Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to operate a mechanical jaw breaker.
This unit is applicable to workers using a jaw breaker prior to boning a head.
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 jaw breaking equipment | 1.1 Operate jaw breaker according to the work instructions 1.2 Safely operate jaw breaker according to workplace health and safety requirements 1.3 Store heads according to workplace requirements |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must operate a mechanical jaw breaker.
The candidate must:
identify potential workplace health and safety hazards
operate the equipment to break jaws according to all workplace requirements
store heads correctly prior to boning
apply relevant regulatory requirements
use communication skills appropriate to the task
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
potential sources of contamination and cross-contamination
methods of minimising contamination and cross-contamination
workplace health and safety requirements for operating the equipment
work instructions for operating a jaw breaker
relevant regulatory requirements
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements of this job
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in an operating meat processing plant.
Competency must be demonstrated at normal production speeds.
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.