Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to manage the reporting of slaughter data to the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) data base.
This unit applies to Quality Assurance managers or livestock clerks who are responsible for reconciling actual slaughter data with the shift kill sheet. The unit also covers the uploading of data to the NLIS data base.
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. Validate the kill sheet with slaughter floor staff | 1.1 Liaise with slaughter staff floor to correct kill sheet discrepancies such as out of sequence stock, emergency kills, non-identified stock or non-reading devices 1.2 Validate slaughter numbers prior to upload of NLIS data |
2. Upload data to the NLIS database | 2.1 Access the NLIS database 2.2 Upload slaughter floor carcase feedback data |
3. Check NLIS data upload history | 3.1 Access the NLIS database 3.2 Ensure successful upload of data |
4. Respond to email errors | 4.1 Respond to emails from the NLIS database 4.2 View and respond to error reports 4.3 Resolve upload issues 4.4 Record and save resolution of errors 4.5 Implement corrective actions in response to ongoing non-compliance issues |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must manage the reporting of slaughter data to the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) data base.
The candidate must:
validate the kill sheet with slaughter floor staff
upload data to the NLIS database
check NLIS data upload history
respond to email errors
use communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to:
validate the kill sheet
upload slaughter data to the NLIS database
resolve upload problems
raise and explain issues and problems with slaughter floor staff
use negotiation skills to resolve issues
take appropriate steps to minimise workplace health and safety risks when working with livestock
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:
the NLIS system, including the origin and nature of the system, its commercial importance, role in food safety and importing country requirements, role in traceability
NLIS regulatory requirements in relation to abattoirs
sources of errors with slaughter data
NLIS uploading procedures
NLIS rules for responding to error emails
on-site data storage procedures
status, abbreviations and what they mean, and the required actions to be taken in response
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in the workplace.
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.