Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to supervise the loading of meat products onto trucks and/or containers.
This unit is applicable to loading out product from abattoirs, boning rooms, smallgoods plants, wild game depots, game processing plants, food services and wholesaling operations.
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. Identify and check products to be loaded | 1.1 Check that identified product has been correctly selected, is complete, and meets workplace requirements and customer specifications 1.2 Check temperature records to ensure that product meets workplace and customer requirements 1.3 Check brands or labels against order 1.4 Ensure packaging is intact 1.5 Ensure re-packs meet company and regulatory requirements 1.6 Check that loadout area and equipment meet workplace health and safety and regulatory requirements 1.7 Check that transportation vehicle or container meets hygiene and sanitation, workplace health and safety and regulatory requirements 1.8 Take corrective action where necessary |
2. Monitor loadout process | 2.1 Ensure required temperatures are maintained 2.2 Ensure product is loaded according to workplace health and safety, workplace and regulatory requirements 2.3 Check loadout documentation for accuracy and completeness 2.4 Identify and resolve problems to ensure safe and efficient loadout processes are in place and followed 2.5 Meet security requirements for products (e.g. seals on trucks and containers) in accordance with regulatory requirements 2.6 Ensure loadout area is kept clean and tidy and clear of obstructions 2.7 Provide advice and support to team members where necessary |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must supervise the loading of meat products onto trucks and/or containers.
The candidate must:
consistently ensure products to be loaded meet workplace and customer specifications
conduct checks on product, labels, loadout area and transportation vehicles to ensure accuracy, compliance with hygiene and sanitation, workplace health and safety and regulatory requirements
monitor loadout process to ensure smooth running of process and compliance with workplace requirements
identify problems and take appropriate corrective action
oversee re-pack operations
ensure loadout documentation is accurate and complete
monitor product security
provide support to team members where required
use communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:
relevant workplace, health and safety and regulatory requirements
loadout documentation
labelling requirements
problems likely to arise during the loadout process (e.g. weather conditions, dropped product, incorrect labels) and the corrective actions to be taken
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in the loadout area of a registered operating meat processing plant, game depot, food service or wholesaling operation.
Competency must be demonstrated at the normal rate of production.
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.