Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to operate sterivac equipment.
This unit is applicable to workers operating steam/vacuuming equipment on a slaughter floor or wild game processing establishment.
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 sterivac equipment | 1.1 Identify contamination to be removed 1.2 Operate sterivac equipment in accordance with workplace requirements 1.3 Operate sterivac equipment to remove contamination in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements 1.4 Identify potential sources of contamination and cross-contamination |
2. Clean and maintain sterivac equipment | 2.1 Monitor performance of sterivac equipment and report faults either verbally or in writing in accordance with work instructions 2.2 Clean and maintain sterivac equipment to workplace requirements |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must operate sterivac equipment.
The candidate must:
operate sterivac equipment in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements
operate sterivac equipment to remove contamination to workplace requirements
identify contamination to be removed
remove contamination in accordance with workplace requirements
maintain sterivac equipment in accordance with workplace requirements
apply relevant regulatory requirements
use relevant communication skills
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
basic operating principles of pneumatic sterivac equipment
workplace health and safety issues associated with use of sterivac equipment
consequences of not removing contamination to workplace requirements
work instructions for operating the sterivac equipment
relevant regulatory requirements
potential sources of contamination and cross-contamination
Assessment Conditions
Assessment of skills must be conducted in an operating plant.
Competency must be assessed at normal chain speed and over a period of time.
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.