Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to overview and explain the treatment of hides, skins and pelts (or any other exterior covering) at a particular plant or processing centre.
This unit is applicable to hide or skin sheds and/or tannery 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 steps in processing animal coverings | 1.1 Trace trimming, grading, treatment and storage of hides 1.2 Identify customer specifications in regard to animal coverings |
2. Identify requirements and specifications for the processing of hides | 2.1 Identify workplace, health and safety, regulatory and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements 2.2 Identify customer specifications for the processing of hides |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must explain the treatment of hides, skins and pelts (or any other exterior covering) at a particular plant or processing centre.
The candidate must:
identify steps in processing animal coverings
identify requirements and specifications for the processing of hides
use communication skills relevant to work instructions
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
methods of stacking and storing animal coverings
methods of treating animal coverings
importance of maintaining the quality of hides processed
storage of animal coverings and the goals of such storage
types of defects that occur in hides, pelts and skins and what causes these defects
uses of animal coverings
workplace health and safety requirements for hide or skin processing
customer requirements for hides, pelts and skins
steps in processing of hides, pelts and skins
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal production conditions.
Competency must be demonstrated at normal chain speed.
A minimum of three different forms of assessment must be used.
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.