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The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Monitoring temperatures may include: | reading temperatures recording temperatures reporting unacceptable temperatures, either verbally or in writing using measuring equipment, such as thermometers and other measuring equipment, which may be digital or analogue using mathematical skills appropriate to the task. |
Workplace requirements may include: | enterprise-specific procedures using measuring equipment OH&S requirements Quality Assurance (QA) requirements Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) storage times and temperatures performing task to production requirements work instructions. |
Hygiene and sanitationrequirements may include: | relevant government regulations workplace requirements. |
Regulatory requirements may include: | Export Control Act federal, state and territory regulations regarding meat processing and food handling relevant Australian standards. |
Storage may include: | chiller commercial freezer cool room display cabinet personal refrigerator and freezer refrigerated vehicle. |
OH&S requirements may include: | enterprise OH&S policies, procedures and programs OH&S legal requirements Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), which may include: clothing for refrigerated environment coats and aprons ear plugs or muffs eye and facial protection head-wear lifting assistance protective boot covers protective hand and arm covering protective head and hair covering uniforms waterproof clothing work, safety or waterproof footwear requirements set out in standards and codes of practice. |
Explanations may: | be presented orally or in writing using standard formats include information from several sources be presented in diagrammatic, tabular, graphic or pictorial formats require summaries of information for presentation to work colleagues use a range of communications technology and media use workplace, mathematical and technical language. |
Communication may include: | interacting with people from a range of cultural, social and ethnic backgrounds interacting with colleagues, superiors, customers, clients and external parties empathising with customers and work colleagues interpreting the needs of internal and external customers listening and understanding, and speaking clearly and directly reading and interpreting workplace-related documentation the use of negotiation, persuasion and assertiveness skills own work area and the wider work area sharing of information writing to audience needs. |
Mathematicalskills may include: | accurate recording of temperature, time, volume, weight and quantity, in standard formats or proformas interpreting and drawing conclusions from routine charts, bar graphs and pie charts operations involving percentages, comparisons and variations reading and interpreting analogue and digital measures, including scales, pressured gauges and thermometers routine estimations and calculations using a range of specified formulas and procedures using calculators and computer software packages. |