Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to transport meat and/or meat products. It relates to the transportation of meat where the transport operator has physical contact with meat.
This unit is applicable to the transport of meat products by truck.
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.
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. Prepare to transport food | 1.1 Inspect vehicles and containers or receptacles used to transport food and ensure they are appropriate for use 1.2 Prepare vehicles and containers or receptacles used to transport food for use 1.3 Load and secure food as required, according to product requirements and workplace safety and regulatory requirements |
2. Transport food | 2.1 Monitor and control food safety hazards as required by the food safety program to ensure that food safety is maintained during transport 2.2 Where food safety control requirements are not met, promptly report non-conformance and take corrective action 2.3 Unload food as required according to product requirements and workplace procedures 2.4 Record food safety information to meet the requirements of the food safety program |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must transport meat and/or meat products.
The candidate must:
prepare to transport food, including:
confirming that food holding containers or receptacles meet workplace hygiene standards
confirming that equipment used to maintain the required environment during transport is ready for use
food parameters (including temperature, loading and unloading areas, and containers and receptacles) are met prior to loading, transporting and unloading
confirming vehicle and associated equipment are ready to transport food
load and unload food as required by work responsibility by following procedures to ensure that food is loaded and unloaded in correct sequence and configuration and that food cannot become contaminated by being located in proximity to other food or non-food items
maintain work area and vehicles in a tidy state to meet workplace requirements
transport food safely
observe relevant workplace health and safety requirements
locate and follow workplace information relating to food safety responsibilities
identify and implement the methods and procedures used to control food safety hazards
monitor food safety hazards as required by workplace requirements
record results of monitoring and maintain records as required by the food safety program
report non-conformance and/or unusual circumstances which could affect food safety
take appropriate corrective action in response to failure to meet food safety requirements as required by workplace procedures
undertake record-keeping responsibilities relating to food safety
use communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
use work instructions to find advice on food safety responsibilities relating to own work
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
characteristics of food transported as they affect loading and handling of food and the potential for cross-contamination resulting from location in proximity to other food or non-food items that are transported
procedures and responsibilities for food safety relating to own work
non-conformance and/or unusual circumstances which could affect food safety
microbiological, physical and chemical hazards that can occur when loading, transporting and unloading food, including the types of hazards likely to occur, the conditions under which they occur and possible consequences
environmental conditions necessary to maintain food safety
methods and procedures used to control food safety hazards
Assessment Conditions
Competency must be demonstrated utilising trucks usually used for delivery.
Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal despatch and delivery conditions.
As 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.