Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to remove and dispose of a condemned carcase from a work area.
This unit is applicable to workers at abattoirs (stock handlers and slaughter personnel), knackeries or game processing establishments required to dispose of condemned carcases.
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. Dispose of condemned carcase | 1.1 Remove condemned carcase from the work area and dispose of in accordance with workplace and regulatory requirements. 1.2 Handle carcase in accordance with work instructions. 1.3 Handle carcase in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements. |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must remove and dispose of at least one condemned carcase from a work area.
The candidate must:
dispose of condemned carcase to workplace and regulatory requirements
handle condemned carcases in accordance with workplace health and safety, and hygiene and sanitation requirements
operate manual and mechanical handling equipment safely
process condemned carcases to regulatory requirements.
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
regulatory requirements covering the processing of condemned carcases
safe operation of manual and mechanical handling equipment related to disposing of condemned carcase
workplace health and safety risks associated with handling condemned carcases and the preventative measures.
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in an operating abattoir, knackery or game processing establishment.
Competency must be demonstrated under normal production conditions.
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.