AMPA3081
Perform offal Meat Hygiene Assessment


Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to monitor hygiene assessment of offal.

This unit is applicable to workers performing offal product hygiene assessment on the slaughter floor or in dedicated offal rooms.

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. Monitor offal

1.1 Select samples for assessment according to the approved sampling plan for sample size and frequency

1.2 Conduct assessment utilising appropriate facilities, lighting and time

1.3 Conduct assessment according to workplace requirements

1.4 Monitor offal for defects according to agreed criteria and classification

1.5 Record defects accurately using the correct forms or electronic system

1.6 Identify levels for triggering corrective actions

1.7 Implement immediate corrective action according to the Meat Hygiene Assessment (MHA) program's requirements

1.8 Monitor offal according to the workplace requirements for hygiene and sanitation, and workplace health and safety

Evidence of Performance

The candidate must monitor hygiene assessment of offal.

The candidate must:

monitor product for defects according to the MHA program

record the monitoring results accurately

calculate defect ratings

instigate corrective actions when appropriate

apply communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

apply relevant regulatory requirements


Evidence of Knowledge

The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:

how process compliance monitoring is to be undertaken

how the approved sample plan is implemented for product monitoring

hygiene and sanitation requirements when monitoring product

workplace health and safety requirements when monitoring product

types of defects to be identified in carcase, offal and carton product

when and how corrective actions are to be taken in response to monitoring outcomes

how defect ratings are detected

classification of defects

purpose of an MHA program

relevant regulatory requirements


Assessment Conditions

Assessment must take place in a meat processing plant under real working conditions.

Competency must be demonstrated while actually complying with:

Australian Government - Agriculture and/or state meat authority regulations

company procedures

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.


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