Unit of competency

Modification History

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to re-pack carton meat products after the carton is damaged. The technical skills relate to re-packing the cartons, and the administrative skills relate to completing the records associated with the re-pack operation.

This unit is applicable to workers in a registered meat processing premises such as a cold storage business, loadout areas of abattoirs, food service operations, smallgoods factory, wholesale butchery, game meat processing establishment or pet food premises.

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

Equivalent to MTMP2136C Complete re-pack operation

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 re-pack carton meat products after the carton is damaged.

The candidate must:

• identify carton defects
• identify cartons to be re-packed
• re-pack cartons in accordance with workplace requirements
• generate new labels for re-pack
• complete all necessary documentation correctly
• identify possible types and sources of contamination and cross-contamination and explain preventative measures
• use communication skills relevant to work instructions

Knowledge Evidence

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

• consequences of incorrect re-pack procedure
• documentation requirements for re-pack operations
• re-pack procedures

Assessment Conditions

Assessment must be conducted in a registered operating meat processing plant.

Competency must be demonstrated at the normal rate of production.

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