Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to do the preparatory knife work marking a pig carcase prior to splitting.
This unit is applicable to workers on a pig slaughter floor, boning room or game processing establishment.
All work should be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, customer requirements and product specifications.
This unit applies to individuals who work under broad direction and take responsibility for their own work including limited responsibility for the work of others. They provide and communicate solutions to a range of predictable problems.
No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.
This unit must be delivered and assessed in the context of Australian meat processing standards and regulations.
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. Backdown a pig carcase | 1.1 Backdown carcase according to workplace requirements 1.2 Identify and apply workplace health and safety requirements 1.3 Identify and minimise sources of contamination and cross-contamination associated with backing down |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must do the preparatory knife work marking a pig carcase prior to splitting.
The candidate must:
backdown a pig carcase to workplace requirements and at the speed of production
identify and minimise contamination risks
apply communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
apply relevant regulatory requirements
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:
purpose of backing down
relevant regulatory requirements
potential sources of contamination and cross-contamination
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in an operating processing plant.
Competency must be demonstrated in the workplace at normal production speed.
As a minimum, the following three forms of assessment must be used:
quiz of underpinning knowledge
workplace demonstration
workplace referee or third-party report of performance over time
Assessors must satisfy the current standards for RTOs.
Foundation Skills
Foundation Skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.