Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to manage product in chillers, in terms of product quality and specifications, in accordance with AUS-MEAT requirements.
AUS-MEAT chiller assessment provides a means of describing saleable meat characteristics including meat colour, fat colour, marbling, eye muscle area, subcutaneous and total rib fat measurements and maturity.
This unit is applicable to supervisors and Quality Assurance (QA) staff who wish to become AUS-MEAT accredited chiller assessors.
All work in this unit should be carried out to comply with workplace and regulatory requirements.
This unit applies to individuals who take responsibility for their own work and the work of others within known parameters.
This units must be delivered and assessed in the context of Australian meat industry standards and regulations.
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. Conduct AUS-MEAT chiller Assessment | 1.1 Monitor product daily to ensure compliance with AUS-MEAT Chiller Assessment pre-conditions 1.2 Assess beef carcases for marbling, meat and fat colour scores in accordance with the AUS-MEAT chiller assessment standards 1.3 Assess beef carcases for eye muscle area, subcutaneous and total rib fat and carcase maturity 1.4 Correctly allocate the Grain Fed (GF) and Grain Feed Young Beef (GFYG) symbols to beef carcases 1.5 Manage chiller assessment equipment |
2. Monitor chiller temperature | 2.1 Monitor temperature of product daily to meet AUS-MEAT Chiller Assessment requirements and product specifications, workplace procedures and regulatory requirements 2.2 Maintain temperature of chiller to ensure product quality and to meet product specifications 2.3 Correct changes to temperature to maintain product quality and specifications |
3. Monitor product handling and identification | 3.1 Identify and label products in accordance with product specification, customer and workplace requirements 3.2 Identify and maintain AUS-MEAT requirements for carcase feedback |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must undertake chiller assessment in relation to AUS-MEAT requirements.
Competency must be demonstrated by assessing beef carcases using the AUS-MEAT Chiller Assessment Standards. Candidates will be assessed for their accuracy in meeting the chiller assessment requirements by applying the correct techniques and measurement to the allocated carcases. Candidates will conduct runs on a significant number of carcases to achieve the outcomes required.
The candidate must:
apply mathematical concepts to monitoring procedures (including temperature checks and adjustments)
apply relevant communication skills
identify AUS-MEAT Chiller Assessment pre-conditions
assess carcases in accordance with AUS-MEAT requirements
complete documentation, including accurate feedback outcomes
use available technology to record, gather and interpret product-monitoring data
correlate to the AUS-MEAT Chiller Assessment requirements using the Onsite Correlation and Practice Program (OSCAP)
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a broad factual, technical and theoretical knowledge of:
AUS-MEAT Chiller Assessment requirements
product quality monitoring processes
Importance of AUS-MEAT Chiller Assessment
procedure for determining non-conformance
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in an operating meat processing plant.
Candidates will be required to complete the required correlations using the OSCAP program. This will be conducted in their own workplace.
Candidates must successfully complete the AUS-MEAT Chiller Assessment Course requirements.
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.