Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to re-position carcases on a processing chain.
This unit is applicable to abattoirs, wild game processing establishments and knackeries.
All work should be carried out to comply with workplace and hygiene requirements.
This unit applies to individuals who work under general supervision, exercise limited autonomy and have some accountability for their own work.
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.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Element | Performance criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Re-position carcase | 1.1 Complete changeover in accordance with workplace requirements 1.2 Complete changeover in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements 1.3 Store or dispose of gambrels, spreaders and slides, when used, according to workplace requirements 1.4 Check equipment for defects (when this forms part of work instructions) |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must re-position carcases on a processing chain.
The candidate must:
complete changeover in accordance with work instructions
complete changeover operation to workplace health and safety requirements
treat iron work such as gambrels, spreaders and rollers in accordance with workplace requirements
identify relevant defects in iron work (e.g. spreader, rollers), if used
use correct manual handling techniques for changeover operation
apply relevant regulatory requirements
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
workplace health and safety requirements including manual handling procedures associated with changeover
the consequences of incorrectly re-positioning the carcase on the chain
work instructions for the changeover operation
relevant regulatory requirements
appropriate reporting procedures for defects
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal production conditions.
Competency must be demonstrated at 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.
Foundation Skills
Foundation Skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.