Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to recover material from waste water so that solids are not pumped into waste water systems.
This unit is applicable to workers employed at abattoir, independent boning rooms, rendering plant, casing factories, smallgoods factory and game meat processing establishment.
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. Monitor waste recovery systems | 1.1 Monitor system regularly to ensure solid waste is contained within the system 1.2 Monitor system to ensure it complies with environmental and workplace requirements 1.3 Identify environmental impact of systems failure 1.4 Take corrective action in response to systems failure in accordance with workplace and regulatory requirements |
2. Operate waste recovery systems | 2.1 Operate and monitor system according to workplace requirements 2.2 Recover material from waste water according to workplace requirements 2.3 Dispose of material in accordance with workplace requirements |
3. Maintain waste recovery systems | 3.1 Maintain waste recovery system in accordance with workplace requirements and manufacturer's specifications |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must recover material from waste water so that solids are not pumped into waste water systems.
The candidate must:
operate waste recovery systems in accordance with workplace requirements
consistently observe workplace health and safety requirements
operate mechanised system so that solids are not pumped into the waste system
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
environmental and workplace requirements related to the operation of waste recovery systems.
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must involve demonstrated competency monitoring a functioning waste recovery system.
Competency must be demonstrated in an operating facility.
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.