Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to maintain energy efficient work practices and to contribute to systems improvement with regard to energy efficiency in the meat processing industry.
This unit is applicable to supervisors, quality assurance and maintenance personnel in meat processing operations who have responsibility for maintaining and contributing to energy efficient work practices of the enterprise.
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. Identify enterprise energy use and policies | 1.1 Identify types of energy that are used in the enterprise and what the energy is used for 1.2 Identify and follow relevant workplace health and safety, environmental, and organisational policies and procedures relevant to maintaining and contributing to energy efficiency |
2. Measure energy use | 2.1 Identify what is measured and how it is measured 2.2 Use tools such as checklists and spreadsheets to collate the energy use measurements 2.3 Read and interpret records of energy use, seeking the advice of specialist advisors if required |
3. Maintain and contribute to energy efficiency | 3.1 Identify and review requirements to maintain energy efficiency 3.2 Identify, recommend and implement areas for improvement, within scope of responsibility |
4. Follow and promote energy efficient work practices | 4.1 Follow and promote enterprise energy efficiency policy and procedures 4.2 Monitor operation of equipment to ensure maximum energy efficiency 4.3 Monitor equipment maintenance and replacement schedules 4.4 Provide support and advice to other workers, as appropriate |
5. Contribute to systems improvement | 5.1 Contribute to and support reviews of operations for improvement in energy efficiency 5.2 Identify opportunities for efficiencies in energy consumption and progress through appropriate personnel |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must maintain energy efficient work practices and contribute to systems improvement with regard to energy efficiency in the meat processing industry.
The candidate must:
follow relevant workplace health and safety, environmental, and organisational policies and procedures relevant to maintaining and contributing to energy efficiency
measure and interpret enterprise energy consumption using established data collection systems
contribute to workplace energy efficiency practices
support other workers to achieve workplace environmental policies and procedures
apply relevant communication skills, including interpreting and explaining enterprise energy polices; communicating new ideas and information
recognise and explain mathematical information as part of data collection and analysis processes
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:
relevant enterprise policies and procedures
applicable regulatory requirements
enterprise data collection and analysis systems
current industry practices and developments related to energy efficiency
relevant enterprise equipment maintenance and replacement schedules
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in a registered, operating meat processing plant or premises.
As a minimum, three different forms of assessment must be used, including:
quiz of underpinning knowledge
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.