Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify beef categories and language according to age and gender
- Identify and explain the categories and classifications for beef using appropriate language and descriptions
- Identify and explain how category and classification impacts on meat quality, eating quality and customer/consumer preferences
- Identify and explain secondary sexual characteristics of beef carcases and how they can affect meat quality
- Assess carcase for secondary sexual characteristics
- Make visual inspection of carcase and determine if secondary sexual characteristics are present
- Differentiate whether a carcase is likely to be a castrate or entire male
- Record secondary sexual characteristics information according to workplace procedures, amending beef category if necessary
- Identify and segregate carcases with secondary sexual characteristics according to workplace and customer requirements/procedures
- Comply with workplace requirements for hygiene and safety
- Report and store information