Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to pack and despatch a range of rendered products such as meat meal, blood meal and tallow.
This unit is applicable to rendering plant workers responsible for packing product either in bulk or in bags for despatch.
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. Package rendered products | 1.1 Inspect rendered products to workplace requirements prior to packaging 1.2 Package rendered products to workplace requirements using correct packaging procedures and effective storage materials 1.3 Package meat meal in bulk and/or bags, if applicable 1.4 Check packaging and labelling in accordance with customer specifications 1.5 Palletise packaged products where required 1.6 Package rendered products are packaged to workplace health and safety requirements |
2. Despatch rendered products | 2.1 Label products accurately, to customer specifications, in preparation for storage, sales or distribution 2.2 Transfer products to storage areas 2.3 Despatch packaged products |
3. Check Quality Assurance (QA) aspects of delivery trucks | 3.1 Identify QA requirements for trucks leaving the plant 3.2 Identify environmental and commercial impact of a spill during transportation 3.3 Undertake QA check of truck according to work instructions |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must pack and despatch a range of rendered products such as meat meal, blood meal and tallow.
The candidate must:
pack and despatch rendered products according to workplace and health and safety requirements
label rendered products according to customer specifications and workplace requirements
despatch rendered products to workplace requirements
apply relevant regulatory requirements
use communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
workplace health and safety hazards associated with packing and despatching by-products
QA requirements for delivery trucks
relevant regulatory requirements
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in the workplace.
Competency must be demonstrated in an operating rendering plant.
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.