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This unit is designed to assess the skills of learners in the workplace, monitoring butchery in a meat and poultry sales operation. It needs to be assessed on the job. The learner must be able to demonstrate their competent performance consistently over a period of time, to meet all of the assessment criteria. This will be achieved by at least two observations of performance in the workplace, and may be supported by witness testimony and other workplace evidence. Observations must ensure that the learner’s working practice is at commercial speed and in compliance with standard operating procedures.
The Improve Assessment Strategy for Proficiency Qualifications in Food and Drink sets out the overarching assessment requirements.
Organise and prepare for meat and poultry butchery
Select and use personal protective clothing and equipment for monitoring butchery
Contribute to planning butchery to meet business requirements
Confirm butchery requirements and output targets, and plan butchery activities
Arrange the butchery area to ensure that resources are available to meet the food business operator’s (FBO’s) requirements including
Allocate staff to specific tasks and duties taking account of their competence and experience.
Identify and report any non-compliance or shortfall in resource or staff requirements.
Control meat and poultry butchery
Oversee butchery and provide support to ensure that butchery output and yield is maintained
Identify problems affecting the quality or quantity of output from butchery including
Deal with problems affecting the quality or quantity of output from butchery according to FBO’s procedures
Report problems affecting the quality or quantity of output from butchery
Deal with products that deviate from quality specifications according to FBO’s procedures
Ensure that products are stored or transferred to the next stage of handling.
Complete and report monitoring of meat and poultry butchery
Complete and make available butchery monitoring information/documentation
Report faults and matters that affect future butchery performance, tools and equipment
Ensure that maintenance and cleaning records are complete
Ensure that handover or shut down procedures are followed
Make recommendations for improvement or about the implementation of improvement.