Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to understand the operation of a fellmongering plant.
This unit is applicable to workers employed in any part of a fellmongering operation.
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 fellmongering | 1.1 Identify steps and machinery employed in the fellmongering process. 1.2 Identify types and sources of defects in fellmongered products. 1.3 Identify quality requirements and customer specifications related to pelts and pulled wool. 1.4 Identify environmental hazards and preventative measures associated with fellmongering. |
2. Follow safety requirements for this area | 2.1 Identify safety hazards in the fellmongering area. 2.2 Identify and follow workplace health and safety requirements for the fellmongering area. |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must explain the operation of a fellmongering plant.
The candidate must:
identify steps in fellmongering
follow safety requirements related to fellmongering
apply relevant regulatory requirements.
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
machinery used in the fellmongering plant
fellmongering process
methods and goals of storage of skins
use of skins and pulled wool
workplace, quality and workplace health and safety requirements, and customer specifications for pelts and pulled wool
relevant regulatory requirements.
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in an operating fellmongering plant.
Competency must involve demonstrated ability to work safely in a fellmongering plant. Competency must be demonstrated at normal production speed.
As a minimum, 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.