Elements and Performance Criteria
- Check the chilled or frozen poultry product preparation and processing areas and equipment
- Identify procedures for pre-operational equipment checks in accordance with workplace policies and procedures and manufacturer’s instructions
- Monitor and check regulatory requirements, safe work practices and safety equipment
- Conduct or supervise pre-operational checks and procedures and report risks, contamination or variations
- Monitor the production of chilled or frozen poultry products
- Identify and implement product quality and safety procedures for the facility and for each stage of the production process from slaughter to product packaging
- Monitor handling requirements for ingredients to prevent contamination
- Monitor operation of processing equipment to ensure consistency with manufacturer’s specifications and regulatory and workplace requirements
- Monitor hygiene and sanitation of relevant processing area for conformance, and the cleaning regime for maintaining a hygienic and safe work area
- Confirm the details of cuts to meet customer requirements
- Monitor the production system and equipment for the preparation and manufacture of the products
- Implement packaging and chilling of poultry product
- Confirm the details of packaging to meet customer and regulatory requirements
- Monitor chilling requirements to meet food safety standards from processing to retailing
- Apply and monitor chilling processes for food preservation
- Implement and monitor sampling and testing procedures for physical, biochemical and microbiological changes to frozen or chilled product
- Diagnose, rectify and report problems arising from the preparation and manufacture of chilled poultry products
- Review production processes