Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to trim the rumen to recover the mountain chain for further processing.
This unit is applicable to workers in the tripe or paunch room of an abattoir.
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. Recover mountain chain | 1.1 Trim rumen to recover the mountain chain according to workplace and workplace health and safety requirements |
2. Trim mountain chain | 2.1 Identify and trim defects in mountain chain to workplace requirements 2.2 Trim mountain chain in accordance with workplace requirements and customer specifications 2.3 Place trim in appropriate bin or chute in accordance with workplace requirements |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must trim the rumen to recover the mountain chain for further processing.
The candidate must:
trim mountain chain in accordance with specifications, workplace, workplace health and safety, Quality Assurance (QA), and hygiene and sanitation requirements
recognise and trim defects
apply relevant regulatory requirements
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
specifications for mountain chain
impact of inadequately trimmed product being packed or processed
relevant regulatory requirements
Assessment Conditions
Competency must to be demonstrated at normal chain speed and an acceptable rate of recovery must be achieved.
Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal production conditions.
The following three forms of assessment must be used:
• demonstration in the workplace or simulated environment
• quiz of underpinning knowledge
• 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.