Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to operate a frenching machine in a meat processing plant.
This unit is applicable to workers required to operate a frenching machine on, for example, racks of lamb.
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 frenching machinery | 1.1 Perform start-up procedures 1.2 Select cuts for frenching according to workplace requirements 1.3 Operate frenching machine according to work instructions 1.4 Operate frenching machine according to workplace health and safety requirements 1.5 Monitor own work to ensure cuts are to workplace specifications |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must operate a frenching machine in a meat processing plant.
The candidate must:
operate a frenching machine according to workplace requirements
inspect product to ensure it meets specifications
report equipment faults to supervisor either verbally or in writing in accordance with workplace requirements
apply relevant regulatory requirements
use communication skills relevant to work instructions
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
relevant meat cut specifications
relevant workplace health and safety requirements
relevant work instructions
relevant regulatory requirements
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in an operating meat processing plant.
Competency must be demonstrated at the normal chain speed 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.