Assessment Requirements for AMPA3123 Perform ante and post-mortem inspection - Poultry

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Assessment Requirements for AMPA3123 Perform ante and post-mortem inspection - Poultry

Modification History

Release	TP Version	Comment
1	AMPv2.0	Initial release

Performance Evidence

Candidates must perform the ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of poultry to Australian Standards and other relevant regulatory requirements in a workplace environment under normal operating conditions.

The candidate must:

perform ante-mortem inspection in accordance with the Australian Standard and where relevant other importing country requirements

describe principles and procedures for humane handling

identify common diseases and conditions found at ante-mortem

describe symptoms of emergency or notifiable diseases

make correct dispositions for the emergency, notifiable and common diseases and conditions found at ante mortem in accordance with the Australian Standard

segregate suspect animals in accordance with the Australian Standard and / or importing country requirements

identify the steps and procedures for humane destruction, emergency and suspect kills

identify the organs, skeletal structure and elements of the lymphatic, circulatory, digestive, urinary, nervous and respiratory systems relevant to meat inspection duties

perform post-mortem inspection in accordance with the Australian Standard and, where relevant, other importing country requirements

identify common diseases and conditions found at post-mortem

describe the symptoms of emergency and notifiable diseases found at post mortem

make correct dispositions for the common, emergency and notifiable diseases and conditions in accordance with the Australian Standard

treat carcases and offal in accordance with the Australian Standard and/or importing country requirements

monitor restraint, stunning and bleeding in order to detect, assess and report animal welfare issues

take and dispatch samples for mandated testing

treat carcases being held for test results in accordance with regulatory or importing country requirements

perform inspection duties in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements

Knowledge Evidence

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

the physiology and anatomy of poultry

the Australian Standard procedures for the ante and post mortem inspection of poultry

additional inspection procedures relevant to the plant where assessment of the trainee is taking place

humane and efficient slaughtering techniques including restraint, stunning and bleeding

procedures for retaining carcases

carcase sampling and testing

workplace health and safety hazards and work place requirements

role of equipment for meeting hygiene and sanitation and workplace requirements

correct technique for incision of parts and organs

procedures for disposal of condemned carcase

procedures for identifying, collecting and submitting specimens

segregation requirements for suspect animals

steps and procedures for humane destruction, emergency and suspect kills

steps in ante-mortem inspection and recognise abnormal conditions

symptoms of common diseases and conditions

symptoms of major emergency or notifiable diseases

regulatory requirements associated with emergency or notifiable diseases

the relevant registration processes and procedures for meat inspectors at their specific plant

Assessment Conditions

Assessment of ante and post mortem inspection must be conducted in a slaughtering establishment and assessment of post mortem inspection must be at chain speed.

As a minimum, assessment must consist of the following three forms of assessment:

a workplace referee report which documents at least 10 practice ante-mortem inspections and 100 hours of post-mortem inspection practice on the chain under the supervision of a qualified meat inspector or on plant veterinary officer (note that this may be reduced to 50 hours if this is the second post-mortem inspection unit selected). The candidate must diarise the practice including the number of livestock / carcases inspected and conditions detected and this has to be verified by a workplace supervisor or mentor

knowledge test which must include an assessment of the candidates knowledge of common diseases and conditions as well as emergency and notifiable diseases

on-the-job assessment with assessor observation

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