Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to scald and de-hair pigs and other species such as goats.
This unit is applicable to workers in abattoirs 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.Scald exterior covering | 1.1 Scald carcase according to workplace requirements 1.2 Carry out scalding procedures according to workplace health and safety requirements |
2. Remove hair | 2.1 Remove hair according to workplace requirements 2.2 Remove hair according to workplace health and safety requirements |
3. Clean/shave carcase | 3.1 Clean or shave carcase according to workplace health and safety requirements 3.2 Trim contaminants from carcase |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must scald and de-hair pigs and other species such as goats.
The candidate must:
demonstrate de-hairing procedures to workplace requirements
demonstrate shaving, washing, trimming and cleaning of carcase to meet workplace requirements
demonstrate trimming of contaminants and correct disposal of trimming
demonstrate correct use of hair removal equipment
apply relevant workplace health and safety and regulatory requirements
monitor the scalding process including water temperature, where part of the workplace requirements
report equipment faults according to workplace requirements
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 use of hair removal equipment
implications of knife stalls
potential for contamination and cross-contamination
work instructions relevant to the task
relevant workplace health and safety and regulatory requirements
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in an operating processing plant.
Competency must be demonstrated at the 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.