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

AMPA3094 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Use standard product descriptions - beef

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Issue Date: March 2024


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Unit of Competency AMPA3094 - Use standard product descriptions - beef
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to utilise a standardised meat product description language such as AUS-MEAT.This unit is designed to give workers in boning rooms an understanding of how a standardised product description language is used for beef products. It can be used to increase the skills of packers, slicers and boners. This unit does not have to be delivered as part of an AUS-MEAT course (language). However it does align with the AUS-MEAT Statement of Attainment for the Beef Specification course.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.

Competency must be assessed in an operating meat processing plant.

Competency must be demonstrated when applying the language to actual carcases and meat cuts.

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: Identify anatomical features of a beef carcase
  • Describe directions on a carcase using the anatomical direction format
  • Locate and identify bones relevant to meat specifications in a beef skeleton
  • Locate and identify relevant glands and cartilage on a beef carcase
  • Locate and identify muscles relevant to beef specifications
       
Element: Identify and name meat products using the standard product description
  • Explain nature and format of product specifications
  • Correctly identify, name and spell meat products using the standardised cut description
  • Identify major muscles that make up each meat cut
  • Identify correct cutting lines for each product using the anatomical terms to describe cutting lines
  • Identify necessary changes required for any given meat product to comply with the company product description
       


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. Identify anatomical features of a beef carcase

1.1 Describe directions on a carcase using the anatomical direction format

1.2 Locate and identify bones relevant to meat specifications in a beef skeleton

1.3 Locate and identify relevant glands and cartilage on a beef carcase

1.4 Locate and identify muscles relevant to beef specifications

2. Identify and name meat products using the standard product description

2.1 Explain nature and format of product specifications

2.2 Correctly identify, name and spell meat products using the standardised cut description

2.3 Identify major muscles that make up each meat cut

2.4 Identify correct cutting lines for each product using the anatomical terms to describe cutting lines

2.5 Identify necessary changes required for any given meat product to comply with the company product description

The candidate must utilise a standardised meat product description language such as AUS-MEAT.

The candidate must:

identify anatomical features of a beef carcase

identify and name meat products using the standard product description

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

identify non-conforming product in accordance with specifications

explain corrective action procedures for non-conforming product

identify and apply relevant workplace health and safety, regulatory and workplace requirements

undertake measurements and checking against specification requirements

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

product specifications points

elements of specifications on beef product

skeletal and anatomical structures and features of beef product


Submission Requirements

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Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

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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. Identify anatomical features of a beef carcase

1.1 Describe directions on a carcase using the anatomical direction format

1.2 Locate and identify bones relevant to meat specifications in a beef skeleton

1.3 Locate and identify relevant glands and cartilage on a beef carcase

1.4 Locate and identify muscles relevant to beef specifications

2. Identify and name meat products using the standard product description

2.1 Explain nature and format of product specifications

2.2 Correctly identify, name and spell meat products using the standardised cut description

2.3 Identify major muscles that make up each meat cut

2.4 Identify correct cutting lines for each product using the anatomical terms to describe cutting lines

2.5 Identify necessary changes required for any given meat product to comply with the company product description

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
Describe directions on a carcase using the anatomical direction format 
Locate and identify bones relevant to meat specifications in a beef skeleton 
Locate and identify relevant glands and cartilage on a beef carcase 
Locate and identify muscles relevant to beef specifications 
Explain nature and format of product specifications 
Correctly identify, name and spell meat products using the standardised cut description 
Identify major muscles that make up each meat cut 
Identify correct cutting lines for each product using the anatomical terms to describe cutting lines 
Identify necessary changes required for any given meat product to comply with the company product description 

Forms

Assessment Cover Sheet

AMPA3094 - Use standard product descriptions - beef
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