Application
This unit describes the knowledge and skills required to form bags as part of a vacuum packaging process.
This unit is applicable to workers required to form bags of different sizes in a boning room. These bags are then used in vacuum packaging lines.
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. Form bags | 1.1 Undertake start-up procedures according to workplace requirements 1.2 Check consumables to ensure minimum requirements for production are available 1.3 Identify packaging specifications for the run 1.4 Form bags according to work instructions 1.5 Form bags safely in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must form bags as part of a vacuum packaging process.
The candidate must:
conduct start-up procedures to workplace requirements
form bags according to workplace requirements
operate machinery safely to workplace health and safety requirements
maintain supply of consumables
report equipment faults according to workplace requirements
apply relevant regulatory requirements
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
start-up and operating procedures for bag forming machinery
relevant regulatory requirements
hygiene requirements for forming bags
workplace health and safety hazards associated with machinery operation
different packaging specifications
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in a meat processing plant.
Bag forming machinery must be operated to meet normal production requirements.
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.