Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to inspect the hindquarter of the carcase and remove contamination.
This unit is applicable to workers trimming carcases to remove contamination on slaughter floors and in boning rooms, chillers and game processing establishments.
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. Inspect the hindquarter of the carcase for contamination | 1.1 Identify types of contamination and their sources 1.2 Scan carcase according to workplace requirements |
2. Remove contamination | 2.1 Trim hindquarter to remove contamination according to workplace requirements 2.2 Trim hindquarter to remove contamination according to workplace health and safety requirements 2.3 Report ongoing contamination issues according to workplace requirements 2.4 Dispose of trimmings according to workplace requirements |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must inspect the hindquarter of the carcase and remove contamination.
The candidate must:
trim a hindquarter to remove contamination according to work instructions, hygiene and sanitation, and workplace health and safety requirements
use communication skills relevant to work instructions
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
hygiene and sanitation requirements related to inspecting the hindquarter and removing contamination
workplace health and safety requirements related to inspecting the hindquarter and removing contamination
relevant regulatory requirements
sources of contamination and cross-contamination in trimming
steps involved in scanning the carcase
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal production conditions.
Competency must be demonstrated at 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.