Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to seal or drain the urinary tract of a carcase during the dressing procedure on a slaughter floor.
This unit is applicable to workers on a slaughter floor required to either drain a urinary tract using a probe and vacuum pump or seal a pizzle using clips or a mechanical device. The mechanical device is usually a set of heated tongs or cutters.
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. Seal or drain urinary tract | 1.1 Drain or seal urinary tract according to work instruction 1.2 Drain or seal urinary tract according to workplace health and safety requirements 1.3 Undertake start-up procedures for pumps or mechanical aids, if required |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must seal or drain the urinary tract of a carcase during the dressing procedure on a slaughter floor.
The candidate must:
drain and/or seal urinary tract according to workplace requirements
maintain a stock of consumables, where relevant, for sealing urinary tracts (pizzles)
maintain equipment used in sealing and/or draining urinary tracts
apply relevant regulatory requirements
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
relevant regulatory requirements
hygiene and workplace health and safety issues associated with the task
Assessment Conditions
Competency must be assessed in the workplace under normal production conditions.
Competency must be demonstrated at the normal 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.