Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to trim offal fat 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. Trim excess fat from offal | 1.1 Identify fat to be trimmed according to workplace requirements and customer specifications 1.2 Trim and dispose of excess fat according to workplace and health and safety requirements 1.3 Remove aorta prior to removal of fat from around heart, where part of work instructions 1.4 Trim connective tissue from thick and thin skirts, where part of work instructions |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must trim offal fat on the slaughter floor.
The candidate must:
trim offal fat according to workplace, health and safety, Quality Assurance (QA), and hygiene and sanitation requirements
handle offal to avoid bile, ingesta, excreta or content contamination
identify condemnation marks on offal and take appropriate action
store or despatch fat according to workplace requirements
apply relevant regulatory requirements
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
impact of contamination of edible offal on further processing
purpose of trimming offal fat
types of contamination of offal
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.