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

AMPA3083 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Operate continuous cooker

Version 1.0
Issue Date: March 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency AMPA3083 - Operate continuous cooker
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to operate a continuous cooker.This unit is applicable to workers in meat rendering plants.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 be conducted in a registered, operating meat rendering plant.

Competency must be demonstrated at the normal rate of production for that rendering plant.

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: Feed cooker
  • Carry out start-up process to manufacturer's and workplace requirement.
       
Element: Operate and monitor cooker
  • Operate cooker in accordance with work instructions
  • Monitor flow into cooker
  • Monitor level in cooker
  • Monitor and adjust temperature in accordance with workplace and health and safety requirements
  • Monitor outflow for workplace requirements
  • Identify and comply with workplace health and safety requirements
       
Element: Monitor environmental controls
  • Monitor vapours to ensure they are condensed in accordance with regulatory requirements
  • Monitor non-condensed emissions to scrubber, bio-filter and/or after burner in accordance with regulatory requirements
       


Evidence Required

List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.

Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

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

1. Feed cooker

1.1 Carry out start-up process to manufacturer's and workplace requirement.

2. Operate and monitor cooker

2.1 Operate cooker in accordance with work instructions

2.2 Monitor flow into cooker

2.3 Monitor level in cooker

2.4 Monitor and adjust temperature in accordance with workplace and health and safety requirements

2.5 Monitor outflow for workplace requirements

2.6 Identify and comply with workplace health and safety requirements

3. Monitor environmental controls

3.1 Monitor vapours to ensure they are condensed in accordance with regulatory requirements

3.2 Monitor non-condensed emissions to scrubber, bio-filter and/or after burner in accordance with regulatory requirements

The candidate must operate a continuous cooker.

The candidate must:

apply mathematical processes to monitoring procedures

monitor temperature and make adjustments according to work instructions and product specifications

test product samples to ensure cooked to specifications

load and unload cooker to specifications

monitor emissions to workplace and regulatory requirements

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

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

basic operating principles of cooker

Quality Assurance (QA) requirements of operations

effects of overcooking

implications on product quality and productivity of incorrect load in cooker

production problems and out-of-specification product and take corrective action


Submission Requirements

List each assessment task's title, type (eg project, observation/demonstration, essay, assignment, checklist) and due date here

Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.

Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

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

1. Feed cooker

1.1 Carry out start-up process to manufacturer's and workplace requirement.

2. Operate and monitor cooker

2.1 Operate cooker in accordance with work instructions

2.2 Monitor flow into cooker

2.3 Monitor level in cooker

2.4 Monitor and adjust temperature in accordance with workplace and health and safety requirements

2.5 Monitor outflow for workplace requirements

2.6 Identify and comply with workplace health and safety requirements

3. Monitor environmental controls

3.1 Monitor vapours to ensure they are condensed in accordance with regulatory requirements

3.2 Monitor non-condensed emissions to scrubber, bio-filter and/or after burner in accordance with regulatory requirements

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Carry out start-up process to manufacturer's and workplace requirement. 
Operate cooker in accordance with work instructions 
Monitor flow into cooker 
Monitor level in cooker 
Monitor and adjust temperature in accordance with workplace and health and safety requirements 
Monitor outflow for workplace requirements 
Identify and comply with workplace health and safety requirements 
Monitor vapours to ensure they are condensed in accordance with regulatory requirements 
Monitor non-condensed emissions to scrubber, bio-filter and/or after burner in accordance with regulatory requirements 

Forms

Assessment Cover Sheet

AMPA3083 - Operate continuous cooker
Assessment task 1: [title]

Student name:

Student ID:

I declare that the assessment tasks submitted for this unit are my own work.

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Result: Competent Not yet competent

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Assessment Record Sheet

AMPA3083 - Operate continuous cooker

Student name:

Student ID:

Assessment task 1: [title] Result: Competent Not yet competent

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Overall assessment result: Competent Not yet competent

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Date:

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