Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to process thick skirts.
This unit is applicable to workers processing thick skirts on the slaughter floor or in an offal room.
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. Process thick skirts | 1.1 Identify steps involved in processing thick skirts 1.2 Identify defects in thick skirts including disease and incorrect cutting lines 1.3 Process thick skirts to workplace health and safety, hygiene and sanitation requirements 1.4 Trim thick skirts according to workplace requirements. 1.5 Place trim in appropriate bin or chute 1.6 Identify and report sources of contamination and cross-contamination, or rectify according to workplace documents |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must process thick skirts.
The candidate must:
explain the steps involved in processing thick skirts
identify and report defects in cutting lines in accordance with workplace requirements
process thick skirts to workplace requirements
trim thick skirts according to workplace requirements
place trim in appropriate bin or chute 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:
steps involved in processing thick skirts
possible defects in thick skirts
hygiene and sanitation requirements for processing thick skirts
workplace health and safety requirements for processing thick skirts
relevant regulatory requirements
sources of contamination and cross-contamination
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in a meat processing plant.
Competency must be demonstrated at the normal pace of processing 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.