Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to break down and bone a carcase for further processing of the meat for pet meat or rendering.
This unit is applicable to workers employed at abattoirs, knackeries, game meat processing establishments and rendering plants.
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. Break down condemned carcase | 1.1 Break down carcase down in accordance with workplace and regulatory requirements 1.2 Identify and meet workplace health and safety requirements |
2. Bone carcase | 2.1 Bone meat to maximise yield 2.2 Bone meat in accordance with work instructions and regulatory requirements 2.3 Identify and comply with workplace health and safety requirements 2.4 Dispose of meat cuts, trimmings and bones in accordance with workplace requirements |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must break down and bone a carcase for further processing of the meat for pet meat or rendering.
The candidate must:
break down and bone carcase in accordance with work instructions
trim according to workplace specifications
comply with workplace health and safety, and regulatory requirements
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
regulatory requirements
requirements for further processing
workplace health and safety hazards and requirements
Assessment Conditions
Competency must be demonstrated at normal chain speed.
Assessment must occur in the workplace 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.