Unit of competency

Modification History

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge to crop wool pelts to a uniform length.

This unit is applicable to those processing sheep pelts that need to be cropped to a uniform length.

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

This unit is equivalent to MTMP2158B Crop pelts

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 crop wool pelts to a uniform length.

The candidate must:

• follow workplace health and safety policies and practices
• follow work instructions
• despatch processed sheep pelts
• apply relevant regulatory requirements
• identify workplace health and safety hazards
• report equipment faults to supervisor in accordance with workplace procedures
• use communication skills relevant to work instructions

Knowledge Evidence

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

• workplace health and safety policies and procedures
• sheep pelts specifications
• operating instructions for cropping machinery
• relevant regulatory requirements
• steps in work instructions
• possible pelt contaminants.

Assessment Conditions

Assessment should be conducted in an operating plant.

Competency must be demonstrated at normal production 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