Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to trim contamination from the neck of a carcase.
This unit is applicable to workers on a slaughter floor, knackery, boning room or game processing establishment, who are responsible for trimming the neck.
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. Trim neck | 1.1 Trim neck in accordance with workplace requirements 1.2 Trim neck in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements 1.3 Identify and report types of contamination where appropriate 1.4 Trim neck to remove blood clots, stains and areas of contamination from the carcase 1.5 Trim neck effectively with minimal meat removed from the neck 1.6 Trim neck to meet customer specifications |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must trim contamination from the neck of a carcase.
The candidate must:
demonstrate safe and hygienic neck trimming
trim neck to workplace requirements
apply relevant regulatory requirements
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
types of contamination to be trimmed
workplace health and safety, hygiene and sanitation, and customer specifications related to trimming neck
potential sources of contamination of product and how it is avoided
relevant regulatory requirements
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in a meat processing plant.
Competency must be demonstrated on the slaughter floor or in a boning room at the normal rate of production.
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.