Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to process offal on the slaughter floor.
This unit is applicable to slaughter floor 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. Identify the types of offal | 1.1 Identify types of offal 1.2 Identify sources of contamination and cross-contamination of offal 1.3 Explain consequences of damage or contamination of offal |
2. Identify the flow of offal and processing steps on the slaughter floor | 2.1 Follow steps for handling offal on the slaughter floor 2.2 Identify procedures for inspecting offal 2.3 Identify chutes and bins used for edible and inedible offal |
3. Identify the requirements for processing offal on the slaughter floor | 3.1 Identify and follow workplace, regulatory and health and safety requirements for workers handling offal |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must explain the steps required to process offal on the slaughter floor.
The candidate must:
explain the steps for processing offal
identify condemnation marks on offal
identify edible offal
identify the various organs processed on the viscera table
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
inspection process
contamination to offal caused by bile, ingesta, excreta and paunch content
procedures for the disposal of inedible offal in appropriate bins or chutes
workplace, health and safety, hygiene and sanitation, and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements related to processing offal on the slaughter floor
sources of contamination
general uses of offal
impact of contamination of edible offal on further processing.
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.