Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to remove the hide from the rump area.
This unit is applicable to workers clearing the hide on the rump of large stock.
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. Pocket the rump | 1.1 Pocket rump to work instructions 1.2 Identify and meet workplace health and safety requirements 1.3 Remove hide employing measures and techniques to avoid damage to hide or contamination of the carcase |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must remove the hide from the rump area.
The candidate must:
locate cutting lines for rumping
complete rumping according to work instructions
use correct cutting lines
demonstrate effective knife skills
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:
workplace health and safety requirements at all times
economic impact of nicked, soiled or damaged hide and scored meat
relevant work instructions
relevant regulatory and workplace requirements
general anatomy of carcase relevant to the task
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must occur on a slaughter floor under normal operating conditions.
Competency must be demonstrated at normal production 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.