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Evidence Guide: AMPA3092 - Grade beef carcases using Meat Standards Australia standards

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AMPA3092 - Grade beef carcases using Meat Standards Australia standards

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Apply the MSA system

  1. Identify consumer preferences for eating quality traits
  2. Identify factors impacting on eating quality
Identify consumer preferences for eating quality traits

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Identify factors impacting on eating quality

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Grade beef carcases to MSA standards

  1. Accurately identify and allocate reasons for non-compliance
  2. Identify default inputs required for MSA grading
  3. Assess maturity, MSA marbling, hump height, fat distribution and hide puller damage to MSA standards
  4. Calibrate, maintain and operate equipment used for measuring ultimate pH and record calibration results
  5. Measure ultimate pH
  6. Identify hanging method
  7. Record AUS-MEAT chiller assessment measurements of the carcase to be graded
  8. Generate an eating quality outcome for graded carcases
Accurately identify and allocate reasons for non-compliance

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Identify default inputs required for MSA grading

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Assess maturity, MSA marbling, hump height, fat distribution and hide puller damage to MSA standards

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Calibrate, maintain and operate equipment used for measuring ultimate pH and record calibration results

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Measure ultimate pH

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Identify hanging method

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Record AUS-MEAT chiller assessment measurements of the carcase to be graded

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Generate an eating quality outcome for graded carcases

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Operate MSA software and hardware to record grading details and generate eating quality outcomes

  1. Access and operate MSA software and hardware
  2. Enter, store, sort, retrieve, check and validate, interpret and forward data
  3. Generate grading reports
Access and operate MSA software and hardware

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Enter, store, sort, retrieve, check and validate, interpret and forward data

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Generate grading reports

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Apply vendor declaration information to MSA grading

  1. Identify and interpret essential information on vendor declarations and delivery paperwork
  2. Manage MSA vendor declarations in accordance with the MSA Standards
  3. Activate Data Capture Unit (DCU) defaults in accordance with the vendor declaration
Identify and interpret essential information on vendor declarations and delivery paperwork

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Manage MSA vendor declarations in accordance with the MSA Standards

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Activate Data Capture Unit (DCU) defaults in accordance with the vendor declaration

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Identify MSA graded carcase product to demonstrate traceability

  1. Identify system for identifying graded product
  2. Apply slaughter floor ticket information
  3. Identify carcases appropriately for carcase sorting and cuts harvesting
Identify system for identifying graded product

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Apply slaughter floor ticket information

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Identify carcases appropriately for carcase sorting and cuts harvesting

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Adhere to the MSA Standards Manual

  1. Complete all aspects of MSA grading in accordance with the Standards Manual and Licensing requirements
  2. Grade carcases according to the MSA system
  3. Identify and resolve grading problems
Complete all aspects of MSA grading in accordance with the Standards Manual and Licensing requirements

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Grade carcases according to the MSA system

Completed
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Identify and resolve grading problems

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Comply with workplace requirements

  1. Comply with applicable workplace health and safety, workplace and regulatory requirements whilst grading
Comply with applicable workplace health and safety, workplace and regulatory requirements whilst grading

