Application
This unit describes with the skills and knowledge required to remove a pelt or exterior covering manually without a mechanical aid.
This unit is applicable to workers removing a pelt by hand.
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. Position carcase | 1.1 Secure carcase according to workplace requirements |
2. Complete opening cuts | 2.1 Cut leg so that all cuts to the pelt are directed outwards, where this forms part of work instructions 2.2 Punch pockets down each flank without damage to muscles or selvedge (where this forms part of work instructions) 2.3 Pull pelt from the carcase without damage or loss of value to either the carcase or the pelt (where this forms part of work instructions) |
3. Clean covering from carcase | 3.1 Remove covering completely without damage to the subcutaneous fat cover 3.2 Dispose of covering in accordance with work instructions |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must remove a pelt or exterior covering manually without a mechanical aid.
The candidate must:
remove the pelt cleanly and in accordance with work instructions
apply relevant workplace health and safety and regulatory requirements
work cleanly and avoid the risks of contamination to the carcase
apply relevant communication skills
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:
procedure for trimming of contaminants
potential for contamination and cross-contamination
relevant workplace health and safety and regulatory requirements
work instructions
Assessment Conditions
Competency must be demonstrated at the normal chain speed.
Assessment must be conducted in an operating 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.