Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to chill or ice hides coming from a slaughter floor or game processing establishment.
This unit is applicable to workers at abattoirs, knackeries or game processing establishments required to chill hides prior to despatch for tanning.
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. Chill hides | 1.1 Chill hides according to work instructions 1.2 Inspect hides for contamination, where required 1.3 Perform chilling safely according to workplace and health and safety requirements 1.4 Store chilled hides to workplace and/or customer requirements 1.5 Monitor waste water disposal to ensure workplace environment requirements are met |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must chill or ice hides coming from the slaughter floor or game processing establishment.
The candidate must:
chill or ice hides according to the work instructions and customer requirements
chill or ice hides according to the workplace health and safety requirements
apply post-chilling storage procedures and requirements
monitor process according to workplace requirements
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:
monitoring procedures where required
purpose of chilling or icing hides
work instructions for the chilling or icing hides process
relevant regulatory requirements
time and temperature requirements for the process
workplace health and safety hazards and workplace health and safety procedures
Assessment Conditions
Assessment should be conducted in an operating plant.
Competency must be demonstrated at normal production 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.