Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to bone game meat.
This unit is applicable to workers in boning room and meat retail operations.
All training must be conducted in accordance with Australian meat industry standards and regulations.
All work should be carried out to comply with workplace requirements and hygiene standards.
This unit applies to individuals who work under broad direction 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. Bone game meat | 1.1 Bone game meat to customer specifications and workplace requirements 1.2 Task is performed to workplace health and safety, hygiene and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements |
2. Handle knife effectively | 2.1 Handle knife safely, hygienically and effectively |
Evidence of Performance
Evidence must demonstrate the candidate's consistency of performance over time at production speed.
The candidate must:
identify the main parts of the carcase
demonstrate equipment used to bone carcase
apply relevant regulatory requirements
use communication skills appropriate to the task
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:
different methods of boning
equipment used to bone carcase
relevant regulatory requirements
main parts of the carcase
Assessment Conditions
Competency must be demonstrated over time and under typical operating conditions for the enterprise.
Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal production 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.