AMPA3022
Skin head


Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to manually remove the hide or pelt from a head.

This unit is applicable to workers making opening cuts in hides or pelts in abattoirs, knackery or game processing establishments.

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. Remove hide or pelt from head

1.1 Remove hide or pelt from head in accordance with workplace requirements

1.2 Remove hide or pelt from head leaving underlying muscle undamaged

1.3 Remove hide or pelt from head in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements

1.4 Identify and manage sources of contamination and cross-contamination according to workplace requirements

Evidence of Performance

The candidate must manually remove the hide or pelt from a head.

The candidate must:

use sterilisation techniques required prior to and during the skinning of the head

skin the head to workplace requirements

work cleanly and to avoid the risks of contamination of the head and carcase

use communication techniques relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

keep work area clean and tidy

dispose of hide or pelt in accordance with work instructions

identify sources of contamination and cross-contamination and rectify accordingly


Evidence of Knowledge

The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:

workplace requirements for removing hide or pelt from head

consequences of incorrectly removing hide or pelt from head

use of head meat

relevant regulatory requirements

workplace health and safety requirements related to removing hide or pelt from head


Assessment Conditions

Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal production conditions.

Competency must be demonstrated at normal chain speed for the meat processing plant.

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.


Range Statement


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