AMPA2114
Overview offal processing on the slaughter floor


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.


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