Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to operate a blood processing plant.
This unit is applicable to workers in a meat rendering plant.
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. Process blood meal | 1.1 Follow work instructions for processing blood 1.2 Pump blood from slaughter floor into feeder tanks and visually monitor the quality 1.3 Monitor coagulation of blood 1.4 Dry blood and monitor temperature 1.5 Monitor blood meal for quality 1.6 Take blood meal samples for analysis 1.7 Regulate flow of blood for processing according to work instructions 1.8 Undertake routine maintenance in accordance with workplace specifications 1.9 Meet workplace health and safety requirements for operating a blood processing plant |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must operate a blood processing plant.
The candidate must:
operate the blood processing plant to workplace requirements
identify production problems and out-of-specification product and take corrective action
monitor quality of blood meal
undertake routine maintenance to workplace requirements
follow workplace health and safety requirements
apply communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
apply relevant regulatory and workplace requirements
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:
workplace health and safety and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements associated with the operation of a blood processing plant
general principles of blood processing
qualities of raw materials and final product
work instructions for the operation of a blood processing plant
relevant regulatory and workplace requirements
workplace and customer blood meal specifications
Assessment Conditions
Competency must be demonstrated at the normal rate of production for that rendering plant.
Assessment must be conducted in a registered, operating meat 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.