Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to recover offal on a slaughter floor.
This unit is applicable to workers recovering at least three types of offal from the slaughter floor. A wide range of offal such as uterus, rectums, thymus gland, heart, kidneys, livers, testicles, and pizzles can be recovered.
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. Recover offal | 1.1 Identify and recover offal according to workplace requirements 1.2 Recover offal safely according to workplace health and safety requirements 1.3 Inspect offal for defects according to workplace Quality Assurance (QA) requirements 1.4 Keep knives, when used, sharp |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must recover at least three different types of offal on a slaughter floor.
The candidate must:
inspect offal for defects
recover offal according to workplace requirements
recover offal safely according to workplace health and safety requirements
apply relevant regulatory requirements
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
types of offal recovered
methods of avoiding or dealing with contamination
sources of contamination and cross-contamination
work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) relevant to the recovery of offal
relevant regulatory requirements
types of defects and contamination of offal
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in a registered operating meat processing plant.
Competency must be demonstrated at the normal rate of production.
As a minimum, thee 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.