Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to inspect and trim processed tripe to customer specifications and workplace requirements.
This unit is applicable to workers employed in tripe room operations.
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. Inspect tripe | 1.1 Inspect tripe to ensure it complies with customer specifications 1.2 Identify and manage defects according to workplace requirements |
2. Trim processed tripe | 2.1 Trim tripe to workplace and health and safety requirements 2.2 Trim tripe to customer specifications 2.3 Place trimmed waste in inedible bin or chute according to workplace requirements |
3. Store tripe | 3.1 Store processed and trimmed tripe according to workplace requirements |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must inspect and trim processed tripe to customer specifications and workplace requirements.
The candidate must:
inspect tripe and trim defects according to workplace, health and safety, hygiene and sanitation requirements
identify defects in tripe
dispose of waste into correct bins according to 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:
impact of inadequately trimmed product being packed
steps in tripe processing
work instructions for inspecting and trimming processed tripe
tripe trim specifications
relevant regulatory requirements
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal production conditions.
Competency must be demonstrated at normal chain speed.
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.