Application
This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to roll, sew and net meat.
This unit is applicable to meat retailing, food services and smallgoods enterprises.
All training must be conducted in accordance with Australian meat industry standards and regulations.
All work should be carried out to comply with workplace, regulatory and hygiene standards.
This unit applies to individuals who work under broad supervision and take responsibility for their own work.
No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.
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. Prepare meat for rolling, sewing and netting | 1.1 Prepare meat for rolling, sewing and netting according to workplace, hygiene, workplace health and safety and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements |
2. Roll meat | 2.1 Roll meat according to product and customer specifications, workplace, hygiene and QA requirements |
3. Sew, net and tie meat | 3.1 Sew, net and tie meat according to workplace, workplace health and safety, hygiene and QA requirements, and product and customer specifications |
Evidence of Performance
Evidence must demonstrate the candidate's consistency of performance over time at production speed.
The candidate must:
explain meat preparation for rolling
operate netting machines
roll, tie, sew and net meats to accepted workplace standard
use different techniques to tie meat
identify sub-standard products and rectify
apply relevant regulatory requirements
seek advice from appropriate sources, as necessary, when working with new products
use communication and mathematical skills appropriate to the task
work with team members to develop new products
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:
use of netting
meat preparation for rolling
relevant regulatory requirements
Assessment Conditions
Competency must be demonstrated over time and under typical operating conditions for the enterprise.
Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal operating conditions or in a simulated environment.
The following three forms of assessment must be used:
quiz of underpinning knowledge
demonstration in the workplace or simulated environment
workplace referee or third-party report of performance over time
Assessors must satisfy current standards for RTOs.
Foundation Skills
Foundation Skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.