Unit of competency

Modification History

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to initiate and participate in a product recall.

This unit is applicable to plant managers, Quality Assurance (QA) personnel, managers and marketing personnel who have a role in implementing a product recall.

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

This unit applies to individuals who take responsibility for their own work and for the quality of others’ work within known parameters. They provide and communicate solutions to a range of predictable and sometimes unpredictable problems.

This unit must be delivered and assessed in the context if Australian meat industry standards and regulations.

No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.

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

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5e2e56b7-698f-4822-84bb-25adbb8443a7

Assessment requirements

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must participate in a real or simulated product recall.

The candidate must:

• identify and implement the procedures for a product recall
• use communications technology including computers and telephones to facilitate product recall
• complete records of simulated product recall exercise and review to improve recall procedures
• identify and apply relevant workplace health and safety and regulatory requirements
• identify records of product identification and traceability and use them for trace forward
• use relevant communication skills

Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate a broad factual, technical and theoretical knowledge of:

• steps involved in implementing a product recall
• reasons and procedures for initiating a product recall

Assessment Conditions

Competency must be demonstrated utilising a documented product recall procedure and realistic data. Assessment can be based on participation in a comprehensive simulation.

A minimum of three different forms of assessment must be used.

Assessors must satisfy 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