Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to apply chemicals to skins in a fellmongering process.
This unit is applicable to workers employed in a fellmongering plant.
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. Operate spray equipment | 1.1 Operate spray equipment in accordance with workplace requirements and manufacturer's specifications. 1.2 Maintain and clean spray equipment in accordance with workplace requirements and manufacturer's specifications, where required. |
2. Spray skins and prepare them for sweating | 2.1 Lay skins out for chemical treatment in accordance with workplace requirements. 2.2 Apply acid solutions to skins in accordance with workplace requirements. 2.3 Spread acid solution evenly over pelt (including points) in accordance with workplace requirements. 2.4 Fold skins in accordance with workplace requirements. 2.5 Keep skins in their mob batches for identification purposes. 2.6 Identify workplace health and safety hazards and take preventative measures. 2.7 Identify environmental hazards and take preventative measures. |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must apply chemicals to skins in a fellmongering process.
The candidate must:
spray skins with chemicals in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements and workplace and customer specifications
operate spraying equipment to workplace and workplace health and safety requirements
cite and locate the safety data sheets for the chemicals used and explain how they relate to the use and disposal of the chemicals
apply relevant regulatory requirements.
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
environmental risks and controls related to the use of chemicals
protective equipment to be used for each chemical and relevant emergency procedures
purpose of chemically treating skins in fellmongering
relationship between concentration of chemicals and different types of skins
relevant regulatory requirements.
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in an operating fellmongering 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.