Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to understand the rendering process and work safely in the rendering area.
This unit is applicable to workers in meat rendering plants.
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 processing rendered products | 1.1 Identify flow of waste and processed by-product through the plant 1.2 Identify major items of equipment such as cookers, presses and mills 1.3 Explain major uses of rendered products and customer specifications |
2. Identify workplace health and safety requirements for the rendering area | 2.1 Explain and follow workplace health and safety for the rendering area 2.2 Identify specific hazards in rendering area and outline control methods |
3. Identify workplace requirements for the rendering area | 3.1 Explain hygiene requirements for the rendering area 3.2 Identify quality requirements for rendering 3.3 Identify control points for rendering in accordance with workplace requirements 3.4 Identify procedures associated with control points in accordance with workplace requirements |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must explain the rendering process and work safely in the rendering area.
The candidate must:
explain the sequence, risks and workplace requirements associated with the rendering process at their own plant
apply relevant regulatory requirements
meet the workplace health and safety requirements for working in the rendering area
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
environmental hazards associated with rendering products and the appropriate workplace requirements to minimise these
quality requirements for rendered products
workplace and customer quality requirements for rendered products
relevant regulatory requirements
steps in rendering and the process involved
workplace health and safety requirements for working in the rendering area
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal production conditions.
Competency must be demonstrated in a rendering plant at a rate that meets workplace requirements.
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.