Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to separate runners from the viscera, inspect for defects or contamination and tie the runners to avoid spillage of contents.
This unit is applicable to workers on the slaughter floor.
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. Separate and tie runners | 1.1 Separate and tie runners to prevent contamination and to meet workplace and health and safety requirements 1.2 Inspect runners for defects or contamination according to workplace requirements 1.3 Place runners in appropriate chutes according to workplace requirements |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must separate runners from the viscera, inspect for defects or contamination and tie the runners to avoid spillage of contents.
The candidate must:
handle runners in such a way as to avoid bile, ingesta, excreta or content contamination
identify condemnation marks on runners
dispose of inedible runners in appropriate bins or chutes
apply relevant regulatory requirements.
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
possible sources of contamination
uses of end runners
workplace, health and safety and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements related to separating and tying runners
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.