Unit of competency

Modification History

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to score or mark the brisket prior to the brisket being cut, to allow evisceration of the carcase.

This unit is applicable to workers from a slaughter floor, knackery or wild game processing establishment.

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

AMPX209 Sharpen knives

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 MTMP2016C Mark brisket.

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 score or mark the brisket prior to the brisket being cut, to allow evisceration of the carcase.

The candidate must:

• mark the brisket in accordance with work instructions
• comply with workplace health and safety requirements for marking the brisket
• apply relevant workplace and regulatory requirements
• apply the workplace health and safety requirements for working in the evisceration area

Knowledge Evidence

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

• the purpose and importance of marking the brisket in accordance with work instructions
• possible sources of contamination and cross-contamination while marking the brisket and how these are avoided
• relevant work instructions
• relevant regulatory and workplace requirements
• workplace health and safety requirements for working in the evisceration area

Assessment Conditions

Assessment must occur in the workplace under normal conditions.

Competency must be demonstrated at 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