This unit applies to activities performed by velvet producers or their staff in accordance with the requirements of the National Velvet Accreditation Scheme (NVAS).

ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

1. Handle and store velvet

1.1. Equipment required for handling, storing and grading velvet is checked to ensure that it is available, serviceable and functioning correctly.

1.2. Harvested velvet is handled according to food safety and NVAS requirements.

1.3. Individual pieces of velvet are cleaned, weighed and stored according to industry quality assurance and NVAS criteria.

2. Grade and sell velvet

2.1. Factors affecting grade of velvet are identified and applied in grading process.

2.2. Industry-accepted grading specifications are used.

2.3. Frozen velvet is transported according to industry quality assurance procedures and sold through national pool or to private clients.

2.4. Sales and personal grading assessments are reviewed and compared with grades and feedback provided by professional graders.

Required skills

accurately assessing velvet style and quality

establishing and maintaining consistent methods of grading

laying out a grading area for efficient operation

recording grading results

use literacy skills to read, interpret and follow organisational policies and procedures, develop sequenced written instructions, record accurately and legibly information collected and select and apply procedures to a range of tasks

use oral communication skills/language competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation including questioning, active listening, asking for clarification, negotiating solutions and responding to a range of views

use numeracy skills to estimate, calculate and record routine and more complex workplace measures and data

use interpersonal skills to work with others and relate to people from a range of cultural, social and religious backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities.

Required knowledge

food safety requirements

grading specifications

requirements for handling and storing velvet to maximise quality.

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

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

The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to workplace operations and satisfy holistically all of the requirements of the performance criteria and required skills and knowledge and include achievement of the following:

handle and store velvet carefully according to food safety legislation

accurately grade velvet using industry grading specifications

sell velvet and review the grading and marketing of the product.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Competency requires the application of work practices under work conditions. Selection and use of resources for some worksites may differ due to the regional or enterprise circumstances.

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole.

Grading specifications may include:

those detailed in Australian Deer Industry Velvet Antler and Venison Co-products Language and Specifications Guide (grading chart) developed by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.

Unit sector

Deer

This unit contains employability skills.