Monitor an automated meat or poultry processing system
Overview
This standard is about the skills and knowledge needed for you to monitor an automated meat or poultry processing system in food manufacture and/or supply operations. Monitoring an automated meat or poultry processing system is important to the production of meat and poultry that meets production requirements and adheres to regulatory and organisational standards. You will need to be able to monitor resources needed to meet production requirements, maintain the flow of production, address problems within the limits of your responsibility and maintain organisational and regulatory quality and yield specifications. This standard is for you if you work in food manufacture and/or supply operations and are involved in the monitoring of an automated meat or poultry processing system.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
Monitor set up of an automated meat or poultry
processing system
wear and use personal protective equipment required while
carrying out monitoring operations in accordance with regulatory
standards and organisational requirements
monitor the use of tools and equipment throughout the production
process and ensure this use meets regulatory and organisational
standard operational procedures
monitor the operation of safety devices and security locks
liaise with relevant people to check availability of meat or poultry
for processing
address problems within limits of your responsibility
monitor each stage of the automated system ensuring standard
operating procedures are adhered to
monitor quality and yield of product at each stage of the
automated production system
address product quality and yield specification problems within
limits of your responsibility
monitor the pace of processing ensuring production requirements
are met
complete production and equipment records and documentation
report on production issues affecting the progress of production
Monitor shut down
check meat or poultry processing system is shut down according
to organisational standard operating procedures
monitor removal and storage of waste from processing
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
the regulatory and organisational requirements relating to the
monitoring of an automated meat or poultry processing system
- the specific health and safety standards to be adhered to when
monitoring an automated meat or poultry processing system
- the key features of an automated meat or poultry processing
system
- the advantages and disadvantages of an automated meat or
poultry processing system compared to manual further processing
how to access organisational specifications
the importance of monitoring product quality and yield
specifications
why it is important to maximise yield
signs of ineffective processing
how to complete equipment and production records
why it is important to report production problems quickly and to
the correct people
- the procedures for the storage and removal of waste from an
automated processing system
- why it is important to address problems within the limits of your
responsibility
- how to report problems to the relevant people