Unit of competency

Modification History

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to reduce negative environmental impacts of meat industry work practices.

This unit addresses the knowledge, processes and techniques necessary to support environmentally sustainable work practices. It is applicable to personnel in all sectors and areas, and at all levels of the meat processing industry. It is particularly applicable to production personnel in meat processing, smallgoods operators and meat retailing personnel.

This unit must be delivered in the context of Australian meat processing standards and regulations.

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

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

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 MTMPSR202B Apply environmentally sustainable work practices.

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:

• demonstrate a basic understanding of sustainability
• interpret workplace information
• report non-conformances
• recognise and follow procedures, follow instructions and respond to change
• relate to people from a range of social, cultural, ethnic backgrounds, and physical and mental abilities
• apply relevant communication and mathematical skills
• ask questions and clarify work requirements
• follow good housekeeping procedures and practices
• apply relevant workplace health and safety, regulatory and workplace requirements
• take corrective action according to workplace requirements
• work with others to solve problems relating to environmental performance

Knowledge Evidence

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

• environmental and resource efficiency hazards and risks associated with own workplace and own work area
• workplace environmental management strategies affecting own work practice
• relevant environmental and resource efficiency systems and procedures for own work area
• relevant workplace health and safety, regulatory and workplace requirements

Assessment Conditions

Competency in this unit must be demonstrated under conditions that are the same as the speed of production and within the parameters of the role responsibilities.

Assessment should be undertaken in an operating meat processing plant or food service operation.

The following three forms of assessment must be used:

• demonstration - snapshot of performance
• quiz, question and answer
• observation 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