Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to monitor boiler operations.
This unit is applicable to workers in meat processing premises.
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. Set up equipment | 1.1 Check equipment prior to operation according to work instructions 1.2 Ensure cleanliness of equipment according to workplace requirements |
2. Operate equipment | 2.1 Load and program equipment according to work instructions 2.2 Operate equipment according to manufacturer's specifications and workplace requirements 2.3 Identify and comply with workplace health and safety requirements |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must monitor boiler operations.
The candidate must:
demonstrate operation of boiler according to workplace requirements
identify production problems and out-of-specification product and take corrective action
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:
operation of boiler according to workplace requirements
effect on product and health and safety of incorrectly operating boiler
workplace health and safety requirements in operating boiler
relevant regulatory requirements
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in a registered, operating meat processing premises.
Competency must be demonstrated at the normal rate of production for that rendering 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.