Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to grade hides, pelts or skins both prior to and after processing.
This unit is applicable to skin shed 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. Inspect hides, pelts or skins | 1.1 Inspect hides, pelts or skins in accordance with workplace requirements and customer specifications 1.2 Inspect hides, pelts or skins for defects in accordance with workplace requirements 1.3 Take action on defects in accordance with workplace requirements |
2. Grade hides, pelts or skins | 2.1 Grade hides, pelts or skins in accordance with customer specifications and/or workplace requirements 2.2 Prepare hides, pelts or skins for despatch and/or stored in accordance with workplace requirements 2.3 Identify and explain workplace health and safety requirements for handling and grading |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must grade hides, pelts or skins both prior to and after processing.
The candidate must:
inspect hides, pelts or skins for defects and take appropriate remedial action according to workplace requirements
use correct methods of storing hides, pelts or skins to workplace and customer requirements
apply the grading methods for animal coverings according to workplace and health and safety requirements, and customer specifications
apply relevant regulatory requirements
use communication skills relevant to work instructions
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
methods of grading hides, pelts or skins
workplace and health and safety and workplace requirements related to the grading of hides, pelts or skins
steps in processing coverings
relevant regulatory requirements
Assessment Conditions
Assessment can occur in the workplace under normal production conditions or in a simulated workplace.
Competency must be demonstrated using the range of hides, pelts or skins types or classifications encountered in the workplace.
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.