Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to perform midline cuts to open and release the hide or pelt from the belly area of a carcase.
This unit is applicable to abattoirs, game processing plants 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. Separate hides or pelts from belly area | 1.1 Separate hides or pelts from belly area according to workplace requirements 1.2 Correctly separate hides or pelts from belly area using spear cuts from inside of hide or pelt to avoid contamination from the hide or pelt, fleece or hair 1.3 Identify sources of contamination and cross-contamination 1.4 Identify and comply with workplace health and safety requirements |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must perform midline cuts to open and release the hide or pelt from the belly area of a carcase.
The candidate must:
locate and demonstrate correct cutting lines and techniques for midline cuts
separate hides or pelts from belly area according to the work instruction
avoid damage to the hide or pelt and meat
apply 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:
correct cutting lines and techniques for midline cuts
relevant work instructions
workplace health and safety requirements
causes of damaged hides or pelts and meat cuts
relevant regulatory requirements
sources of contamination and cross-contamination
consequence for the business of damaged or contaminated hides, pelts or meat cuts
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be performed in an operating processing plant.
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.