Domain - Pre and Post Slaughter and Dressing

Domain - Pre and Post Slaughter and Dressing

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Level 3

Demonstrate and apply knowledge of non-conforming product and procedures for processing and removal

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16496 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify non-conforming product; and describe procedures for processing, removing, and disposing of contaminated meat carcasses and/or diseased meat; in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Operate a suspended splitting saw in a meat processing operation

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Version 6

20641 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare a splitting saw for operation; and operate a suspended splitting saw in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Supply, inspect and maintain skids and gambrels in a meat processing operation

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Version 6

20642 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: collect skids and gambrels and prepare for inspection; inspect and service skids and gambrels; and supply skids and gambrels and protect them from possible contamination during delivery, in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Use retain rail equipment in a meat processing operation

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Version 4

21161 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: make incisions using retain rail equipment; and carry out safe retain rail equipment handling practices, in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Describe halal slaughter requirements in a meat processing operation

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Version 6

21623 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This is an entry level unit standard for people new to the halal meat processing industry. People credited with this unit standard are able to describe halal slaughter requirements in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Describe livestock slaughter in a meat processing operation

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Version 5

23352 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: the principles of bleeding livestock in relation to humane slaughter; factors affecting the selection of the slaughter method; and livestock ritual slaughter techniques; in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Describe livestock pre-slaughter stunning in a meat processing operation

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Version 4

23353 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: the principles of livestock pre-slaughter stunning; the factors affecting the selection of the stunning method; the methods and basic equipment design for livestock pre-slaughter stunning; and the signs of an effective pre-slaughter stun in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Describe livestock behaviour during unloading, moving and penning prior to slaughter in the meat processing industry

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Version 4

23354 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: the behavioural traits of livestock in relation to species; livestock behaviour in relation to unloading from a stock transporter, and livestock behaviour in relation to livestock yard design.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Demonstrate and apply knowledge of electronic identification for individual animals during the slaughter process

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Version 4

25840 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe procedures for identifying individual animals and the impact of errors or incorrect identification during the slaughter process; and identify individual animals using electronic systems during the slaughter process, in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Demonstrate knowledge of livestock emergency slaughter in a meat processing operation

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Version 4

25841 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This unit standard is for people working in the stock yards or holding areas in meat processing plants that may be required to undertake emergency slaughter of livestock under supervision of a veterinarian due to distress, disease, or injury. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of the requirements for livestock emergency slaughter; and the methods used for livestock emergency slaughter, in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Describe halal slaughter process and prepare, slaughter, and process an animal to meet halal processing requirements

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Version 4

25927 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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This unit standard is intended for Muslim slaughterpersons involved in halal slaughter. People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe slaughter processes for an animal intended for halal meat in a meat processing and meat product manufacturing operation; and carry out Shariah requirements, slaughter, and process animals to produce halal meat in a meat processing and meat product manufacturing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Shackle stock in a meat processing operation

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Version 4

27003 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to shackle stock in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Stun stock in a meat processing operation

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Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 21326 and unit standard 27006.

28178 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: maintain flow and order of stock entering and leaving stunner; operate electronic stunning equipment; and operate captive bolt stunning equipment, in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Stick stock in a meat processing operation

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Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 16463 and unit standard 27005.

28179 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: complete opening cuts to the neck of stock; and stick stock to sever blood vessels, in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Remove non-viscera by-products from carcasses in a meat processing operation

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Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 20731 and unit standard 20980.

28183 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to remove non-viscera by-products from carcasses in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Handle stock in the yards in a meat processing operation

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Version 2

28248 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: draft stock in the yards; and maintain stock in the yards, in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Level 4

Operate equipment to remove viscera by-products from carcasses in a meat processing operation

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20981 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: operate equipment to remove viscera by-products from carcasses in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Operate flaying equipment in a meat processing operation

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Version 4

25837 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to operate flaying equipment in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Open and clear skins in a meat processing operation

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Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 20728, unit standard 25037, and unit standard 27000.

28176 Unit Standard 20 Credits

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This unit standard is intended for a meat processing context. People credited with this unit standard are able to: open up skin cuts; and clear skins manually from carcasses in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Open and clear hides in a meat processing operation

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Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 22296 and unit standard 27001.

28177 Unit Standard 20 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: open up hide cuts; and clear hides manually from carcasses in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Recover viscera by-products in a meat processing operation

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Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 20729 and unit standard 27002.

28182 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: present inedible and edible offal for inspection and maintain knife hygiene between carcasses; dispatch recoverable product for further processing and dispose of unrecoverable product; and wash and sterilise viscera equipment and reposition to designated waiting area for inspection, in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Prepare animal heads for further processing in a meat processing operation

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Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 21324.

28184 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: wash and prepare animal heads for inspection; remove edible by-products from animal heads; and dispose of inedible animal head remains in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Wash and scrape pig carcasses in a meat processing operation

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Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 25144 and unit standard 25145.

28185 Unit Standard 20 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: singe, wash, scald, de-hair, and scrape pig carcasses in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Remove hides mechanically in a meat processing operation

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28187 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: remove hides mechanically in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Operate automated pre-boning equipment in a meat processing operation

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28236 Unit Standard 20 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of the automated pre-boning process used; prepare automated pre-boning equipment for operation; operate and monitor automated pre-boning equipment; and shut down automated pre-boning equipment in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Demonstrate and apply knowledge of receiving and inspecting stock in the yards in a meat processing operation

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28249 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and describe livestock disease symptoms that may be classified as a risk to New Zealand; receive and record stock; inspect received stock; and describe Animal Status Declaration and National Animal Identification and Traceability requirements, in a meat processing operation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

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