Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to split the carcase.
This unit is applicable to those whose duties include splitting a carcase either manually or using a mechanical saw.
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. Clean and prepare equipment | 1.1 Sterilise and check equipment to ensure it is in operational order according to workplace and health and safety requirements. 1.2 Clean and maintain splitting equipment according to work instructions. |
2. Operate splitting equipment | 2.1 Use splitting equipment to split carcase according to customer specifications and workplace requirements. 2.2 Spilt carcase according to workplace health and safety requirements. |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must split the carcase.
The candidate must:
split carcases accurately with no soft siding
split carcases in accordance with workplace and health and safety requirements
perform routine cleaning and maintenance as specified in the work instructions
use communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:
routine maintenance that forms part of the work instructions for splitting the carcase
operation of the carcase splitting saw (where applicable)
problems caused by soft siding carcases
relevant work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
workplace health and safety requirements for operating, cleaning and maintaining the saw
regulatory requirements
sources of contamination and cross-contamination for carcase splitting
Assessment Conditions
Competency must be assessed at the normal speed of production and over a period of time.
Competency must be demonstrated in accordance with workplace requirements.
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.