Unit of competency

Modification History

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to kill sick or injured stock in lairage under the direction of an authorised Department of Agriculture officer or other person with appropriate company or regulatory authority.

This unit is applicable to stock handlers who are responsible for killing sick and injured livestock at abattoirs while they are still in pens or holding areas.

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.

Where firearms are used to perform emergency kills the unit must only be undertaken by individuals already holding a current firearms licence.

No other 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 MTMP2007B Perform emergency kill.

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 kill sick or injured stock in lairage under the direction of an authorised Department of Agriculture officer or other person with appropriate company or regulatory authority.

The candidate must:

• identify animals requiring emergency kill
• comply with the regulatory and company requirements for the isolation of the identified animal, the performance of the emergency kill and disposal of the carcase
• perform emergency kills safely and humanely in accordance within company and regulatory requirements
• make arrangements for the disposal of the carcase according to workplace and regulatory requirements
• follow the regulatory and company requirements for the authorisation and documentation of emergency kills
• apply relevant communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• complete relevant documentation

Knowledge Evidence

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

• the regulatory and company requirements for the authorisation and documentation of emergency kills
• the relevant animal welfare, workplace and regulatory requirements covering emergency kills
• regulatory and company requirements for the isolation of the identified animal, the performance of the emergency kill and disposal of the carcase

Assessment Conditions

Emergency kills must be demonstrated as a normal part of the duties of the individual handling stock.

This unit must be assessed at an operating abattoir.

As a minimum the following three forms of assessment must be used:

• workplace demonstration
• quiz of underpinning knowledge
• workplace referee report or verified work log or diary

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