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Apply the MSA system

1.1 Identify consumer preferences for eating quality traits

1.2 Identify factors impacting on eating quality

2. Grade beef carcases to MSA standards

2.1 Accurately identify and allocate reasons for non-compliance

2.2 Identify default inputs required for MSA grading

2.3 Assess maturity, MSA marbling, hump height, fat distribution and hide puller damage to MSA standards

2.4 Calibrate, maintain and operate equipment used for measuring ultimate pH and record calibration results

2.5 Measure ultimate pH

2.6 Identify hanging method

2.7 Record AUS-MEAT chiller assessment measurements of the carcase to be graded

2.8 Generate an eating quality outcome for graded carcases

3. Operate MSA software and hardware to record grading details and generate eating quality outcomes

3.1 Access and operate MSA software and hardware

3.2 Enter, store, sort, retrieve, check and validate, interpret and forward data

3.3 Generate grading reports

4. Apply vendor declaration information to MSA grading

4.1 Identify and interpret essential information on vendor declarations and delivery paperwork

4.2 Manage MSA vendor declarations in accordance with the MSA Standards

4.3 Activate Data Capture Unit (DCU) defaults in accordance with the vendor declaration

5. Identify MSA graded carcase product to demonstrate traceability

5.1 Identify system for identifying graded product

5.2 Apply slaughter floor ticket information

5.3 Identify carcases appropriately for carcase sorting and cuts harvesting

6. Adhere to the MSA Standards Manual

6.1 Complete all aspects of MSA grading in accordance with the Standards Manual and Licensing requirements

6.2 Grade carcases according to the MSA system

6.3 Identify and resolve grading problems

7. Comply with workplace requirements

7.1 Comply with applicable workplace health and safety, workplace and regulatory requirements whilst grading

Required Skills and Knowledge

Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Apply the MSA system

1.1 Identify consumer preferences for eating quality traits

1.2 Identify factors impacting on eating quality

2. Grade beef carcases to MSA standards

2.1 Accurately identify and allocate reasons for non-compliance

2.2 Identify default inputs required for MSA grading

2.3 Assess maturity, MSA marbling, hump height, fat distribution and hide puller damage to MSA standards

2.4 Calibrate, maintain and operate equipment used for measuring ultimate pH and record calibration results

2.5 Measure ultimate pH

2.6 Identify hanging method

2.7 Record AUS-MEAT chiller assessment measurements of the carcase to be graded

2.8 Generate an eating quality outcome for graded carcases

3. Operate MSA software and hardware to record grading details and generate eating quality outcomes

3.1 Access and operate MSA software and hardware

3.2 Enter, store, sort, retrieve, check and validate, interpret and forward data

3.3 Generate grading reports

4. Apply vendor declaration information to MSA grading

4.1 Identify and interpret essential information on vendor declarations and delivery paperwork

4.2 Manage MSA vendor declarations in accordance with the MSA Standards

4.3 Activate Data Capture Unit (DCU) defaults in accordance with the vendor declaration

5. Identify MSA graded carcase product to demonstrate traceability

5.1 Identify system for identifying graded product

5.2 Apply slaughter floor ticket information

5.3 Identify carcases appropriately for carcase sorting and cuts harvesting

6. Adhere to the MSA Standards Manual

6.1 Complete all aspects of MSA grading in accordance with the Standards Manual and Licensing requirements

6.2 Grade carcases according to the MSA system

6.3 Identify and resolve grading problems

7. Comply with workplace requirements

7.1 Comply with applicable workplace health and safety, workplace and regulatory requirements whilst grading

The candidate must grade beef to Meat Standards Australia (MSA) standards.

The candidate must be viewed by the assessor or in the workplace at least once.

The candidate must:

demonstrate proficiency with all aspects of the DCU system

demonstrate proficiency with all aspects of handling MSA grading data

describe all carcase attributes that are collected

accurately assess all carcase attributes required to generate an eating quality outcome

apply an appropriate carcase identification system

apply communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and problem-solving skills

apply relevant workplace health and safety, regulatory and workplace requirements

maintain currency of knowledge through independent research or professional development

apply all MSA grading reports

The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:

requirements of the MSA Standards Manual

carcase hanging methods and their impact on eating quality

importance of subcutaneous fat coverage

the impact of hump height and tropical breed content on eating quality

MSA marbling requirements

Determining carcase maturity

Determining hide puller damage requirements and the impact on eating quality

essential operating conditions for use of the MSA system, including the equipment required for grading

information on a carcase ticket that is necessary for MSA Grading

MSA vendor declaration system

relationship between DCU, plant boning runs, and cut x cook outcomes

how ageing affects eating quality and how its effect is incorporated onto the MSA system

MSA feedback requirements

pH requirements and the impact on eating quality

AUS-MEAT chiller assessment standards

What a MQ4 score is and its relationship with MSA bands of eating quality

link between carcase ticket information and grading results

MSA minimum requirements

Palatability Analysis Critical Control Points (PACCP) approach to eating quality

relationship between cut and cooking method

role of plant boning runs

Minimum standards for MSA livestock eligibility minimum standards for MSA grader performance

potential grading problems and suggest solutions

MSA grading reports

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