and identify major blood vessels, trachea and/or oesophagus

1.2 Use knife to sever the major blood vessels safely and hygienically to workplace requirements

1.3 Stick animal in manner to avoid undue and unnecessary suffering to the animal in accordance with animal welfare requirements

1.4 Make incision exposing the trachea or oesophagus in accordance with animal welfare, regulatory and workplace requirements, where part of work instruction

1.5 Conduct sticking procedures to minimise risk of contamination to the carcase and to maintain product quality

1.6 Identify and explain threats of contamination and cross-contamination in the sticking process

1.7 Bleed animal in a fast and complete process to avoid undue suffering

1.8 Bleed carcase in accordance with workplace and regulatory requirements

The candidate must humanely, effectively and hygienically bleed animals.

The candidate must:

demonstrate effective sticking of animal in accordance with workplace health and safety and workplace requirements

maintain, clean and handle knives safely and hygienically

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

apply relevant regulatory requirements

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

religious requirements, where relevant

animal welfare considerations and animal welfare requirements

consequences of an incomplete bleed for the quality of the product

purpose of sticking

purpose of a fast and complete bleed

anatomical structures relevant to sticking, including variations between species

relevant regulatory requirements

potential causes of contamination and cross-contamination

requirements of the Animal Welfare standards and regulations, and enterprise ethical standards relating to the bleeding of animals

Submission Requirements

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Assessment task 1: [title] Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

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