Unit of competency details
AMPG301 - Operate a game harvesting vehicle (Release 1)
Summary
Usage recommendation:
Superseded
Releases:
| 1 1 (this release) |
04/Aug/2016 |
Companion volumes:
Unit of competency
Assessment requirements
Training packages that include this unit
Qualifications that include this unit
Skill sets that include this unit
Classifications
Classification history
| ASCED Module/Unit of Competency Field of Education Identifier | 110199 | Food And Hospitality, N.e.c. | 17/Nov/2016 | |
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Unit of competency
Modification History
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Release
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1
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AMPv2.0
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Initial release
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Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to operate a game harvesting vehicle safely and hygienically.
This unit is suitable for vehicle operators who are harvesting wild game for commercial purposes. Operators will have responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the wild game harvesting vehicle, the loading and unloading of carcases and the safe handling of cleaning chemicals and equipment.
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
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Element
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Performance criteria
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Elements describe the essential outcomes.
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Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
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1. Prepare and maintain wild game harvesting vehicle and equipment
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1.1 Clean wild game harvesting vehicle and check hygiene prior to harvesting operation
1.2 Check and replenish consumables, as required
1.3 Check and maintain equipment
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2. Load, transport and deliver to field depot or wild game meat processing premises
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2.1 Load carcases according to management plan and regulatory requirements
2.2 Load and transport carcases to avoid contamination
2.3 Plan delivery times to meet regulatory and company requirements
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3. Unload field dressed wild game animal carcase
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3.1 Unload carcases according to management plan and regulatory requirements
3.2 Unload carcases to minimise contamination
3.3 Plan and achieve delivery times at field depots or processing plants to meet regulatory and company requirements
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4. Clean truck and equipment
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4.1 Clean vehicle to meet regulatory requirements
4.2 Use cleaning chemicals that meet regulatory requirements in accordance with manufacturer instructions
4.3 Clean kit and hanging pins in accordance with the management plan
4.4 Store kit and hanging pins so as to avoid contamination
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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 MTMG301A Operate a game harvesting vehicle.
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
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Release
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TP Version
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Comment
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1
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AMPv2.0
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Initial release
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Performance Evidence
The candidate must operate a game harvesting vehicle safely and hygienically.
The candidate must:
- clean vehicle and equipment to a required standard
- maintain the vehicle
- operate the vehicle safely
- avoid contamination of carcases during loading and unloading
- hang carcases according to regulatory and corporate requirements
- plan transport to the field depot to meet company and regulatory requirements
- complete required paperwork to a satisfactory standard
- use communication skills applicable to communicating with depot managers and/or processing company personnel and regulatory representatives
- clean and sanitise vehicle
- avoid contamination of kit and equipment in storage
Knowledge Evidence
The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:
- regulations covering game harvesting vehicles
- supply of required consumables
- relevant sections of the Australian Standard
- potable water supply requirements
- lighting requirements
- hanging requirements
- importance of air flow
- regulations associated with transport, loading and unloading of carcases
- causes of contamination during loading, transport and unloading
- methods for minimising contamination
- time requirements for refrigeration after death and sunrise
- regulatory requirements for identification and traceability of carcases
- reporting and documentation requirements
- hygiene and sanitation during unloading
- personal hygiene Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
- work instruction for carcase receival
- depot requirements for receival of carcases
- workplace health and safety hazards associated with handling carcases
- ways of minimising workplace health and safety hazards associated with handling carcases
- hygiene and sanitation requirements for game harvesting vehicles
- the purpose and uses of particular cleaning and sanitising chemicals
- importance of sanitising
- suitability of chemicals
- workplace health and safety hazards associated with cleaning chemicals
- storage requirements for kit and hanging pins
Assessment Conditions
This competency has to be demonstrated under actual work conditions while harvesting wild game animals.
The assessment must address the candidate's ability to maintain, operate, load and unload carcases during a wild game harvesting exercise.
As a minimum the following three forms of assessment must be used:
- quiz of underpinning knowledge
- workplace demonstration (face to face or video)
- workplace referee or third-party (field depot or wild game processing premises) 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
