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.