Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to operate a rise and fall platform.
The unit is applicable to workers in abattoirs, boning rooms 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. Operate rise and fall platform | 1.1 Operate rise and fall platform in accordance with workplace requirements 1.2 Operate rise and fall platform in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements 1.3 Identify and report malfunctions and take corrective action in accordance with workplace requirements |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must operate a rise and fall platform.
The candidate must:
operate a rise and fall platform in accordance with work instructions and workplace health and safety requirements for a nominated task
apply relevant regulatory requirements
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
relevant regulatory requirements
workplace requirements for the operation of a rise and fall platform
basic operating principles of the rise and fall platform
workplace health and safety requirements related to the operation of a rise and fall platform
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal production conditions.
Competency must be demonstrated at chain speed while performing a task at a work station that utilises a rise and fall platform.
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.