Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to perform retain rail operations to remove contamination, pathology and dressing defects identified by inspection staff.
This unit is applicable to workers on a slaughter floor or in a game processing plant.
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. Trim carcase on retain rail | 1.1 Identify and explain retain rail procedure 1.2 Identify defects that need trimming under a meat inspector's supervision 1.3 Trim defects in accordance with work instructions and meat inspector's direction 1.4 Trim defects in accordance with hygiene and sanitation requirements. 1.5 Trim defects in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements 1.6 Satisfy inspectors' requests and maximise yield when defects are trimmed 1.7 Dispose of trimmings in accordance with workplace requirements |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must perform retain rail operations to remove contamination, pathology and dressing defects identified by inspection staff.
The candidate must:
trim defects on carcases (on retain rail) in accordance with meat inspector's or Quality Assurance (QA) officer's direction and work instructions
demonstrate trim which meets regulatory requirements and maintains yield
dispose of trim in accordance with work instructions
communicate appropriately with meat inspectors and other relevant workplace personnel
apply relevant regulatory requirements
provide and accept feedback in order to improve performance from colleagues and meat inspectors
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:
potential sources of contamination or cross-contamination
retain rail procedures
relevant regulatory requirements
types of defects which result in carcases being retained.
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be undertaken in an operating abattoir or game processing plant.
Competency must be demonstrated when the chain is working at the normal rate of production.
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.