Assessment Requirements for AMPA409 Inspect poultry

Release: 1

Assessment Requirements for AMPA409 Inspect poultry

Modification History

Release	TP Version	Comment
1	AMPv1.0	Initial release

Performance Evidence

Evidence must demonstrate the candidate's consistency of performance over time at production speed.

The candidate must inspect poultry.

The candidate must:

perform poultry inspection in accordance with regulatory and workplace requirements

work with processing team to inspect poultry and identify suspect birds in an efficient and timely manner

identify symptoms and signs of exotic or notifiable diseases

report exotic or notifiable diseases promptly, accurately and clearly

identify and apply relevant health and safety and workplace requirements

apply mathematical operations in order to establish regulatory compliance

identify and describe the QA programs operating in poultry plants

identify and use relevant workplace information and documentation

identify sources of repeated contamination and work with processing team to rectify the problem

use relevant communication skills

Knowledge Evidence

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

steps in poultry processing

major diseases and defects found in poultry

procedures for reporting exotic or notifiable diseases in poultry

symptoms of exotic or notifiable diseases

major food safety hazards at each step of poultry processing

basic anatomical structure of poultry

relevant regulatory requirements including Australian Standards and the various requirements for processing poultry

hygiene and sanitation requirements for poultry processing

Assessment Conditions

Competency should be demonstrated against current Australian Standards and regulations.

Assessment should utilise poultry carcases and actual examples of pathology.

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 current standards for RTOs.

Links

Companion Volume Implementation Guide - https://vetnet.education.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5e2e56b7-698f-4822-84bb-25adbb8443a7