Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to skin slinks.
This unit is applicable to workers required to skin slinks as part of a slink processing 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. Skin slink | 1.1 Skin slink according to the work instructions 1.2 Skin slink safely fulfilling workplace health and safety requirements 1.3 Remove skins using correct cutting lines 1.4 Despatch slink skins or store according to workplace requirements |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must skin slinks.
The candidate must:
remove skin according to workplace health and safety requirements and work instructions
maintain a sharp knife
apply relevant regulatory requirements
store skins according to workplace requirements
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
workplace health and safety requirements for skinning slinks
storage requirements for slink skins
cutting lines and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements for slink skins
work instructions for skinning slinks
relevant regulatory requirements
workplace health and safety hazards associated with skinning slinks
Assessment Conditions
Assessment should be conducted in a meat processing plant.
Competency that meets workplace requirements must be demonstrated at normal chain 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.