Unit of competency

Modification History

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to seal or drain the urinary tract of a carcase during the dressing procedure on a slaughter floor.

This unit is applicable to workers on a slaughter floor required to either drain a urinary tract using a probe and vacuum pump or seal a pizzle using clips or a mechanical device. The mechanical device is usually a set of heated tongs or cutters.

All work should be carried out to comply with workplace and hygiene requirements.

This unit applies to individuals who work under general supervision, exercise limited autonomy and have some accountability for their own work.

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.

Pre-requisite Unit

Nil.

Unit Sector

Elements and Performance Criteria

Foundation Skills

Foundation Skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Range of Conditions

Unit Mapping Information

This unit is equivalent to MTMP2027B Seal or drain urinary tract.

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5e2e56b7-698f-4822-84bb-25adbb8443a7

Assessment requirements

Modification History

Performance Evidence

The candidate must seal or drain the urinary tract of a carcase during the dressing procedure on a slaughter floor.

The candidate must:

• drain and/or seal urinary tract according to workplace requirements
• maintain a stock of consumables, where relevant, for sealing urinary tracts (pizzles)
• maintain equipment used in sealing and/or draining urinary tracts
• apply relevant regulatory requirements

Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:

• relevant regulatory requirements
• hygiene and workplace health and safety issues associated with the task

Assessment Conditions

Competency must be assessed in the workplace under normal production conditions.

Competency must be demonstrated at the normal chain 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.

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5e2e56b7-698f-4822-84bb-25adbb8443a7