Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to open the hide/pelt from around the bung and free the bung.
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. Ring bung | 1.1 Identify and meet workplace health and safety requirements 1.2 Identify and minimise sources of contamination and cross-contamination 1.3 Remove hide or pelt from around the anus and tail area in accordance with work instructions 1.4 Cut anus and vulva (bung) in accordance with work instructions 1.5 Sever tissue around anus and vulva and free anus and vulva with minimal damage 1.6 Trim dags from around anus in accordance with work instructions, and hygiene and sanitation requirements, where this forms part of the work instructions |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must open the hide/pelt from around the bung and free the bung.
The candidate must:
remove hide or pelt cleanly from around the bung and without damage, according to workplace requirements
free the bung with minimal damage and contamination
cut the bung to workplace requirements
apply communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
apply relevant regulatory and workplace requirements
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:
purpose of ringing the bung
work instruction for ringing the bung
consequences of incorrectly performing this procedure
relevant regulatory and workplace requirements
sources of contamination and cross-contamination
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be carried out 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.