Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to develop an understanding of the processing of offal in abattoirs, the uses of offal and the hygiene, Quality Assurance (QA) and workplace health and safety requirements for offal processing areas.
This unit is applicable to workers employed in meat processing plants where offal is recovered, washed, trimmed and packed.
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. Identify the steps in offal processing in the plant | 1.1 Identify types of offal processed, their uses and markets 1.2 Identify steps in processing, packing and storage of offal 1.3 Identify types of packaging 1.4 Identify chutes and bins used in the offal room 1.5 Identify storage locations and requirements |
2. Identify production requirements | 2.1 Identify and explain production requirements for offal 2.2 Identify regulatory requirements and customer specifications for offal 2.3 Identify and explain specific hygiene and sanitation requirements for offal processing areas 2.4 Identify and explain specific workplace health and safety requirements for offal processing areas 2.5 Identify types and sources of offal contamination |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must explain processing of offal in abattoirs, the uses of offal and the hygiene, Quality Assurance (QA) and workplace health and safety requirements for offal processing areas.
The candidate must:
identify types of offal processed at the plant
identify and explain all the steps in offal processing in the plant
identify and explain all the plant offal processing production requirements
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
defects in offal and procedures for reporting defects
importance of the storage procedures for offal
nature and importance of customer trim specifications and grades
uses of edible offal including for pharmaceuticals and human consumption
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in an abattoir.
Competency must be demonstrated at the normal chain speed 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.