Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to seal the weasand.
This unit is applicable to workers in abattoirs and knackeries.
All work should be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, customer requirements and product specifications.
This unit applies to individuals who work under broad direction and take responsibility for their own work including limited responsibility for the work of others. They provide and communicate solutions to a range of predictable problems.
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 equipment and materials | 1.1 Arrange equipment and supplies of materials in preparation for the procedure according to workplace standards. 1.2 Clean equipment and materials to workplace requirements. 1.3 Assemble adequate stores of consumables prior to commencement of work. |
2. Seal weasand | 2.1 Accurately locate weasand. 2.2 Seal weasand in accordance with workplace requirements. 2.3 Identify sources of contamination and cross-contamination and minimise contamination. 2.4 Identify and meet workplace health and safety requirements. |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must seal the weasand.
The candidate must:
select and prepare appropriate equipment according to workplace requirements
report equipment faults according to workplace requirements
seal weasand according to work instruction
apply communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
apply relevant regulatory requirements
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:
anatomy relevant to sealing weasand
importance of correctly sealing weasand
methods used for sealing weasand
potential for contamination and cross-contamination
applicable work instructions
workplace health and safety requirements
equipment required
relevant regulatory requirements
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in an operating abattoir or knackery.
Competency must be demonstrated at normal chain speed.
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.