Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to trim pig carcases prior to evisceration.
This unit is applicable to abattoirs and game processing plants.
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. Remove hair, ears, eyelids and snout | 1.1 Correctly shave carcase and remove ears, eyelids and snout according to workplace requirements 1.2 Undertake work in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements 1.3 Remove ears, eyelids and snout without contamination or cross-contamination in accordance with hygiene and sanitation requirements |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must trim pig carcases prior to evisceration.
The candidate must:
shave and remove ears, eyelids, snout and trotters in accordance with workplace and workplace health and safety requirements
apply relevant regulatory requirements
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
the purpose of a pre-evisceration trim
the quality implications of an incorrect trim
the work instruction for the pre-evisceration trim
relevant regulatory requirements
possible sources of contamination and cross-contamination and methods used to avoid these situations
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal production conditions.
Competency must be demonstrated at chain speed.
As 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.